Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, lauren's bacon ranch pasta salad. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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See recipes for Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad too. In a large bowl, mix mayonnaise, ranch dressing mix, garlic powder, and garlic pepper. Place rotini, bacon, tomato, black olives and cheese in bowl and toss to coat with dressing. Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad is a perfect classic summer salad recipe with bold flavors and compliments almost every meal as a side dish.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lauren's bacon ranch pasta salad using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad:
- Make ready 1 (12 oz) box small shell or rotini pasta
- Make ready 5 strips bacon
- Get 1 cup chopped cucumbers
- Get 1 cup chopped tomatoes
- Take 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- Make ready 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
- Make ready 1 1/4 cup ranch dressing or more to taste
- Get My Homemade Ranch Dressing
- Get 1/2 cup Mayo
- Make ready 1/2 cup buttermilk
- Make ready 1/4 cup sour cream
- Prepare 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- Take 1/2 tsp dried dill weed
- Make ready 1/2 tsp dried chives
- Get 1/2 tsp onion powder
- Get 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce
- Get 1/4 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/8 tsp black pepper
It features mini penne noodles cooked to perfection, smoky bacon, crunchy celery, and onions in a zesty ranch dressing. In a large mixing bowl, combine the mayonnaise, ranch dressing, green onions, bacon, garlic salt, onion powder, and pepper until well combined. Add your cooled noodles and cheddar cheese. Boil pasta according to package directions.
Instructions to make Lauren's Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad:
- Cook bacon in skillet or oven at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes or until crispy.
- Cook pasta according to package instructions. Remember to salt the pasta water so the noodles have some flavor. I use about 1 teaspoon salt. Drain the pasta and rinse under cold water so pasta can cool.
- In a mixing bowl combine the cooled pasta, cucumber, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese parmesan cheese and bacon. Stir. Add ranch and stir again to coat the noodles and veggies in the ranch.
- Serve right away or let it refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving. Pasta salad tends to dry out in the fridge so don't leave it in there too long before serving. If needed, add some additional dressing or a dash of olive oil and give it a good stir to moisten it back up.
Add your cooled noodles and cheddar cheese. Boil pasta according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water, stir so they don't stick. Let cool while you prep the rest. Mix the ranch seasoning, sour cream and mayo together until well combined.
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