If you love BLT's you will love this BLT Pasta Salad recipe! Crispy bacon and bow tie pasta is tossed with crunchy romaine lettuce and buttery croutons in a creamy ranch dressing for a cold pasta salad that will become new a family favorite.
❤️ Why you'll love it
Easy Salad recipe: BLT Pasta Salad is a fun twist on the classic BLT Sandwich that is perfect for a summer bbq!
Fresh vegetables: this creamy pasta salad is packed with fresh lettuce, and juicy tomatoes.
Crispy bacon: everyone loves crunchy bacon and in this salad it adds a ton of flavor and texture
🥘 Ingredients
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Bow tie pasta, buy the dried pasta in a box.
Cooked bacon: Feel free to use your favorite bacon. I always buy thick-cut bacon and will make this air fryer bacon recipe for an quick and easy clean up.
Fresh tomato: if you don't have your own garden fresh tomatoes,
Romaine lettuce: buy fresh lettuce for the best results.
Ranch Dressing: I like to make this creamy homemade ranch dressing, but bottled ranch will also work.
Croutons: feel free to purchase store-bought croutons, but I love to make these buttery and crispy homemade croutons for this salad.
🔪 How to Make BLT Pasta Salad
- In a large mixing bowl, toss together the cooked pasta, bacon, tomato, and lettuce.
- Pour the ranch dressing over top of the pasta mixture and toss to coat.
- Serve with croutons.
🥄 Equipment
Large bowl
Cutting board
Chef knife
🥫Storage
Refrigerate: store leftovers in an airtight container. For best flavor and texture, this salad is best served fresh.
📖 Variations
- Use rotini pasta or elbow macaroni instead of bowtie pasta.
- Substitute store-bought bacon bits for the bacon.
- Use this Chipotle Salad Dressing in place of the homemade ranch dressing.
💭 Tips
- Allow the hot pasta to cool completely before assembling the salad.
- Chop veggies and lettuce into uniform bite-sized pieces
- For best results, consume the salad the day of making. The longer the salad sits, the quality of the fresh ingredients decreases.
- Thinly sliced red onion can be added for an extra boost of flavor.
- Make it cheesy and stir in 1 cup cubed or shredded cheddar cheese.
- Add some avocado to the BLT Pasta Salad and it becomes a BLAT.
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🍽 Serve with..
Serve BLT Pasta Salad with homemade croutons or crushed bread chips, a sprinkle of grated parmesan cheese and a fresh Tomato Sandwich!
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📖 Recipe
BLT Pasta Salad
Equipment
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Ingredients
- 8 ounces bow tie pasta
- 6 slices cooked bacon , broken into bite sized pieces
- 1 large tomato , diced
- 1 small head Romaine
- ½ cup Homemade Ranch Dressing
- 2 cups Homemade Croutons
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, toss together the cooked pasta, bacon, tomato, and lettuce.
- Pour the ranch dressing over top of the pasta mixture and toss to coat.
- Serve with croutons.
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Notes
Tips and Substitutions
- Allow the pasta to cool completely before assembling the salad.
- Use rotini pasta instead of
- Substitute this Chipotle Salad Dressing for the Ranch.
- Use bread chips in place of homemade croutons.
- Add 2 tablespoons finely diced red onion for an extra boost of flavor.
- Make it cheesy and stir in 1 cup cubed or shredded cheddar cheese.
- Add some avocado to the BLT Pasta Salad and it becomes a BLAT.
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