BLT Pasta Salad with Chicken & Ranch Dressing. This is an easy but flavorful pasta salad that I'm always asked to bring to potlucks. With chunks of onion, tomato, and bacon, smothered in Ranch dressing, it is full of flavor! This salad tastes best if made several hours ahead of time.
This pasta salad takes everything you love about that classic sandwich, then folds it into a summery side that's sure to be a hit at your next potluck.
If you're used to making pasta salads with vinaigrette dressing, this one will come together slightly.
Featuring all the fun fixings for a BLT chicken sandwich, this salad is so lovable.
You can cook BLT Pasta Salad with Chicken & Ranch Dressing using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of BLT Pasta Salad with Chicken & Ranch Dressing
- It's 200 g of uncooked bow tie pasta.
- You need 200 g of cos lettuce leaves, torn.
- Prepare 3 rashers of bacon.
- You need 2 of x medium tomatoes, small dice.
- Prepare 300 g of chicken thigh fillets, into strips.
- It's 2 Tbsp of soy sauce.
- You need 1 Tbsp of oyster sauce.
- You need 2 tsp of minced garlic.
- You need 1 tsp of dried rosemary.
- You need of (Ranch dressing ingredients) you will have some leftover.
- You need 1/4 cup of good quality mayonnaise.
- You need 1/2 cup of sour cream.
- It's 1/2 cup of butter milk.
- It's 2 cloves of garlic, minced.
- It's 2 tsp of lemon juice.
- It's 1/2 tsp of cracked black pepper.
- It's 1/2 tsp of ground sea salt.
- You need 1 of & 1/2 tsp dried dill leaves.
- Prepare 1 of & 1/2 Tbsp chopped fresh chives.
I can prep the ingredients ahead of time and just throw it Barbecue sauce in the dressing gives it unexpected flavor. Even picky eaters love my chicken salads. ???Cindy Moore, Mooresville, North Carolina. Add just enough water to cover. Tear chicken in bite-size pieces and add to bowl along with the bacon, lettuce and tomato.
BLT Pasta Salad with Chicken & Ranch Dressing instructions
- Slice chicken- throw in a bowl with soy & oyster sauces, garlic and rosemary. Allow to marinade while you move onto other elements..
- Turn oven on to 180*C. Lay bacon on a wire rack and bake until crunchy and browned. Allow to cool, chop roughly and set aside..
- Cook pasta as per packet directions until al dente, rinse under cold water, drain and set aside..
- Throw you dressing ingredients into a mixing jug. Mix well with a fork and set aside..
- Now back to the chicken. I had some bacon fat from the baked bacon earlier. Fry in batches until browned and allow to cool..
- Now it's as simple as throwing all the different elements together into a large salad bowl. Top with as much dressing as you desire and tuck in. Simple idea, but of prep but very nice result. Enjoy!.
Add just enough water to cover. That's because you haven't met BLT pasta salad. It combines all of the crunchy, savory and creamy ingredients of the classic sandwich???minus, well, the bread (because pasta is way more fun). BLT Pasta Salad is America's favorite BLT sandwich turned into America's favorite spring and summer side dish! BLT Pasta Salad is bursting with not only crispy Bacon, crunchy Lettuce and juicy Tomatoes but fresh asparagus, peas and peppers doused in to-live-for bright, tangy, creamy Lemon.