Recipe: Appetizing BLT Pasta Salad with Chicken & Ranch Dressing

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.

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. This crowd-pleasing salad has Father's Day BBQ, long-weekend cookout or summer potluck party written all over it! You can have BLT Pasta Salad with Chicken & Ranch Dressing using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of BLT Pasta Salad with Chicken & Ranch Dressing

1. It's 200 g of uncooked bow tie pasta.
2. It's 200 g of cos lettuce leaves, torn.
3. Prepare 3 rashers of bacon.
4. You need 2 of x medium tomatoes, small dice.
5. Prepare 300 g of chicken thigh fillets, into strips.
6. It's 2 Tbsp of soy sauce.
7. It's 1 Tbsp of oyster sauce.
8. Prepare 2 tsp of minced garlic.
9. It's 1 tsp of dried rosemary.
10. It's of (Ranch dressing ingredients) you will have some leftover.
11. Prepare 1/4 cup of good quality mayonnaise.
12. Prepare 1/2 cup of sour cream.
13. It's 1/2 cup of butter milk.
14. Prepare 2 cloves of garlic, minced.
15. You need 2 tsp of lemon juice.
16. You need 1/2 tsp of cracked black pepper.
17. Prepare 1/2 tsp of ground sea salt.
18. You need 1 of & 1/2 tsp dried dill leaves.
19. It's 1 of & 1/2 Tbsp chopped fresh chives.

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. 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 with Chicken & Ranch Dressing instructions

1. Slice chicken- throw in a bowl with soy & oyster sauces, garlic and rosemary. Allow to marinade while you move onto other elements..
2. 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..
3. Cook pasta as per packet directions until al dente, rinse under cold water, drain and set aside..
4. Throw you dressing ingredients into a mixing jug. Mix well with a fork and set aside..
5. Now back to the chicken. I had some bacon fat from the baked bacon earlier. Fry in batches until browned and allow to cool..
6. 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. Tear chicken in bite-size pieces and add to bowl along with the bacon, lettuce and tomato. BLT Pasta Salad - delicious Summer pasta salad idea! Bacon, lettuce and tomatoes with farfalle pasta and creamy dressing (no mayo option too This BLT Pasta Salad has to appear on your table this season. It's all of your favorite BLT sandwich toppings, tossed with cooked farfalle pasta and.

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