4.8 from 36 votes
BLT Pasta Salad
🥗🥓🍅🥬 EASY, ready in 15 minutes, feeds a crowd, and PERFECT for potlucks and parties! Creamy ranch dressing perfectly coats the pasta and BACON making this a guaranteed family FAVORITE! A great side dish or serve it as a simple main dish for lunch or for busy weeknight dinners.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings:
8
Calories:
249 kcal
Course:
Salad
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 8 ounces farfalle pasta uncooked, bowtie shape
- romaine lettuce about 6 cups
- 1 cup tomatoes halved, cherry or grape
- 1 cup Bacon diced small, cooked
- 4 green onions sliced into thin rounds
- ½ cup ranch dressing or more if desired
- 2 tablespoons barbecue sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt or more to taste
- ½ teaspoon black pepper or to taste, freshly ground
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions, drain, and add to a large bowl.
- Add the lettuce, tomatoes, bacon, green onions, and toss to combine; set aside.
- To a small bowl, add the ranch dressing, barbecue sauce, salt, pepper, stir to combine, and evenly drizzle over the salad. If necessary, add additional ranch as desired to evenly coat the salad. Tip - Taste and if it tastes at all bland or like it's missing something, it could likely benefit from additional salt, so add a bit more, to taste.
- Serve immediately after dressed or you can chill it as desired.
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Notes
- Storage: Salad will keep airtight in the fridge for up to 3-5 days but note that the lettuce does wilt as time passes so the fresher the better.
- Recipe adapted from Taste of Home
Nutrition Information
Serving
1portion
Calories
249kcal
(12%)
Carbohydrates
25g
(8%)
Protein
9g
(18%)
Fat
12g
(18%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
5g
(29%)
Monounsaturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Trans Fat
0.02g
(1%)
Cholesterol
18mg
(6%)
Sodium
422mg
(18%)
Potassium
214mg
(5%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
173IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
5mg
(6%)
Calcium
21mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 249
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1portion | |
| Calories | 249kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 25g | 8% |
| Protein | 9g | 18% |
| Fat | 12g | 18% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 5g | 29% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 0.02g | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 18mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 422mg | 18% |
| Potassium | 214mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 173IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 5mg | 6% |
| Calcium | 21mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.