Cobb Pasta Salad
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Cobb Pasta Salad
Description
This Cobb Pasta Salad uses rotini pasta as a base combined with bacon and chicken breast for protein, diced hard-boiled eggs adding richness, halved cherry tomatoes for fresh juiciness, avocado for creaminess, and blue cheese for a tangy bite. The salad is dressed with ranch dressing to bind the ingredients and add herbal creaminess, seasoned with kosher salt and coarse black pepper.
The preparation involves cooking pasta until tender, cooling it slightly, and gently mixing with the other chopped ingredients to maintain their texture. The combination produces a balanced contrast of creamy, smoky, fresh, and tangy flavors suitable as a main dish or large side salad.
This salad works well for casual meals, picnics, or potlucks where a filling and flavorful pasta dish is desired.
Ingredients
- 1 pound rotini pasta
- 4 lices Bacon cooked and chopped
- 2 cups chicken breast cooked and chopped
- 3 egg diced, hard boiled
- 1 pint cherry tomato halved
- 1 avocado chopped
- 1/3 cup blue cheese crumbled
- 3/4 cup ranch dressing
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper coarse ground
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to the box directions, drain and cool for 10 minutes.
- Combine the pasta, bacon, chicken, tomatoes, avocado, bleu cheese, ranch, salt and pepper into a large bowl and combine very gently before serving.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 8servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 508 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 508kcal | 25% |
| Carbohydrates | 49g | 16% |
| Protein | 22g | 44% |
| Fat | 25g | 38% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Cholesterol | 113mg | 38% |
| Sodium | 767mg | 32% |
| Potassium | 590mg | 13% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 485IU | 10% |
| Vitamin C | 17.2mg | 19% |
| Calcium | 69mg | 7% |
| Iron | 1.8mg | 10% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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