Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, easy and simple homemade pasta salad. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Fresh and easy pasta salad packed with crisp vegetables, fresh mozzarella, and tossed with a simple dressing. Made with simple ingredients, this salad is flexible, so you can make this when you are inundated by summer produce or adapt to what is in season. I love this simple pasta salad recipe - it's so easy to customize to whatever you've got in. Make a double batch of the Italian dressing so you can use it.
Easy and simple homemade pasta salad is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Easy and simple homemade pasta salad is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have easy and simple homemade pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Easy and simple homemade pasta salad:
- Prepare 1/2 cup mayonnaise (I used Kraft mayonnaise with olive oil)
- Get 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup Ranch dressing depending on your taste (I used Wishbone)
- Prepare 1 cup to 1 1/2 cups bow tie pasta
- Take 1/4 cup finely shredded carrot
- Get salt
- Prepare lemon pepper seasoning
- Make ready Fresh lime juice
- Get 2 piece chicken breasts (I had small but if you use a large one 1 should be fine)
- Get Bacon pieces
- Get 1 cup corn
It's full of fresh ingredients and delicious pasta This Easy Pasta Salad Recipe is my go to Summer dish. It's perfect for pot lucks and BBQ's and This is so simple and truly the best pasta salad recipe. We love serving this with grilled chicken. Pasta salad is truly as easy as boiling water if you stick to a simple formula, use a smart pasta cooling trick, and a flavorful dressing.
Steps to make Easy and simple homemade pasta salad:
- Bring a pot of water to boil. Add salt to water to taste. Once boiling add chicken breasts. Boil until cooked through.
- When cooked thoroughly remove from water and let sit for 5-10 to cool. To the same water add the pasta, asking more water if needed. You do not need to add more salt because the water is already salted.
- While pasta is cooking cut or shred chicken to desired size. Squeeze the fresh lime juice onto the chicken, making sure to combine it well, while it's still warm so that it may soak up the flavor.
- After cutting the chicken, grate the carrot in a bowl and add the mayonnaise and ranch dressing letting it sit for a couple of minutes.
- When pasta is just tender remove from the water, do not drain it. After removing from water, run it under cold water to stop the cooking process. Let it sit in the strainer and shake to run off excess water.
- If you are using frozen corn, as I did, add it tonthe water that you cooked the chicken and pasta in. Cook until heated through usually about 3 min. If you are using can corn you can skip this step.
- While the corn is heating up, add the drained pasta to the mayonnaise mixture along with the chicken and lemon pepper. When the corn is done, either run it under cold water as to cool it down, or add to the pasta mixture as is.
- Mix all of the ingredients until combined well. Then lastly add in the bacon pieces and mix well. You can eat as in or place in the fridge to serve cold.
We love serving this with grilled chicken. Pasta salad is truly as easy as boiling water if you stick to a simple formula, use a smart pasta cooling trick, and a flavorful dressing. Remember that the pasta will plump as it cooks, and you want pasta salad to have a generous combination of pasta and vegetables in each bite. Perk up your pasta salads with these quick and easy ideas. From a simple caprese style pasta salad with creamy mozzarella to a super vibrant pesto pasta with fresh spinach.
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