Recipe: Tasty 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 This collection of top-rated recipes highlights this versatilty, featuring chicken thighs with international accents, from chicken curry to cacciatore, chicken teriyaki. Think of this as the salad for people who don't like salad.

BLT Pasta Salad has bow-tie pasta, bacon, lettuce, and tomato with a creamy ranch dressing. This salad is great for potlucks, BBQs, and get togethers! Adding pasta to salad isn't an entirely new concept. 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

You need 200 g of uncooked bow tie pasta.
You need 200 g of cos lettuce leaves, torn.
You need 3 rashers of bacon.
It's 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.
Prepare 2 tsp of minced garlic.
It's 1 tsp of dried rosemary.
It's of (Ranch dressing ingredients) you will have some leftover.
You need 1/4 cup of good quality mayonnaise.
It's 1/2 cup of sour cream.
It's 1/2 cup of butter milk.
You need 2 cloves of garlic, minced.
It's 2 tsp of lemon juice.
You need 1/2 tsp of cracked black pepper.
Prepare 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.

Remember this Bowtie Chicken Caesar Salad? It's a great way to bulk up a regular salad. BLT Pasta Salad recipe is perfect for summer potlucks and picnics, with a creamy ranch dressing, crispy bacon, crunchy romaine lettuce, and juicy BLT Pasta Salad. Every summer when the garden comes in and we are flush with juicy, ripe tomatoes, I make BLT's at least a few times a week for.

BLT Pasta Salad with Chicken & Ranch Dressing step by step

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. Tear chicken in bite-size pieces and add to bowl along with the bacon, lettuce and tomato. Crisp chicken in Chicken BLT Salad boosts a favorite side salad to a healthy main-course attraction. Pasta salads are simple to make and effortlessly feed a crowd, but rarely do they ascend to the level of main dish. This dish is a meal all on it's own, but also works great as part of a picnic or lunch spread.