BLT Pasta Salad Recipe
BLT Pasta Salad is a scrumptious pasta salad that always wins! It's made with crispy bacon, crisp lettuce, tomato, avocado, and a secretly nutritious ranch dressing. Serve BLT pasta salad and watch it literally disappear!
Servings 8 1-cup servings
Calories 303kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups Spiral Pasta uncooked
- 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt add this to pasta water
- 4-6 cups Romaine Lettuce chopped
- 2 cups Cherry Tomatoes halved
- 1/2 lb Bacon cooked and crumbled
- 1/2 small Red Onion diced
- 1 Avocado about 1 cups diced
- 1/2 cup Greek Yogurt Ranch Dressing or bottled Ranch dressing
Instructions
- Cook PASTA using package instructions; rinse, drain, and set aside. * See Instant Pot pasta cooking instructions in recipe footnotes.
- Place pasta in a large bowl with BACON, LETTUCE, TOMATO, ONION, and AVOCADO.
- Drizzle RANCH DRESSING over the pasta salad. Toss gently to combine and serve chilled.
To make-ahead, prep each ingredient and store separately until ready to dress.
Notes
* NOTE: Nutrition information does not include the data for Greek Yogurt Ranch Dressing. Please refer to that recipe for nutrition info by clicking HERE.
How to cook pasta in the Instant Pot
- Add pasta and enough water to cover the pasta, along with 1/2 tsp salt to the Instant Pot.
- Close the lid, set pressure valve to “sealing”.
- Pressure cook on HIGH for 2 minutes.
- Allow the cooker to sit, undisturbed, for a 10-minute natural pressure release.
- Release excess steam (if any) by carefully turning pressure release valve to “venting”, then cool-water rinse and drain the pasta, and refrigerate until ready to use.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 303kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 456mg | Potassium: 481mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 3035IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 1mg