BBQ Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta Salad
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BBQ Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta Salad
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 20
- Total Time: 40
Ingredients
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Ingredients To Make The BBQ Pasta Salad
- 1 pound chicken, shredded
- 1 (15 ounce) can black beans
- 1 (12 ounce) box tricolor rotini pasta
- One red pepper
- 1/2 poblano pepper
- 1 (8 ounces) medium cheddar cheese cut up in small chunks
- 1 (4.3 ounces) bag of real crumbed bacon
- 1 (9 1/4 ounces) bag Fritos corn chips
Ingredients To Make The BBQ Ranch Dressing
- ¼ cup buttermilk
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup barbecue sauce
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon fresh dill
- ½ teaspoon fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon snipped fresh chives
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
To Make Make The BBQ Ranch Dressing
- In a medium size bowl whisk the buttermilk, mayonnaise, sour cream, bbq sauce until it is blended well. Add in the garlic power, fresh dill, fresh parsley, fresh chives, onion powder, salt and pepper. Keep whisking until it is smooth and creamy. If desired add in more bbq sauce. Cover and chill.
To Make The Pasta Salad
- Cook the pasta according to package directions; rinse and drain. Place the pasta in a large bowl.
- Place chicken breasts into a saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and simmer until chicken meat is no longer pink (10 to 12 minutes). Place chicken on plate and allow it to cool for 5 minutes. Then shred it with two forks. Add the shredded chicken to the large bowl.
- Rinse and drain the black beans and add it to the large bowl.
- Cut up the red pepper,poblano pepper, cheddar cheese and add it to the large bowl.
- Cover and refrigerate the pasta salad for one hour. When ready to serve add the crumbled bacon, bbq ranch dressing, and toss to combine. Sprinkle corn chips on top.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 574
- Sugar: 9
- Sodium: 672
- Fat: 29
- Saturated Fat: 8
- Unsaturated Fat: 19
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 51
- Protein: 26
- Cholesterol: 66
This recipe literally has everything I Love! BBQ, Pasta, Ranch, Chicken, I’m excited to try this one! I think it would be a good party favorite too!
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I love chicken pasta salad and this one looks beautiful and tasty!
That chicken Pasta Salad looks good your dressing idea is sound wonderful.
Nice and fresh looking pasta salad! I would totally love to had this for lunch …