Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Tasty Tuesday

Midwest BBQ Pasta Salad
1lb (or 6 cups) dry Garden Rotini pasta
1 cup ranch dressing
3/4 cup barbecue sauce
2 cups chopped chicken
1/2 cup bacon cooked and chopped in large pieces
1/2 cup bell pepper
i1/2 cup scallions minced
1/2 cup red onion chopped
1/2 cup peeled, seeded and diced cucumber
salt and pepper to taste

Cook Garden Rotini according to package directions. When pasta is "al dente" drain and rinse with cool water to stop the cooking. Drain off excess water thoroughly. Place all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and toss well Season to taste. Serves 6-8

I took this pasta salad to the Ward Social last Friday night.
First time I had ever made it.
Pretty good and great for summer BBQ's.

6 comments:

Connie said...

Ranch dressing and barbecue sauce. Sounds good! Looks good too!

Welcome to the Garden of Egan said...

I was showing this recipe off to the ER staff. It's unanimous........LOOKS delicious.
We'll all be over for some. Noon sound OK? There may be a couple dozen of us....maybe I'll bring some crazy patients too.

Yvonne said...

That sounds so yummy. I will have to give it a try. Thanks.

mCat said...

This looks and sounds absolutely delicious! I am copying the recipe to give Splenda to make it for me!

tammy said...

That looks yummy!

And don't you love how Melissa gets Splenda to feed her all of the time?

Anonymous said...

We love all these ingredients. I'll have to make this for the weekend.