Cowboy Pasta Salad
Cowboy Pasta Salad is always a crowd favorite. It is creamy, delicious and loaded with simple ingredients. The perfect summertime pasta salad.
Servings: 15
Cost: $20.01 Recipe, $1.33 per Serving
Ingredients
For the Pasta Salad:
- 10 slices bacon cooked crisp and diced
- 1 pound Ground Beef browned and drained
- 16 oz pasta cooked and cooled bowtie or rotini
- 1 can Corn 8.5 oz can, drained
- 1 can Black Beans 15 oz can, drained and rinsed
- 8 ounces Cherry Tomatoes halved
- 8 ounces Cheddar Cheese cubed
- ½ Red Onion diced
- 1 Green Bell Pepper chopped
- 5 Green Onions diced
For the Dressing:
- 1 cup Mayonnaise
- ½ cup Barbecue Sauce
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 Tablespoon Spicy Brown Mustard
- 2 teaspoons Hot Sauce
- 1 teaspoon Cumin
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Brown the ground beef in a large skillet. Drain the excess grease and let the beef cool to room temperature.
- Cook the bacon in a separate pan until crisp. Crumble or dice the bacon.
- Whisk the mayonnaise, barbecue sauce, Worcestershire sauce, spicy brown mustard, hot sauce, cumin, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Add the pasta, ground beef, bacon, corn, black beans, tomatoes, cheddar cheese, red onion, bell pepper, and most of the green onions to a large bowl. Reserve some green onions for topping.
- Pour the dressing over the pasta salad and gently toss until evenly coated.
- Chill until ready to serve.
- Top with the reserved green onions before serving.
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Notes
If you are not serving this pasta salad immediately, wait to add the dressing and bacon until right before serving.
Refrigerate the leftovers in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 432kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 358mg | Potassium: 382mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 403IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 138mg | Iron: 2mg
