Bowtie pasta (aka farfalle) combines with salty bacon, fresh tomatoes and a creamy dressing in this delicious Bacon Bowtie Pasta Salad Recipe!
Pasta salads are a hit in our house. My husband just loves them! So I try to mix it up and do different flavor combos in our salads. This is a really tasty bacon bowtie pasta salad recipe, and it has tomatoes and onions in it!
Hubby’s all time favorite is the Italian Pepperoni Pasta Salad, which is my go to salad. But this bow tie salad has a whole new flavor combo to please your palate!
We love bacon in our house, so if a recipe has bacon it will most likely be eaten.
This bacon bowtie pasta salad has a nice crunch of bacon, tomatoes and a tangy sauce! I like to serve it with some garlic bread as it really pairs nicely.
It also makes the perfect summertime side dish for picnics, potluck gatherings, neighborhood BBQ or weeknight family dinner.
Bacon Bowtie Pasta Salad Recipe
Ingredients:
1 16-ounce box bowtie pasta
1 16-ounce package of bacon
1 large tomato, diced (appx. one cup)
2 green onions, finely sliced
1 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon milk
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
Instructions:
Cook pasta according to package directions, rinse in cool water and drain well. Set aside.
Chop the bacon in small pieces and brown it in a large skillet. When the bacon is crisp, drain on paper towels and allow to cool.
In a large bowl, combine the pasta, bacon, tomatoes, mayonnaise, green onion, vinegar, and milk. Mix thoroughly to combine. Reserve a few of the green onions for garnish, if desired.
Taste and add salt and pepper to taste. At this point you can also add more mayonnaise and/or vinegar to your liking.
Serve immediately or cover and allow to chill in the refrigerator.
Notes:
As it sits in the refrigerator, it may absorb some of the dressing, so you may need to add more mayonnaise and/or vinegar before serving.
Bacon Bowtie Pasta Salad – Great for PotLucks!
This recipe really is pretty easy to whip up, I love the ease of it. The vinegar and mayo dressing has a nice tangy flavor to it, which is paired nicely with tomatoes and bacon.
Plus you can never go wrong with bowtie pasta, it is so pretty and really adds a fun style to salads. If you don’t like green onions you can always leave them out, that is no problem. The green just adds a pretty garnish look.
If you would like to make this a gluten free pasta salad, you can use gluten-free pasta and this recipe for gluten free mayonnaise.
Enjoy!
Bacon Bowtie Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 1 16- ounce box bowtie pasta
- 1 16- ounce package of bacon
- 1 large tomato diced (appx. one cup)
- 2 green onions finely sliced
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon milk
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions, rinse in cool water and drain well. Set aside.
- Chop the bacon in small pieces and brown it in a large skillet.
- When the bacon is crisp, drain on paper towels and allow to cool.
- In a large bowl, combine the pasta, bacon, tomatoes, mayonnaise, green onion, vinegar, and milk. (Reserve a few of the green onions for garnish, if desired.)
- Mix thoroughly to combine.
- Taste and add salt and pepper to taste.
- At this point you can also add more mayonnaise and/or vinegar to your liking.
- Serve immediately or cover and allow to chill in the refrigerator.Notes
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Tony Leathem says
Made this last night as a side dish to marinated pork spare ribs, didn’t have any red wine vinegar, used apple cider vinegar instead, tasted absolutely wonderful, wife and son really loved it, cheers
Chrysa says
So glad you all loved it!!
Doris Little says
Made this with turkey bacon was ahit
Chrysa says
Oh, yay! I’m glad you liked it. I think turkey bacon is a great idea.