If you are looking for a pasta salad that everyone will love you have got to try this cowboy pasta salad! It has all the meat, cheese, pasta, and creamy sauce you’ll ever need.
Cowboy pasta salad is a favorite family dinner in our house! Whenever I tell my husband we are having salad for dinner, I get a look, until I say it is the best pasta salad recipe ever, and he knows which one I’m talking about.
Pasta salad is a perfect summer dinner option. You can whip it up when you have time, and pull it out when you are ready to eat. A great no-stress dinner meal.
You can also sneak all the veggies in the recipe you need to hide from your kids. Or maybe even your spouse. Haha. Either way, you can make it healthier if you want to!
Ingredient Notes
- Ground Beef (cooked)
- Bacon (cooked and crumbled)
- Macaroni noodles (cooked)
- Corn
- Monterey Jack cheese
- Cherry tomatoes
- Green onions
- Barbecue sauce
- Mayonnaise
- Worcestershire sauce
- Spicy brown mustard
- Plain greek yogurt
- Garlic salt
- Salt
- Pepper
How To Make Our Cowboy Pasta Salad:
- Cook your ground beef until there is no pink.
- In a separate pan, cook and crumble your bacon.
- Cook your noodles as directed on the package, and drain them.
- In a large bowl, combine your noodles, ground beef, crumbled bacon, corn, cheese, tomatoes, and green onions.
- In a smaller bowl, combine your barbecue sauce, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, spicy brown mustard, plain Greek yogurt, garlic salt, and salt and pepper.
- Pour the sauce mixture over the pasta salad mixture, and mix until well combined, and the pasta is evenly coated.
- Store in fridge until ready to serve.
Storing this Cowboy Pasta Salad
Store any leftovers in an airtight container or bowl wrapped tightly with plastic wrap in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
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Serves: 12 servings
Cowboy Pasta Salad
If you are looking for a pasta salad that everyone will love you have got to try this cowboy pasta salad!
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef cooked
- 8 bacon slices cooked and crumbled
- 4 cups macaroni noodles cooked
- 8.5 ounces corn 1 can, drained
- 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes diced
- 8 green onions diced
- ½ cup barbecue sauce
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon spicy brown mustard
- ½ cup plain greek yogurt
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Cook your ground beef until there is no pink.
- In a separate pan, cook and crumble your bacon.
- Cook your noodles as directed on the package, and drain them.
- In a large bowl, combine your noodles, ground beef, crumbled bacon, corn, cheese, tomatoes, and green onions.
- In a smaller bowl, combine your barbecue sauce, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, spicy brown mustard, plain Greek yogurt, garlic salt, and salt and pepper.
- Pour the sauce mixture over the pasta salad mixture, and mix until well combined, and the pasta is evenly coated.
- Store in fridge until ready to serve.
Notes
We like to sneak veggies into this pasta salad! Try
- green bell pepper
- red bell pepper
- red onion
- cucumber
- carrot shreds
- zucchini
- radishes
- broccoli
- cauliflower
Nutrition
Calories: 351 kcal · Carbohydrates: 38 g · Protein: 19 g · Fat: 14 g · Saturated Fat: 5 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 3 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 5 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 44 mg · Sodium: 492 mg · Potassium: 391 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 8 g · Vitamin A: 296 IU · Vitamin C: 6 mg · Calcium: 107 mg · Iron: 2 mg
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