Name: Cowboy Pasta Salad Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
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

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 say it is the best pasta salad recipe ever, and he knows which one I’m talking about.

Cowboy Pasta Salad in glass mixing bowl with wooden spoon

Pasta salad is a perfect summer dinner option. You can make 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!

Try adding some of our Easy Homemade French Bread Recipe or our Easy Homemade Cornbread, and some Oven Roasted Vegetables for a very filling meal!

Ingredients Needed For Our Cowboy Pasta Salad:

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:

To make this recipe begin by cooking the ground beef in a pan until it is completely browned.

Then in a separate pan, cook the bacon until it is nice and crisp.

Then let the bacon cool, pat the extra grease off the bacon and crumble it.

For the noodles for this recipe, cook them according to the directions on the packages to al dante.

Once the noodles are done, drain the pasta and set it aside.

All ingredients for Cowboy Pasta Salad in a glass bowl before adding sauce

Now, in a large bowl, combine the cooked noodles, browned meat, crumbled bacon, corn, Monterey Jack cheese, diced tomatoes, and chopped green onions.

Then mix it all together well.

Sauce for Cowboy Pasta Salad mixed in a white bowl

In a small bowl, combine the barbecue sauce, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, spricy brown mustard, plain greek yogurt, garlic salt, and salt and pepper to taste.

Mix all of the ingredients together to form the creamy sauce for the pasta salad.

Now, pour the creamy sauce into the bowl with the noodles and carefully stir it all together until everything is coated in the sauce.

Then store the pasta salad in an airtight container in the fridge until you are ready to serve it.

Cowboy Pasta Salad in a glass bowl with a wooden spoon

To Make This Cold Pasta Salad Recipe You Will Need:

Large mixing bowl
Small mixing bowl
Medium sized skillet (2)
Large pot
Wooden spatula

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Serves: 12