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Best Pasta Salad

Published: Jul 7, 2015 | Updated: Sep 30, 2024 | Author: Neena Panicker

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Best Pasta Salad

This is the best pasta salad I’ve ever made.  I adapted this recipe from the Pioneer Woman website. Ree Drummond’s blog posts are so much fun to read! I made this recipe for a 4th of July barbecue – it’s an all-American pasta salad with a twist – spicy dill pickle juice!  There’s something special about having spicy, sweet, salty and sour all in the same dish – yummy!  I just love the colors in the salad too, it brightens up any picnic table.

Best Pasta Salad

Best Pasta Salad

An all-American pasta salad that's perfect to bring to a summer barbeque.
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Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 6 servings
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Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups uncooked elbow macaroni or other small pasta
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 3 tablespoon milk
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoon pickle juice divided
  • 2 teaspoon sugar or to taste
  • ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper powder
  • 3 whole roasted red peppers chopped
  • ½ cup black olives chopped
  • ½ cup sweet and spicy pickles diced
  • 3 scallions cut into ½ inch pieces
  • Parsley chopped, for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Cook the pasta according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water; set aside
  • Stir together mayonnaise, milk, vinegar, 1 tablespoon pickle juice, sugar, salt, pepper; set aside
  • Place cooled pasta in a large bowl and add in roasted red peppers, olives, pickles, and scallions.
  • Add in mayonnaise mixture and stir gently until combined. Taste and add more pickle juice or if needed
  • Chill and garnish with parsley before serving

Notes

This recipe works really well with tortellini pasta, which makes it a meal-in-one!
Course Sides
Cuisine American
Main Ingredient pasta
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Hi, I'm Neena Panicker, and welcome! I am the creator, photographer, and author of recipes and tips at Paint the Kitchen Red. I live in the glorious west in Salt Lake City, Utah with my family.

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