Ranch Pasta Salad (Easy Side Dish) Recipe (2024)

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Ranch Pasta Salad is the best pasta salad to take to any potluck or serve with your favorite grilled dish. It’s easy to throw together and is so flavorful.

Ranch Pasta Salad is the best pasta salad to take to any potluck or serve with your favorite grilled dish.

It’s easy to throw together and is so flavorful.

This recipe makes enough to feed a crowd, which is why we love to serve it at parties or family gatherings.

If you love pasta salad, be sure to check out our popular Spaghetti Salad.

Ranch Pasta Salad (Easy Side Dish) Recipe (2)

Ingredients needed to make this Easy Ranch Pasta Salad:

16ouncesAngel Hair Pasta
1ounceItalian Dressing Mix(1 packet)
¼cupwhite vinegar
½cupwater
¼cupvegetable oil
3(1 ounce)packages ranch dressing mix
½cupolive oil
⅓cupred wine vinegar
2 ¼ouncessliced olivesdrained
2cucumberspeeled and diced
1red oniondiced
1yellow bell pepperdiced
1green bell pepperdiced
1cupcherry tomatoeshalved

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How to make this simple potluck pasta salad:

Cook pasta according to package directions, rinse in cold water and drain.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together Italian dressing mix, white vinegar, water and vegetable oil.
In another small mixing bowl, whisk together ranch dressing packets with olive oil and red wine vinegar.
Place cooked pasta and remaining ingredients in a large bowl.
Pour both dressing mixtures over top and toss well.
Refrigerate for at least 4 hours to give time for flavors to marinate.
Store in the fridge for up to 5 days.

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Ranch Pasta Salad (Easy Side Dish) Recipe (5)

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Serves: 10

Ranch Pasta Salad Recipe

This recipe is made to feed a crowd and is the perfect side dish to any meal!

Prep Time 4 hours hrs 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 4 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

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Ingredients

16 ounces Angel Hair Pasta
1 ounce Italian Dressing Mix (1 packet)
¼ cup white vinegar
½ cup water
¼ cup vegetable oil
3 (1 ounce) packages ranch dressing mix
½ cup olive oil
⅓ cup red wine vinegar
2 ¼ ounces sliced olives drained
2 cucumbers peeled and diced
1 red onion diced
1 yellow bell pepper diced
1 green bell pepper diced
1 cup cherry tomatoes halved

Instructions

Cook pasta according to package directions, rinse in cold water and drain.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together Italian dressing mix, white vinegar, water and vegetable oil.
In another small mixing bowl, whisk together ranch dressing packets with olive oil and red wine vinegar.
Place cooked pasta and remaining ingredients in a large bowl.
Pour both dressing mixtures over top and toss well.
Refrigerate for at least 4 hours to give time for flavors to marinate.
Store in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Notes

Mix this salad up by adding chicken and other seasonal veggies!

Nutrition

Calories: 347 kcal · Carbohydrates: 39 g · Protein: 7 g · Fat: 18 g · Saturated Fat: 6 g · Sodium: 308 mg · Potassium: 283 mg · Fiber: 3 g · Sugar: 3 g · Vitamin A: 209 IU · Vitamin C: 38 mg · Calcium: 29 mg · Iron: 1 mg

Equipment

pan
Mixing bowls
Large salad bowl

Recipe Details

Course: Salad

Cuisine: American

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Amy M. says:

Have you gals ever tried adding chicken to this pasta and making it the main dish?
Cyd says:

Chicken would be so delicious in this and you could have it be the main dish! Great idea!!! :)
Jan L. says:

I made this over the weekend for my college student to take back to school with her for "finals week". One batch made enough for her to take half and we kept half at home. YUM!! Very good. Will definitely make this again.One addition I would make is to add some fresh mozz cheese to it.
Anne Frugo says:

Just checking its 3 packages of ranch dressing mix? Thanks :-)
Cyd says:

3 packages ranch dressing mix.
Jenni says:

I'm confused. You said it's just one packet of Ranch Dressing, but in the list of ingredients it says "3 (1 ounce) packages ranch dressing mix" Packets as in plural.
Cyd says:

Sorry, my mistake! That is 3 (1 ounces packages each) ranch dressing mix.
Connie Schroeder says:

I ordered three cookbooks a few month ago from you all and never received them??????CONNIE
James R says:

Awesome recipe! needed to find some food with flavor or taste. cooking with little or no salt at all.

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