Dill Pickle Pasta Salad Recipe
Now that the weather is starting to warm up, I’m feeling less enthusiastic about hot soups and casseroles. At the end of a warm day, a nice, chilled salad seems a lot more appealing. Naturally, I’ve got lots of cold salad recipes already. There’s my Tarragon Chicken Salad, my Best Potato Salad, and of course, my beloved coleslaw. But lately, I’ve been feeling in the mood for something…different. Something with a twist.
And here’s my twist: Dill Pickle Pasta Salad.
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This starts out like a classic pasta salad, with cubed cheddar and a creamy, garlicky dressing. But then comes the twist: the juicy crunch and sour-salty flavor of a good dill pickle. In fact, for good measure, it’s got half a cup of the pickle juice thrown in, so that pickle-y flavor spreads throughout the whole dish. This is one pasta salad that’s definitely twisted. And I’m loving it!
Dill Pickle Pasta Salad
- Place cooked pasta in a large mixing bowl.
- Add in cheese, pickles, pickle juice, dill, mayo, sour cream, pepper and garlic salt, stir to combine.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
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Dill Pickle Pasta Salad
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Ingredients
- 1 lb elbow pasta salad cooked
- 8 oz cheddar cheese cubed
- 2 cups sliced dill pickles
- 1/2 cup dill pickle juice
- 3 Tablespoons fresh dill
- 1 cup mayo
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
Instructions
- Place cooked pasta in a large mixing bowl.
- Add in cheese, pickles, pickle juice, dill, mayo, sour cream, pepper and garlic salt, stir to combine.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
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Nutrition
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Fantastic recipe! Plus you can get creative and add a handful of chopped boiled potatoes or carrots to enhance the flavors and add more texture, right? Excellent work.
Have you tried this with sweet pickles??
I haven’t Wendy.. but that does sound like a yummy idea!
I also added feta cheese and sundried tomato. I was a little hesitant about the pickles and pickle juice but wow….I was pleasantly surprised. Delish!!!!!
Oh! Those sound like yummy additions Kathleen!
This looks delicious! I love pasta salad but haven’t had one with dill pickles before. Sounds so good! Cold salads are the best!
We added bacon bits – yummers!
Will this work with Miracle Whip?
The flavor will be different if you use Miracle Whip, so I can’t say for sure Peg.
This is the best salad. Everyone loved it so much. The second tome I made it, I added a cup pf sweet gerkins on add ition to the two cups of sliced baby dills to the recipe and 1/4 tsp ceyenme pepper instead of garlic salt. It was also very good.
I kinda just made this! I changed it up by adding chopped onion, carrot, celery, and red bell pepper. I also made it with Veganase and vegan sour cream instead of dairy (yeah, took out the cheese too, sorry). Absolutely delish. I may not share this batch with the hubbins & kiddos, as it’s that good.
I see you have nutritional content, which is great, but what is a serving size? It says 12 servings, but that’s not helpful without a suggested serving size. Is it a cup or half a cup?
I love the recipe! It’s definitely a change up to regular old macaroni salad or potato salad.
It’s about 1/2 a cup
Can you make this recipe day before you serve it
You sure can! I think it tastes better the next day.
Thanks and the cheese also or put in the next day