Dill Pickle Pasta Salad
I do like a good pasta salad, and dill pickles, and this is nothing short of excellent! I made this on 14 Jan 2017, it is easy to make, and can be adjusted with what you have on hand. This is now my new standard pasta recipe. It was so good, I did not even get photos. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
For the Salad
- 250 grams dry elbow macaroni, or shell, spirals, or any bitesize pasta would work
- 3/4 cup dill pickles, sliced, OR make from a shortcut
- 2/3 cup Cheddar cheese, cubed
- 3 tablespoons onion, finely diced
- 2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
- 1/2 cup dil pickle juice
For the Dressing
- 2/3 cup mayo
- 1/3 cup sour cream, see Step 2
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 4 tablespoons dill pickle juice
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Cook the pasta in a pot of boiling water until tender, drain and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking process and to cool it off. Toss the pasta with 1/2 cup pickle juice and set aside for 5 minutes then drain and discard the juice and place the pasta in a large bowl along with the rest of the Salad ingredients and toss to mix together.
- In a small bowl, mix the dressing ingredients together. If you do not have sour cream, start with the amount of mayo stated and add more mayo as needed to coat everything yet not be dripping with mayo either. Pour this onto the pasta in the large bowl and and toss to coat everything. Refrigerate for at least an hour before serving.
Notes
Low cost.
Shortcut: Quick Fridge Dill Pickles.
Inspired by Spend With Pennies and the link to this recipe is here.
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I made this on 14 Jan 2017 and it is excellent, this is now my new Go-to pasta salad. I did not have sour cream so just went with mayo instead, very easy, very common items to have on hand. Delicious! Recommended and on my Go-To list!