The Best Creamy Dill Pickle Pasta Salad
This creamy dill pickle pasta salad makes a great lunch, perfect for potlucks, or a delicious side dish. Everyone will absolutely love this tasty pasta salad!
Ingredients
For the Pasta Salad
- 1 lb Box of Favorite Pasta cooked + rinsed in cold water
- 1 cup Favorite Pickles quartered
- 8 oz Cheddar Cheese cut into 1 inch cubes
- ½ cup Pickle Juice Brine (for the pasta)
For The Dressing
- 1 cup Mayo
- ½ cup Sour Cream
- ¼ cup Pickle Juice Brine (for the dressing)
- 1 packet Ranch Seasoning (we like the restaurant style ranch seasoning packet)
- 1 tsp Dried Dill
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- ½ tsp Black Pepper
Instructions
- Cook your pasta according to the instructions on the box. I cook mine a little al dente but you can cook yours to your liking! Then, rinse the pasta in cold water to stop the cooking process and add your pasta to your mixing bowl. Add your ½ cup of pickle juice brine to your mixing bowl over your rinsed pasta and mix well. You want your pickle juice to get soaked into that pasta. Don't worry! It won't make it soggy!
- Meanwhile, while that soaks, cube your block of cheddar cheese and and quarter your favorite pickle slices. Set those to the side.
- Grab a separate mixing bowl and add in your mayo, sour cream, pickle juice brine, and all of dried ingredients and mix them well. This will yield a creamy, pickly dressing.
- Add all of the ingredients to your pasta - your dressing, cheese, and pickles, and incorporate all ingredients well.
- You can serve this salad immediately but it tastes so much better if it gets to hang out in your fridge for at least a few hours or over night!