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Home » Recipes » Bacon Pasta Salad with Avocado Crema Sauce

Published: Aug 23, 2016 · Modified: Nov 3, 2020 by Karly · This post may contain affiliate links

Bacon Pasta Salad with Avocado Crema Sauce

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This post is sponsored by Lodge and their amazing skillets! Huzzah! All opinions and recipes are my own, so enjoy!
Throw out that boring old pasta salad and say hello to delicious with this Bacon Pasta Salad featuring and amazing Avocado Crema Sauce! | asimplepantry.comI may or may not be completely obsessed with this Bacon Pasta Salad.

For a little backstory, I went to a restaurant here in San Antonio awhile back called Mamacitas. I had never been there before even though I lived like maybe a mile away from it for yeeeeeeeeears.

Anyway. When we sat down, we were immediately served a big basket of chips, cups of salsa, and this green sauce that was so delicious I barely have words to describe it.

Throw out that boring old pasta salad and say hello to delicious with this Bacon Pasta Salad featuring and amazing Avocado Crema Sauce! | asimplepantry.comI tried my hardest via Snapchat, but all that came out of my mouth was some weird sounds in between the crunching of the chips I kept shoveling into my face with that sauce on it.

It was heavenly. I knew right off the bat that it had to be some sort of mythical concoction of avocado, crema, and red onion. Beyond that, I was just guessing. But I think I have mastered that sauce and I am giddy with glee cause zomg zomg ZOMG.

Throw out that boring old pasta salad and say hello to delicious with this Bacon Pasta Salad featuring and amazing Avocado Crema Sauce! | asimplepantry.comSo this is definitely not your typical pasta salad. I loaded it up with bacon because it’s bacon month and bacon month clearly calls for bacon, duh.

But the sauce. That is where it’s at. And of course, the fact that I sauteed the corn and zucchini in the bacon grease like the crazy person I am. FLAVOR!

Throw out that boring old pasta salad and say hello to delicious with this Bacon Pasta Salad featuring and amazing Avocado Crema Sauce! | asimplepantry.comAnd hello there, favorite Lodge carbon steel skillet that I gushed about over here earlier. Oh how I love thee. LOOK AT THAT BACON COOKING THERE. It’s amazing. You best read all about it, and then go get it, cause you are missing something amazing from your kitchen arsenal if you don’t have this bad boy in your cabinet.

Fo realz.

Now how about we check out today’s delicious dishes from my Bacon Month posse! HELLS YES.

8.23 Collage|| Bacon & Egg Puffs from It Is A Keeper
|| Bacon Scalloped Potatoes from Kleinworth & Co.
|| Savory Oatmeal with Bacon, Spinach and Blistered Tomatoes from Cooking in Stilettos
|| Beer Bacon and Cheese Dip Recipe from Bread Booze Bacon
|| Sriracha Bacon Lobster Rolls from Nomageddon
|| Sticky Bacon and Salmon Kebabs from Hey Grill, Hey
|| Cheddar Bacon Ranch Pull-Apart Rolls from Love Bakes Good Cakes
|| Bacon Pasta Salad with Avocado Crema Sauce from A Simple Pantry
|| Peanut Butter, Banana & Bacon Muffins from Forking Up

Now go forth and make bacon pasta salad!

Throw out that boring old pasta salad and say hello to delicious with this Bacon Pasta Salad featuring and amazing Avocado Crema Sauce! | asimplepantry.com

Throw out that boring old pasta salad and say hello to delicious with this Bacon Pasta Salad featuring and amazing Avocado Crema Sauce! | asimplepantry.com

Bacon Pasta Salad with Avocado Crema Sauce

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Course: Salad
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 8
Author: Karly Gomez

Ingredients

  • 16 oz Orecchiette Pasta
  • ½ lb Bacon
  • 1 C Sweet Corn
  • 1 C Zucchini chopped
  • 3 Garlic Cloves minced
  • 1 Avocado
  • ⅔ C Mexican Crema
  • ¼ C Red Onion sliced
  • Kosher Salt to taste
  • Cracked Pepper to taste
  • 3 Plum Tomatoes sliced
  • ¾ C Queso Fresco
  • Cilantro to garnish
  • Mexican Oregano to garnish

Instructions

  • Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil over high heat. Follow the package instructions to cook the orecchiette pasta, drain, and set aside in a large bowl.
  • In a large skillet over medium heat, add the bacon and cook until crispy, around 5 minutes. Set on paper towels to drain excess grease. Remove all but a couple tablespoons of bacon fat from the pan and return to medium heat. Add the corn, zucchini, and garlic and cook until just tender, around 5 minutes.
  • While everything is cooking, add the avocado, crema, and red onion to a blender and blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, then add it to the pasta and stir to combine. Gently mix in the vegetables, then crumble the bacon and stir it into the pasta. Mix in the queso fresco and garnish with cilantro and oregano. Serve immediately.
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About Karly

From her childhood home in Southern Minnesota, Karly embraces the crazy of everyday life by creating delicious dishes her family and friends love, while experimenting with new flavors and techniques and photographing the results. Karly’s love for beautiful foods and joy for creating is infectious to all who meet her.

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