Pasta Carbonara Salad

Submitted by Chef #244387

"I modified this recipe off of the back of skinner pasta package. Theirs called for boiled eggs and not peas, but that just sounded weird to me. Although afterwards, I didn't really like the peas in the mixture. It also says to add 1/4 c extra mayo/miracle whip right before you serve it, but I don't know if that is necessary. I used both mayo and miracle whip because I ran out of mayo, but can be used with one or the other. This is a rather bland recipe, so you can always spice it up one way or another."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 24 ounces shell pasta
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 cups parmesan cheese
• 1 2⁄3 cups mayonnaise or 1 2/3 cups Miracle Whip
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 6 pieces bacon (crumbled)
• 1 (15 ounce) can peas or 4 chopped hardboiled egg
• 4 tablespoons milk

directions

1. Cook shells according to package directions with oil and salt; drain.
2. Rinse with cold water to cool quickly. I rinsed twice and returned to cooled pasta pot.
3. In a large bowl combine mayo/miracle whip, cheese, milk, garlic powder and pepper.
4. Stir mixture into pot. I transfered some of the pasta back to the bowl to mix, makinh sure I had soaked up all of the mixture.
5. Add crumbled bacon and drained peas.
6. Refrigerate.

Reviews

[evewitch]

Sorry, but we really didn't like this. I had several complaints about it being "grainy." I also agree that it was a bit bland (yes, I know I was warned). I used the boiled eggs because the egg-and-bacon combination is traditional to carbonara - not weird at all (plus, DH doesn't like peas).

 

[bsneary]

I added the eggs and 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes. Next time I will leave out the eggs, add 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes and more backon.

 

[Pizza Mama]

Wow! Very tasty! I added the chopped eggs, wouldn't change it. I think I added too much garlic powder-in a good way! Thanks a bunch!