Italian Sub Pasta Salad
"Tastes like an Italian sub.... but it's a salad! Nice for summer picnics. Best if eaten the day prepared."
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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8-10
ingredients
- 8 ounces rotini pasta, cooked drained and cooled
- 1 cup grape tomatoes, cut in halves
- 1 cup diced cucumber
- 1⁄2 cup diced red bell pepper
- 2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce, packed
- 1⁄2 cup chopped red onion
- 1⁄2 cup sliced black olives
- 4 ounces diced cooked ham
- 4 ounces diced hard salami
- 4 ounces cubed provolone cheese
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DRESSING
- 1⁄3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1⁄2 cup red wine vinegar
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon oregano
directions
- Make sure your pasta has cooled completely.
- In a large bowl, toss together pasta, tomatoes, cucumber, red bell pepper, shredded lettuce, chopped onion, sliced black olives, ham, salami and provolone.
- In a jar or crouet, pour all the dressing ingredients. Shake very very well.
- Pour over the salad and toss to coat evenly.
- Serve.
- If not eating right away, give another good mix/toss before serving.
- Best if eaten the same day as prepared.
Questions & Replies
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Can you make the dressing days before?
Reviews
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We just loved this pasta salad, huge hit at our Memorial Day BBQ!!! I made this exactly as written, except I omitted the lettuce and served the black olives on the side, for those of us who like them. The dressing is so good, exactly what I wanted for flavor and tang!!! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe, this will be made again and again. Made for ZWT 7. -
This is a tasty pasta salad and different than most others you see at picnics. The dressing is light but slightly tangy. I took this to a family get-together this weekend and everyone raved about it. It does taste just like an Italian sub and I will definitely be making this again. -
Great! As always you can add, delete or substitute ingredients...but I would absolutely not change the dressing at all. Thank you sharing your wonderful recipe!
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I used to make a salad like this for get togethers and it was a huge hit.... so glad to find this one!
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This was really good!!! I took it to a cookout and came home with an empty bowl.
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Tweaks
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We really enjoyed this simple to throw together salad. The only thing we felt that could have made it even better was a little more punch. LIke maybe some stronger seasoning, or some pepperoncinis. We used wheat pasta, and I think that was part of it though. But gotta try to be healthy some of the time I guess lol. It could also only be better with the addition of some fresh grated parmesan on top, or maybe some crumbled proscuitto. The sky is the limit. We also subbed out green pepper for the cucumber since my Dh hates them. Thanks for a great recipe, and one I can definitely see us making for potlucks!
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I made some amount adjustments to this recipe, for the dressing I used fresh garlic in place of garlic powder, I increased the oregano and added in 1 teaspoon dried basil, I started with 1/4 cup wine vinegar and I did not add in more as that amount was enough for our tastes, I also did some amount adjustments with the salad ingredients, this salad only improves with chilling time, thanks for sharing Parsley we enjoyed this!...Kitten")
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
*Parsley*
United States
