A fireman gave this dish to my mother-in-law. Now that it is one of our favorites, it was one of their favorites in the firehouse. Serve with rice, flour tortillas, and perhaps a sprinkle of cheese.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 35 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package bow-tie pasta
- 1 pound ham chunks
- 20 grape tomatoes, halved
- ½ cup diced yellow bell pepper
- ½ cup diced red bell pepper
- ½ cup diced orange bell pepper
- 6 green onions, chopped
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups mayonnaise
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- ½ cup shredded Romano cheese
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook the bow-tie pasta at a boil, stirring occasionally, until cooked through yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes; drain.
- Toss ham chunks, tomatoes, yellow bell pepper, red bell pepper, orange bell pepper, green onions, garlic, black pepper, and salt together in a bowl.
- Stir drained bow-tie pasta and mayonnaise into the ham mixture.
- Sprinkle cilantro and Romano cheese over the pasta mixture; stir to combine.
- Chill at least 1 hour before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 711 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 50 g |
| Cholesterol | 55 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 22 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 1352 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 47 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Holy wow, this is really good! We used Parmesan because we didn’t have Romano, but otherwise followed the recipe. It was so good we ate ourselves into a food coma. Will be doing this one again!!
Excellent! I added celery and used only bell pepper since I didn’t have the other peppers. Will make it again. Thanks!
Very good! Many people asked for seconds. Thank you!
Oh my gosh is this good! I made a couple minor tweaks to make this real-food friendly: I subbed 100% whole wheat pasta, used 1 can of diced tomatoes (drained very well) since tomatoes are not in season, and used home-made buttermilk ranch dressing in place of the mayo. I thought it was a tad bland with just mayo. The veggies blend together perfectly, I wouldn’t leave any of them out!