Fresh Summertime Bow-Tie Ham Salad

  5.0 – 4 reviews  • Farfalle Pasta Salad Recipes

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. 1 (16 ounce) package bow-tie pasta
  2. 1 pound ham chunks
  3. 20 grape tomatoes, halved
  4. ½ cup diced yellow bell pepper
  5. ½ cup diced red bell pepper
  6. ½ cup diced orange bell pepper
  7. 6 green onions, chopped
  8. 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  9. 1 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper
  10. 1 teaspoon salt
  11. 1 ½ cups mayonnaise
  12. ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
  13. ½ cup shredded Romano cheese

Instructions

  1. 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.
  2. Toss ham chunks, tomatoes, yellow bell pepper, red bell pepper, orange bell pepper, green onions, garlic, black pepper, and salt together in a bowl.
  3. Stir drained bow-tie pasta and mayonnaise into the ham mixture.
  4. Sprinkle cilantro and Romano cheese over the pasta mixture; stir to combine.
  5. 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

Wendy Alexander
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!!
Nancy Roberts
Excellent! I added celery and used only bell pepper since I didn’t have the other peppers. Will make it again. Thanks!
Michael Ford
Very good! Many people asked for seconds. Thank you!
Alyssa Cook
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!

 

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