Dill Pickle Salad

5 from 29 votes

Dill pickle salad is bursting with a creamy dill pickle dressing, crunch in every bite. Topped with crispy bacon, a pickle lovers dream dish.

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Total Time40

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Author: Bailey

Start the bacon, cook however you prefer. I cook in the oven on 350º for about 20-25 minutes but pan fried is great too! In a large salad bowl add the cooled pasta, dill pickles, cheese, fresh dill, and dressing.
Cook pasta according to package (al dente). While everything is cooking, shred your cheese, chop the dill and pickles. Set aside, and in a medium size bowl, mix together mayo, sour cream, seasonings, pickle juice, dill. Set aside.
Chop the cooked bacon. Once the pasta is done, drain and rinse under ice cold water to get the heat out. In a large serving bowl, add pasta, cheese, bacon and dressing (reserve 1/4 cup of dressing for serving) and toss together well. Serve and add extra dressing if needed or save for later if pasta salad soaks up all the dressing, you may need to just add a little more sour cream mixed with a Tbsp or two of extra pickle juice to re hydrate the salad. Pasta brands will vary on absorption!!!

Save some dressing for serving. You can also double the dressing if you like it really saucy, I do this when I am making the salad ahead of time or expecting leftovers, the noodles will soak it up.
Add what you like. Feel free to customize how you like. Use any cheese you like.
If meal prepping this, keep the dressing to the side until you are ready to serve.

You can make this recipe healthier by omitting the bacon and cheese or cutting the amount in half and sprinkling a little on top. This would cut 200 cal per serving. You can swap sour cream for plain Greek yogurt to add more protein to this dish.