Home Town Drive-In Pasta Salad
Medium French Salad

Home Town Drive-In Pasta Salad

Total Time
32 min
21m prep · 11m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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This hometown drive-in pasta salad recipe is from a small drive-in dairy bar in our town, which has been closed for some time. My kids really missed their pasta salad, but the ingredients were listed on a board inside the drive-in, so I worked on trying to recreate it. It's finally right, and I thought I would share it. We like this at room temperature, but it certainly can be refrigerated.

Ingredients

  • 1 package tri-color rotini pasta , 12 ounce
  • 0.25 cups white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons hot water
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 0.25 cups white vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano
  • 1 large tomato , diced
  • 1 red bell pepper , diced
  • 0.25 cups finely diced sweet onion
  • 1 package shredded sharp Cheddar cheese , 8 ounce
  • ground black pepper to taste , Optional

Instructions

  1. 1

    Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain; rinse with cold water to cool. Set aside.

  2. 2

    Whisk sugar, water, and salt together in a large bowl until sugar dissolves; whisk in vinegar, oil, and oregano. Stir tomato, bell pepper, and onion into vinaigrette; gently fold in cheese and rotini. Season salad with black pepper.

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