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June 18, 2019

Instant Pot Dill Pickle Pasta Salad

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Instant Pot Dill Pickle Pasta Salad—say goodbye to boring pasta salads and hello to this pasta salad that is infused with pickle flavor! Make the pasta quickly and easily with your Instant Pot.

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Instant Pot Dill Pickle Pasta Salad--say goodbye to boring pasta salads and hello to this pasta salad that is infused with pickle flavor! Make the pasta quickly and easily with your Instant Pot.

Instant Pot Dill Pickle Pasta Salad

I’m an okay fan of regular pasta salad. I guess my gripe is that it never has enough flavor. I decided to up the flavor by cooking the pasta in a mixture of pickle juice and water and by adding lots of crunchy dill pickle to the salad.

Here in the Petersen household we are big dill pickle fans (not sweet pickles…ewwww). Greg’s main snack in life is a crispy dill pickle. We love the little pickles from Costco. I love pickles in my potato salad so why not add them into pasta salad? Of course it was a brilliant idea.

Pasta salad really is one of those dishes that you can add in whatever you like. For example I added in pickles, pepperonis, tomatoes and chunks of cheese. But some other good additions might be diced cucumber, bell peppers or olives. Get creative and empty out your fridge at the same time!

If you LOVE dill pickles I really think you’ll LOVE this pasta salad. Make it for dinner tonight or for a side dish at your next barbecue or potluck this summer!

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Instant Pot Dill Pickle Pasta Salad--say goodbye to boring pasta salads and hello to this pasta salad that is infused with pickle flavor! Make the pasta quickly and easily with your Instant Pot.

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To make Instant Pot Dill Pickle Pasta Salad I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*. I love this Instant Pot because it has the yogurt making function which I use almost weekly.  It has two pressure settings (high and low), and there are also little slots in the handles so that you can rest the lid there instead of putting it down on your counter-top.

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Instant Pot Dill Pickle Pasta Salad


★★★★★

5 from 7 reviews

  • Author: Karen Petersen
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 3 minutes
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 8 servings 1x
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Say goodbye to boring pasta salads and hello to this pasta salad that is infused with pickle flavor! Make the pasta quickly and easily with your Instant Pot.


Ingredients

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For the pasta:

  • 8 ounces uncooked rotini pasta (white or whole wheat)
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1/2 cup pickle juice

For the dressing:

  • 1 Tbsp fresh minced garlic
  • 2 tsp dried dill
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1/4 cup pickle juice
  • 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard

For the salad:

  • 1 cup chopped pepperoni
  • 1 cup cubed cheddar cheese
  • 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
  • 1 1/2 cups diced dill pickle

Instructions

  1. Cook the pasta: Add pasta, water and dill pickle juice to your Instant Pot. Cover and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 3 minutes (for firmer pasta) or 4 minutes (for softer pasta). When the time is up move the valve to venting. Remove the lid. Drain the pasta of any remaining liquid. Set aside.
  2. Make the dressing: In a bowl whisk together the garlic, dill, olive oil, salt, onion powder, pickle juice and mustard. 
  3. Prepare the salad items: chop the pepperoni, cube the cheese, halve the tomatoes and dice the pickles.
  4. Toss the salad. Add the dressing and the salad items in with the pasta. Coat the pasta well with the dressing. Add salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate until ready to eat. 

Notes

I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*.

  • Category: Salads
  • Method: Instant Pot
  • Cuisine: American

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35 Comments Filed Under: All Recipes, Instant Pot, Pasta, Side Dish, Summer

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  1. Elizabeth HUDSWELL says

    July 7, 2022 at 4:59 pm

    Fantastic! Didn’t have cherry tomatoes so added artichoke hearts. Absolutely yummy.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      July 12, 2022 at 10:57 am

      nom nom!!

      Reply
  2. Deanna says

    June 26, 2021 at 12:57 pm

    Made it using dill pickle mustard. Oh. My. Yum.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      June 26, 2021 at 2:04 pm

      Dill pickle mustard? Wow! That sounds great. I’ve never heard of that!

      Reply
  3. Sharon says

    June 9, 2021 at 4:24 pm

    It was great. I only used 1 cup of diced dill pickles and it was enough.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      June 10, 2021 at 8:29 am

      Thanks for the 5 stars!

      Reply
  4. Kim B. says

    September 5, 2020 at 6:07 pm

    I can’t wait to try this one. Hubby & I LOVE dill pickles! On the list for this week. Will come back & add the stars. I know it’s gonna be a winner. I make pasta salads all the time, never thought to use the JUICE to cook the pasta…yes, child, you are brilliant!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      September 7, 2020 at 11:12 am

      Greg is the biggest fan of pickles so we always have a jar in our fridge! Hope you like it!

      Reply
  5. Noreen says

    September 5, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    I love pasta salads but we’re not dill pickle people. Do you have any suggestions for a substitute?

    Reply
    • Karen says

      September 7, 2020 at 11:15 am

      This is really heavy on the pickle flavor. I would just make a regular pasta salad if I were you. If you don’t like dill pickles you won’t like this recipe.

      Reply
  6. Bonnie S says

    July 4, 2020 at 6:00 pm

    I made this for Memorial Day and also for July 4th and I can’t recommend it more highly. Sooooo good! I like it so much more than regular pasta salad. Thanks Karen!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      July 6, 2020 at 2:19 pm

      Me too. Pickles are my jam.

      Reply
  7. Kari says

    June 6, 2020 at 2:48 pm

    This was SO easy and really good!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      June 8, 2020 at 4:21 pm

      Yay Kari! Glad you liked it!

      Reply
  8. Helene says

    May 29, 2020 at 3:08 pm

    I made it for my husband but he really does not like vinegar in recipes so I only put 1 cup of dill pickle and 1/8 cup of the dill pickle juice and still he found it too vinaigre so I ended up cooking an extra 4 ounces of pasta and added it up to everything with some more pepperoni and some more tomatoes and then he gave it a 5 stars. See photo:
    https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/7020cc38-35b2-4123-4a93-52f06f344980

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      May 29, 2020 at 3:21 pm

      I love that you were able to adapt it your family’s needs! The pic looks great! Thank you for sharing that 😊

      Reply
  9. Bonnie S. says

    May 23, 2020 at 3:05 am

    This sounds amazing! I was planning to make an italian pasta salad for a Memorial Day get together this weekend. But guess what? I’m going to make this dill pickle salad instead. I hope you and yours have a fantastic holiday Karen!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      May 25, 2020 at 12:41 pm

      Thank you Bonnie! I hope you have a wonderful holiday as well 😊

      Reply
  10. Patricia Kehoe says

    May 22, 2020 at 3:13 pm

    Is there something else you could substitute for the pickles? My husband and I detest any kimd of pickles.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      May 25, 2020 at 12:45 pm

      I would use another recipe for pasta salad then. This one is heavy on the pickle taste!!!

      Reply
  11. Kari says

    May 22, 2020 at 11:25 am

    The recipe says rigatoni pasta (ie tubes) but shouldn’t it say fusilli or rotini (corkscrews)?

    Reply
    • Karen says

      May 22, 2020 at 11:30 am

      Doh! yes it should say that. I think I accidentally typed rigatoni and meant rotini. Just corrected it.

      Reply
  12. SteveE says

    November 29, 2019 at 9:46 am

    Is the cook time the same if you double the recipe?

    Reply
    • Karen says

      November 29, 2019 at 10:58 am

      Yes it is.

      Reply
      • SteveE says

        November 29, 2019 at 11:19 am

        Thanks. Do you use the same amount of pickle juice and water or would you double those?

        Reply
        • Karen says

          December 3, 2019 at 7:43 am

          Double!

          Reply
  13. Becca says

    July 1, 2019 at 8:10 pm

    I’m so excited to try this! Would olives be gross in it?

    Reply
    • Karen says

      July 2, 2019 at 2:57 pm

      no they’d be great! My husband just hates them so I didn’t put them in.

      Reply
  14. PamsterLA says

    July 1, 2019 at 11:23 am

    Made it last week. LOVED it. Love anything dill pickle flavored – dill potato chips!! – and this was just perfect. Allowing it to sit and marinate for a while is imperative to develop the dill flavor from the dried dill. I’d give it at least a couple of hours next time. Thanks for this excellent recipe.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      July 1, 2019 at 11:32 am

      Good tip! Thanks!

      Reply
  15. Cynthia says

    June 27, 2019 at 1:24 pm

    Its sounds great. But I do love bread and butter pickles. I will have to try this.

    Reply
  16. Robin says

    June 23, 2019 at 12:11 pm

    You had me at infused with pickle flavor.lol….. Looking forward to trying this one. I was looking for a new, different side dish for the 4th of July, found it!😊😃

    Reply
    • Karen says

      June 24, 2019 at 6:59 am

      I think you’ll really like it Robin!

      Reply
  17. Laurie says

    June 18, 2019 at 11:15 am

    Genius! I can’t wait to try this.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      June 24, 2019 at 10:31 am

      I hope you like it! We did!

      Reply

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