This BLT pasta post has been sponsored by Barilla®. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
This simple one pot BLT pasta with arugula has all your classic flavors from a BLT sandwich in pasta form! This dish is full of flavor and comes together quickly thanks to the Barilla® Ready Pasta Rotini from Safeway, which allows you to add the fully cooked pasta during the last few minutes of the recipe. This pasta is great for a quick weeknight meal and would also be great for a simple, quick and satisfying camping recipe too. Because of how convenient and simple Barilla® Ready Pasta is, this meal is made much easier!
Ingredients for BLT Pasta
Bacon is the first ingredient, so you know this recipe is going to be good! Anytime I use bacon I prefer thick, center-cut pieces.
Heirloom Cherry Tomatoes are sautéed in bacon grease in this recipe and bring lots of flavor. The colorful heirloom varieties add a fun pop of color to this dish.
Barilla® Ready Pasta Rotini makes it easy to create your own custom dish by adding your favorite ingredients to this pasta. Because Barilla Ready Pasta is already fully cooked, it only needs to be microwaved for 60 seconds, allowing this pasta recipe to be a quick one-pot meal. I shop often at Safeway, since they have such a wide variety of amazing products, and you can find this product at your local Safeway in the pasta section or on the Safeway mobile app. They currently have a J4U coupon offer for $0.50 off 1!
Baby Arugula helps to balance out the rich flavor from the bacon and adds a little green to the meal! Most of the arugula is wilted in the dish, but save a handful or so to garnish on top as well.
Parmesan Cheese is the perfect garnish grated over this pasta dish.
Flakey Salt & Freshly Ground Pepper
How to Make BLT Pasta
This pasta is so simple to make. First, sauté bacon pieces in a large skillet. Once the bacon is cooked to the desired crispiness level, take the pieces out with a slotted spoon and set aside on a paper towel-lined plate.
Next, add tomato halves to the bacon grease, along with salt and pepper, and continue to sauté until tomatoes are starting to soften and almost fall apart. Now add back half of the bacon, and then the Barilla Ready Pasta Rotini, and stir to coat.
Lastly, add arugula into the skillet and continue to cook and stir until the arugula starts to wilt, about two minutes.
Serve immediately in two bowls and top with remaining bacon, a handful of fresh arugula and grated parmesan cheese. Add salt & pepper to taste.
BLT Pasta with Arugula for Two
This pasta gives you all the amazing flavor of a BLT sandwich but in pasta form. Great for a quick lunch or weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
- 4 oz bacon cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- 1/2 lb heirloom cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 8.5 oz package Barilla® Ready Pasta Rotini
- 2 oz baby arugula plus more for garnish
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- flaky salt and freshly ground pepper
Instructions
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Put bacon pieces in large skillet and cook on medium until crisp. Stir occasionally so it does not burn. Bacon should be done in about 8 minutes. Remove bacon from skillet and set aside on a paper towel lined plate.
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Add the tomato halves to the bacon grease, stirring often. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for 5-7 minutes, or until the tomatoes begin to fall apart. Add half of the bacon back to the skillet.
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Add Barilla Ready Pasta Rotini and stir to coat. Add arugula directly to the skillet. Cook until the arugula starts to wilt, about two minutes.
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Serve in bowls and top with remaining bacon, arugula, and parmesan cheese. Serve with with flaky salt, and freshly ground pepper.
Recipe Video
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BLT pasta is such a genius idea for a recipe! I cannot wait to give this a try! YUM!
Thanks Leslie, enjoy!
Loved the BLT flavors in this one! So easy to make and delicious.
Thanks so much, Emily!
Arugula is so underrated but truly adds so much flavor like in this pasta! Need to make this soon!
The arugula really completes this dish. Thanks, Gail!
Yum! My husband is going to love this recipe! Can’t wait to make this!
Enjoy, Beth!
Looks beautiful and so fresh! I love arugula! Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks Pris!
This is such a pretty, colorful pasta dish! I adore arugula, so I’m happy you threw that in there, so yummy!
I like to add arugula in so many recipes lately, it adds such a nice fresh flavor. Thanks, Lesli!
I haven’t had BLT Pasta salad since— wow, I think the last time I made it was in 2016? I had actually over the years forgot about it until I tried your version which was really good. I will be making it again soon!
So glad you were able to make it and that you enjoyed it Heidy!
MMMM. This is so good. I love the spicy peppery arugula with tomatoes and crispy bacon. Yum.
Thanks Scarlet! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I love anything and everything ‘BLT’, it’s the best flavor combination ever! And I’m totally a center cut bacon girl, myself 😉
Thanks Sue. And yes, center cut is the way to go!
This looks amazing. Cant wait to try. Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks so much, Sondra. I hope you enjoy it.
I saw this on your instagram, it looks delicious! I’ll say it again – bacon and pasta is always yummy!!
Thanks, Alex!
I love this dish! Arugula is my favorite and adding it to pasta is perfect.
Arugula adds such a nice flavor and texture! Thanks, Alexis.
This is a great pasta idea for the family! Love the fresh veggies in it and that you gave it a healthy twist. Will make again.
So glad you liked it, Juilie.
My brother will definitely love this BLT pasta, I’ll make this for him once he visits me, again.
I hope he enjoys the pasta, thanks for sharing!
I love Barilla pasta! I know my family is going to love this salad!
Their products are always a hit, thanks Chef Dennis!
What a great pasta recipe, this will be perfect for a quick weeknight meal for me to make for the family.
Yay! Enjoy, Sarah.
Yum! This looks great. Love how quick and easy this looks. Cant wait to try. Thanks for sharing.
Enjoy, Sondra!
Love the twist to BLT. Interesting pasta recipe to try for dinner. Thanks for sharing. Pinned.
Enjoy Kushigalu!
Love all that crunchy bacon topping! This BLT pasta is a yummy option for lunch, indeed!
It’s a perfect simple lunch! Thanks, Gail.
oooo, what an interesting idea to mix a BLT with pasta, and to make it into one! i love this idea and i cant wait to make this for me and my family soon. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Thanks Ramona, I hope your family enjoys this simple recipe!
BLT pasta salad looks so delcios and filling. I love the beautiful colors it has got and definitely makes a nice and filling meal.
Thanks so much Sapana!