Italian Hoagie Pasta Salad
Italian hoagie pasta salad combines tender pasta, savory meats, crisp veggies, and a zesty dressing for an easy mash up of classic pasta salad and a sub with all the fixings. Make this crowd pleasing dish for your next potluck or picnic or for an easy lunch or dinner.
Do you call sandwiches served on a long roll hoagies, heroes, or subs?
We call them hoagies, but they are all really the same thing and they are all delicious.
My favorite variety is definitely an Italian hoagie, which is loaded with salami, ham, pepperoni, and veggies like red onion and pepperoncini peppers.
While they are delicious, they don’t hold up particularly well if you make them ahead of time as the bread gets soggy in the fridge.
Well now you can have all the flavors you love in this easy make ahead Italian hoagie pasta salad!
It takes everything you crave in the sandwich and turns it into an easy, make ahead dish that is hearty enough to serve as a main dish but versatile enough to be a side.
Speaking of versatile, you can swap meats, cheeses, or veggies based on what you have on hand or what your family loves most.
Pretty good for a humble pasta salad!
Ingredients
To make this you’ll need:
- Pasta– Penne or another similarly sized noodle like rotini.
- Deli meat– Chopped genoa salami and chopped ham
- Pepperoni– The sliced kind. Cut the slices in half.
- Cheese– Sliced provolone cheese chopped
- Lettuce– Chopped
- Cherry tomatoes– Cut in half
- Red onion– Diced
- Pepperoncini peppers– Sliced
- Mayonnaise– Real, full fat mayonnaise and not mayonnaise style dressing
- Italian dressing– Your favorite kind
- Vinegar– Red wine vinegar
- Seasoning– Garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and fresh chopped parsley
How to Make
This Italian hoagie pasta salad is so easy to make!
Just cook the noodles according to the directions on the package.
While the noodles cook, cut the meats, cheese, and veggies.
Make the dressing by mixing the mayonnaise, Italian dressing, red wine vinegar, and the dried seasonings together in a small bowl.
When the noodles are done, drain them and rinse in cold water until they are cooled.
Put the cool noodles in a large bowl.
Pour the dressing over the noodles and toss well to coat.
Add the rest of the ingredients and then toss to combine.
Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour, or until ready to serve.
Once ready to serve, stir everything together again.
Garnish with fresh chopped parsley if desired.
Serve and enjoy!
Storing
Store this either in a tightly covered bowl or an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.
Give it a good stir before serving again to bring the dressing back together.
Tips and Tricks
- If you are planning to make this ahead, don’t add the lettuce until just prior to serving as the lettuce will get sort of soggy in the dressing.
- Feel free to substitute other meats and cheeses if you like.
- Skip any of the ingredients you don’t like.
Other Italian Hoagie Inspired Recipes
Italian hoagie pasta salad is a yummy mash up of classic pasta salad and the famed sandwich.
Make it and enjoy!
Looking for other Italian hoagie inspired recipes?
Try these:
- Italian Grinder Chicken Salad
- Grinder Sandwich Pasta Salad
- Italian Chopped Sandwiches
- Classic Deli Style Sub Sandwiches
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Italian Hoagie Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 8 oz penne pasta
- 3 slices genoa salami chopped
- 3 slices ham chopped
- 12 slices pepperoni cut in half
- 3 slices provolone cheese chopped
- 3/4 cup chopped lettuce
- 15 cherry tomatoes halved
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 3 pepperoncini peppers sliced
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup Italian dressing
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp Italian seasoning
- salt and pepper to taste
- fresh parsley chopped, for garnish
Instructions
- Cook the pasta noodles according to the package, until tender. Drain, and rinse in cold water until no longer warm. Add cooked and cooled noodles to a large bowl.8 oz penne pasta
- Make the dressing while the noodles are cooking. In a small bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, italian dressing, red wine vinegar, and seasonings, set aside.1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1/2 cup Italian dressing, 1 tbsp red wine vinegar, 1 tsp garlic powder, 2 tsp Italian seasoning, salt and pepper
- Pour the dressing over the noodles and toss well to coat.
- Add the rest of the ingredients, then toss to combine.3 slices genoa salami, 3 slices ham, 12 slices pepperoni, 3 slices provolone cheese, 3/4 cup chopped lettuce, 15 cherry tomatoes, 1/4 cup diced red onion, 3 pepperoncini peppers
- Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour, or until ready to serve. Once ready to serve, stir everything together again.
- Garnish with parsley, if desired, serve, and enjoy!fresh parsley
Notes
- If you are planning to make this ahead, don't add the lettuce until just prior to serving as the lettuce will get sort of soggy in the dressing.
- Feel free to substitute other meats and cheeses if you like.
- Skip any of the ingredients you don't like.
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