Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chicken pasta salad. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Chicken pasta salad is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Chicken pasta salad is something which I have loved my entire life.
Zesty and sweet, this unique pasta salad melds the flavors of barbeque chicken, pasta, and freshly diced vegetables for a delicious summer meal. Can also be made without the chicken or with less, for a side dish. Chicken and Spinach Pasta Salad My family loves pasta salads, but usually they have too much mayonnaise or oily dressing.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have chicken pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken pasta salad:
- Prepare 1 pound pasta (shells, bow ties, or macaroni)
- Prepare 2 large cans chicken
- Prepare 1 & 1/2 cups mayonnaise
- Prepare 1 jar marinated artichoke hearts
- Prepare 1/2 cup diced green pepper
- Get 1 teaspoon dried basil or 2 Tablespoons fresh basil
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- Get 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- Prepare 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- Get 1 cup Parmesan cheese
Drain and transfer to large bowl. Season chicken breasts with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Sweet Vidalia onions, lots of avocado, and grilled chicken breasts marinated in steak sauce seem to do the trick. This pasta salad is indeed the best.
Steps to make Chicken pasta salad:
- Cook pasta until desired softness…keep in mind that pasta will firm up when it is run through cold water, so cook a little longer than normal.
- In a large bowl, mix the mayo, spices, diced pepper, chicken (drained), artichokes (drained, but I added a couple tablespoons of the liquid to the dressing). Mix gently to combine.
- Once pasta is cooked, run it under cold water and drain well. Then add the pasta to the other ingredients and stir gently. Fold in Parmesan cheese.
- Taste to adjust seasoning for your tastes. Cover and chill until ready to serve.
Add in a huge dollop of Ranch dressing, an hour or so of chilling, and the best just got better. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the macaroni and cook until al dente, according to the package directions. Drain in a colander, rinse with cold water and shake until very dry. Creamy Chicken Pasta Salad is packed with flavor, texture and color!
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