Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chicken pasta salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Good for lunch or dinner, this warm-weather pasta salad is a complete meal when served over a bed of lettuce with a side of fresh sliced garden tomatoes and warm garlic breadsticks. I usually add more curry powder than the recipe calls for. Chicken and Spinach Pasta Salad My family loves pasta salads, but usually they have too much mayonnaise or oily dressing.
Chicken pasta salad is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Chicken pasta salad is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken pasta salad:
- Take 1 pound pasta (shells, bow ties, or macaroni)
- Make ready 2 large cans chicken
- Take 1 & 1/2 cups mayonnaise
- Make ready 1 jar marinated artichoke hearts
- Prepare 1/2 cup diced green pepper
- Get 1 teaspoon dried basil or 2 Tablespoons fresh basil
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- Make ready 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- Take 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- Take 1 cup Parmesan cheese
Add the chicken, cucumber, tomatoes, olives, peppers, salami, onions and parsley. How to Make Chicken Pasta Salad. Chicken ranch pasta salad comes together quickly, once you've prepped your veggies and shredded the cheeses. Just follow these steps: Cook the pasta al dente, drain and rinse.
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.
Combine the salad ingredients in a large bowl, and mix in the dressing. Refrigerate for a minimum of one hour. This canned chicken pasta salad recipe is not only an easy to make weeknight dinner, but being a cold all-in-one meal, it is ideal for outdoor dining. Also, since it is a cold dish it can be made ahead and eaten anytime over the next few days. It doesn't get much easier than that.
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