Chilled Chicken Pasta Salad

Recipe Rating:	3 Ratings5
Categories:	Chicken, Pasta, Pasta Sides, Pasta Salads, Chicken Salads, Quick & Easy
Serves:	4
Prep Time:	1 Hr 30 Min
Cook Time:	15 Min

Ingredients

16 oz	zesty itailan dressing & marinade
12 1/2 oz	premium chunk canned chicken breast (drained)
1 lb	(1box) rotini noodles (cooked and drained)
1 pkg	fresh grape tomato's (cut in half)
1 lg	fresh cucumber (cut into bite sized chunks)
1 Tbsp	fresh parsley (optional)
	salt and pepper to taste
CHILLED CHICKEN PASTA SALAD

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Shauna Mohart

Full Flavored

Oak Harbor, WA (pop. 22,075)

Shauna003

Member Since Aug 2010

Shauna's Notes:

This is a real "no brainer"
Kids love it and it is sooo easy that you'll find yourself makeing it often. In place of the Italian Salad Dressing, I've found that using a Lemon Ginger Sesame Dressing gives it an entire different taste. Ive also added frozen peas (thawed) for more color and taste.. GREAT as a meal or a side... My family has asked me to make this a lot now and i willingly do so.. ENJOY

Directions

Drain Chicken, with a fork break apart into smaller chunks, put in a bowl place in fridge to cool, chop up tomato's and cucumbers, put in the same bowl as Chicken. Add half of the Dressing and chill.

While Chicken mixture is chilling cook Rotini noodles, until soft but firm, drain, add a bit of salt and pepper, chill until cold (about 30 minutes) combine Rotini noodles with the chilled chicken mixture and add the other half of the dressing mix well add fresh parsley and more salt and pepper if needed, You can always add more dressing if your taste so desires, also I add frozen (thawed) peas for a bit more color. TRY the Lemon Ginger Sesame Dressing....

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Karla Everett Karla59

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Mar 26, 2011

This recipe sounds great for my next Scrapbook night with the girls. I'll be trying this soon. :)

Susan Cowan Suzyqinbarstow

Jun 13, 2011

This recipe sounds so good I think it might be mine & DH dinner tonight. We are always looking for something easy to make now that it is just the two of us at home... Thank you ~Suzy J.C.~