Chilled Pasta Salad With Chicken
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
10 cups
- Serves:
- 8-10
ingredients
- 2 Suddenly Salad Pasta Salad Mix, Original flavor
- 1 cup kalamata olive, pitted and drained
- 1 (8 ounce) jar pimentos, drained
- 1 medium red onion, chopped
- 6 roma tomatoes
- 1 (16 ounce) package baby portabella mushrooms
- 1⁄2 lb cheese, diced (we use a mix of white cheddar and pepper jack)
- 1 1⁄2 lbs chicken breasts
- 2 tablespoons pesto sauce
- 1⁄2 cup ranch dressing
- 1 tablespoon light olive oil
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
directions
- 1. Cube chicken into bite size pieces. Season chicken with oregano and garlic salt. Fry cubed chicken in 1tbsp light olive oil until cooked through. Drain excess oil from chicken in a fine mesh strainer. Set aside to cool.
- 2. Prepare Suddenly Salad pasta according to directions on the box.
- 3. Prepare Suddenly Salad dressing mix according to the box. To the dressing mix, add pesto and Ranch dressing. Set aside.
- 4. While chicken cools, drain Kalamata olives and pimentos, set aside.
- 5. Rough chop red onion, mushrooms, and tomatoes.
- 6. Dice cheese into 1/2" cubes.
- 7. Combine cooked and rinsed pasta with dressing mixture. Add in Kalamata olives, pimento, red onion, mushrooms, and cheese.
- 8. Add in cooked and drained chicken cubes. Stir to combine. Allow to cool in the refrigerator at least one hour.
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