Curried Pasta Salad With Chicken

"This is a lovely, flavourful but light dish that can be easily adapted for a diet with low fat ingredients. You can't get crushed pineapple where I live so I use pineapple chunks and chop them very finely. Cooking time includes half an hour of chill time."
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
3-4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cook the pasta according to the directions on the package (if you like, continue with step 2 while the pasta cooks). When cooked, drain thoroughly and rinse under cold running water until the pasta has cooled. Drain and put in a large serving bowl.
  • Spray a non-stick skillet with cooking spray or melt a little butter if you prefer. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes until softened.
  • Add the korma paste and cook, stirring, for 2 more minutes.
  • Stir in the apricots, tomato paste and water and cook for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
  • Stir together the mayonnaise and mango chutney in a bowl until blended. Drain the crushed pineapple, adding 2 tablespoons of the pineapple juice to the mayonnaise mixture. (If using pineapple chunks, chop them finely now).
  • Stir the pineapple, mayonnaise mixture, onions with korma paste and cooked chicken pieces into the pasta in the serving bowl. Toss together to coat the pasta.
  • Cover and chill for 30 minutes to allow the flavours to blend.
  • Serve cold and enjoy!

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  1. We enjoyed this very much for lunch yesterday. Lovely combination of flavors. I searched high and low for Korma paste but couldn't find it in any of my local stores but did find Tikka paste so I used that instead. I also substituted sour cream for the mayonnaise (personal preference) and used chopped fresh peaches in place of the dried apricots. This is a nice change of pace from traditional pasta salads. Made for PRMR.
     
  2. Great salad. I am really starting to enjoy curry. Nice combination of fruit. I also added some cilantro as FT suggested. I did not chop my apricots too small. I love dried apricots. made for ZWT 6.
     
  3. I have to admit I was afraid at first that I was not going to like this salad because of all the fruit, but I was very pleasantly surprised. This made for a tasty lunch today. I used 1/2 lb seasoned cooked chicken breast from Trader Joe's for ease of preparation. I could not find korma paste so I used a korma cooking sauce and omitted the water in Step 4, since I assumed the paste would have a thicker consistency than the sauce. This seemed to work. Also, I did not use light mayo, as I didn't have any--just the full fat version!! Thanks for expanding my horizons. I've definitely never had a salad like this before. Made for Zingo ZWT6.
     
  4. Shuz, what a lovely arrangement of chicken with curry pasta salad. YUM! This is a beautiful presentation, one that is just perfect for a brunch, or a celebration of some sort. The pineapple gives this such flavor and really balances and perfects the curry ingredients as well. Made for a delightful Sunday afternoon, ZWT6 2010
     
  5. Loved this thanks! I used shell pasta as I had some already cooked and waiting to be used, but other than that I made this as posted. I used Pataks Korma paste and some home-made mango chutney as well as little Sharwoods, a scraping left in the jar! We ate this as a main meal alongside salad leaves for lunch on the terrace. I garnished the salad with more pineapple chunks and also some freshly chopped coriander from the garden, I love fresh coriander with curries! Made for Whine and Cheese Gang and ZINGO for ZWT6, many thanks Shuzbud! FT:-)
     
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  1. We enjoyed this very much for lunch yesterday. Lovely combination of flavors. I searched high and low for Korma paste but couldn't find it in any of my local stores but did find Tikka paste so I used that instead. I also substituted sour cream for the mayonnaise (personal preference) and used chopped fresh peaches in place of the dried apricots. This is a nice change of pace from traditional pasta salads. Made for PRMR.
     

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