Jalapeno and Pesto Chicken Pasta Salad
"This is a delicious, cold chicken and pasta salad. Very healthy as well. It takes less than 10 minutes to put together and is bursting with flavor from only a few ingredients. I prefer using two jalapenos (SEEDED) but if you want only a very little spice to it, just use one. I wouldn't skimp on any of the ingredients, they all make this salad what it is.
Perfect for any BBQ or gathering or just a super quick dinner on a night where you don't feel like cooking or heating up the house."
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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4 cups salad
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
- 4 ounces rotini pasta, cooked, rinsed in cold water and drained
- 2 chicken breasts, cooked and diced
- 2 roma tomatoes, chopped
- 1 -2 jalapeno, minced
- 1⁄4 cup red onion, finely diced
- 1⁄2 cup cilantro, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup pesto sauce
directions
- Toss all 7 ingredients in a medium bowl.
- Can be eaten straight away, or let sit in the fridge, covered for 30 minutes.
- Serve with crusty, cheesy garlic bread!
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Reviews
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Very good. I like that it's light and you can eat it hot or let it chill. Leftovers are great as a cold salad for lunch the next day. I bet this dish would go over well at potlucks.
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I started cooking just by helping my Mom out in the kitchen as a little girl. I preferred baking over cooking, as I loved getting all into measuring things and stirring. I always got to stir!
However in the past 5 years I've been the one responsible for making nightly dinners. At first this consisted of the same 10 or so dishes in a constant rotation, but that quickly became boring and I remembered how much my Mom would complain when I was younger about how she always made the same things and she never knew what new dishes to try! Obviously 20 years ago, Zaar wasn't around!
I still cook a lot of the same type of dishes my Mom cooked when we were younger and I try to incorporate as much fresh fruit, vegetables, and herbs into my meals as possible. However Melvin's favorite food of all time is fried chicken so... I make sure he gets a fresh vegetable on the side!
My favorite cook book is my staple cookbook which is the old red and white Better Homes Cook Book. My only pet peeve about cooking is bland food!
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