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Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 each)
  • Calories:
  • 487
  • Fat:
  • 29 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 5 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 49 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 529 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 37 g
  • Fiber:
  • 2 g
  • Protein:
  • 19 g

Chicken Pasta Salad

My dad grows incredibly delicious tomatoes and red peppers. This year's crop was especially abundant, so I created this salad combination to take advantage of the bounty. My husband gave this recipe a definite "thumbs up".

SERVINGS

 8-10

CATEGORY

 Salads

METHOD

 Chill

PREP

 15 min.

TOTAL

 15 min.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 package (16 ounces) bow tie or spiral pasta, cooked and drained
  • 3 cups cubed cooked chicken
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup Caesar or Parmesan salad dressing
  • 1 tablespoon honey mustard or other prepared mustard
  • 2 to 3 teaspoons curry powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 sweet red pepper, chopped
  • 1 large tomato, chopped
  • 1 cup shredded carrot

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl, toss the pasta, chicken, oil and garlic powder. Cover and chill. In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, salad dressing, mustard, curry powder, salt and pepper; cover and chill. Just before serving, add the red pepper, tomato, carrot and dressing to pasta mixture; gently toss to coat. Yield: 8-10 servings.

Printed from tasteofhome.com Oct 14, 2008

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