Brunch, box lunch or brown bag? Here's a tasty chicken salad you have to try.
Ultimate Chicken-Pasta Salad
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 2 hr 30 min
- Servings 10
- Ingredients 13
Ingredients
Dressing
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons poppy seed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
Salad
- 1 box (16 oz) gemelli pasta
- 2 cups diced cooked chicken
- 1 cup sweetened dried cherries
- 1/2 cup sliced celery
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted
Instructions
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Step1In small bowl, mix dressing ingredients with wire whisk until well blended. Cover; refrigerate until ready to use.
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Step2Cook and drain pasta as directed on package. Rinse with cold water to cool; drain well.
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Step3In large bowl, mix cooked pasta, chicken, cherries and celery. Mix dressing mixture again with wire whisk to recombine; pour over salad and toss gently to coat. Refrigerate 1 to 2 hours before serving to chill salad and blend flavors. Stir in almonds.
Nutrition
410
Calories
12g
Total Fat
18g
Protein
58g
Total Carbohydrate
17g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 410
- Calories from Fat
- 110
- Total Fat
- 12g
- 18%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 9%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 9%
- Sodium
- 290mg
- 12%
- Potassium
- 300mg
- 9%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 58g
- 19%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 15%
- Sugars
- 17g
- Protein
- 18g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
4 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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