Suddenly Salad® Caesar makes grilled salad easy and a crowd favorite. Serve it for your tailgating get together.
Grilled Caesar Pasta Salad
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 35 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Suddenly Salad® Caesar pasta salad mix
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 lb uncooked boneless chicken tenders (not breaded)
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 2 heads baby Romaine lettuce, cut in half lengthwise
- Olive oil for drizzling
- Croutons, as desired
- Shaved Parmesan cheese, as desired
Instructions
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Step1Pour pasta (from Suddenly Salad box) into 3-quart saucepan 2/3 full of boiling water. Gently boil uncovered 12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain pasta. Rinse with cold water; drain well.
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Step2In large bowl, mix seasoning & crouton blend (from Suddenly Salad box), 3 tablespoons olive oil and the lemon juice. Stir in cooked pasta. Cover; refrigerate until ready to serve. In small bowl, coat chicken tenders with mustard; set aside.
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Step3Heat gas or charcoal grill. Place chicken tenders on grill over medium-high heat. Cover grill; cook chicken tenders about 8 minutes, turning after 4 minutes, until chicken is no longer pink. Drizzle lettuce with olive oil. Place lettuce on grill, cut side down. Cook 1 to 2 minutes or just until light grill marks appear.
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Step4To serve, place pasta mixture on large serving platters. Top with chicken tenders. Arrange lettuce around edges of platter; top with cheese.
Nutrition
460
Calories
14g
Total Fat
34g
Protein
48g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 460
- Calories from Fat
- 130
- Total Fat
- 14g
- 22%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 9%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 50mg
- 17%
- Sodium
- 740mg
- 31%
- Potassium
- 790mg
- 23%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 48g
- 16%
- Dietary Fiber
- 7g
- 31%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 34g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 550%
- 550%
- Vitamin C
- 15%
- 15%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 30%
- 30%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 3 Vegetable; 3 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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