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 Chicken Pasta Salad

 

What a great salad to serve at a baby or wedding shower! The dressing has a wonderful, lemon flavor. It's filling, and will stretch to more servings if served with other things...
 

16 oz 

 

bow tie pasta, cooked and drained

 

4 large 

 

chicken breast halves, boneless, skinless

 

¼ cup 

 

chopped onion

 

1 tsp 

 

rosemary

 

1 clove 

 

chopped garlic
 

 

 

 

DRESSING:

 

¾ cup 

 

olive oil

 

¾ cup 

 

fresh lemon juice

 

4 tsp 

 

sugar

 

4 tsp 

 

dijon mustard

 

2 cloves 

 

chopped garlic

 

1 tsp 

 

crushed rosemary, to taste
 

 

 

 

SALAD INGREDIENTS:

 

1 lb 

 

mixed salad greens

 

½ cup 

 

fresh parsley, chopped

 

1 bunch 

 

green onions, sliced

 

½ cup 

 

sun dried tomatoes, chopped

 

1/2 cup 

 

fresh grated parmesan cheese

 

1/2 cup 

 

crumbled, cooked bacon

 

1 cup 

 

toasted pine nuts

 

 

1

PREPARE CHICKEN: Sauté chicken with onion, rosemary and garlic in 12" skillet over medium heat. Remove chicken from pan and cut into bite-sized pieces. Discard onion. Set chicken aside.

2

DRESSING: Whisk dressing ingredients together. Pour dressing over cooked noodles and chicken. Cover and marinate overnight in refrigerator.

3

JUST BEFORE SERVING: Add remaining salad ingredients and toss.

 

Servings: 14

 

 Cooking Tips

**This recipe has many ingredients and is rather labor-intensive. It's well worth the work though! The great thing is that you can prepare it the night before your event. You can lighten it up a bit by using less oil, more lemon juice and turkey bacon.  Use pre-cooked chicken if you’re short on time…

**Sun-dried tomatoes are sold pre-packaged and already cut into strips (rather than packed in oil). To soften them up, put them in a small bowl of water and microwave for 2 minutes!

 

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