How to Prepare Delicious Benzz's Fantastic Chicken Pasta Salad

Benzz's Fantastic Chicken Pasta Salad. Put chicken in pan and add seasonings. While baking chicken - Put both boxes pasta in pot. Cut up onions, celery, and sweet bell pepper.

Put chicken in pan and add seasonings. While baking chicken - Put both boxes pasta in pot. Cut up onions, celery, and sweet bell pepper. You can cook Benzz's Fantastic Chicken Pasta Salad using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Benzz's Fantastic Chicken Pasta Salad

1. Prepare of Chicken (optional).
2. It's 3 of Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts.
3. Prepare 1 pinch of Seasoned Salt.
4. It's 1 pinch of Pepper.
5. It's 1 pinch of Garlic Powder.
6. It's of Pasta.
7. You need 1 box of Bow Tie Pasta.
8. Prepare 1 box of Mostaccioli Pasta.
9. It's 1/4 cup of Onion.
10. Prepare 1/4 cup of Sweet Bell Peppers.
11. You need 3 stick of Celery.
12. You need 1 of Salt (to taste).
13. It's of Dressing.
14. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of Mayonaise.
15. You need 4 tsp of Mustard.
16. You need 3 tbsp of Sweet Relish.
17. It's 1 of Salt (to taste).
18. You need 1 of Pepper (to taste).

Once pasta is done, drain and cool. Chicken and Spinach Pasta Salad My family loves pasta salads, but usually they have too much mayonnaise or oily dressing. Using hummus gives this dish a great taste and texture, while also increasing its nutritional profile. Adding chicken (store-bought rotisserie chicken works well), makes this pasta salad a complete meal.

Benzz's Fantastic Chicken Pasta Salad step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
2. Put chicken in pan and add seasonings.
3. Bake 30 - 45 minutes.
4. While baking chicken - Put both boxes pasta in pot. Salt to taste.
5. Cut up onions, celery, and sweet bell pepper.
6. Once pasta is done, drain and cool.
7. Remove chicken from the oven, cool and cut into 1 inch cubes.
8. Combine chicken, pasta, onions, sweet bell pepper, celery, and dressing ingredients in a bowl and stir until well mixed.
9. Let it cool in the refigerator or serve immediately.

Season chicken breasts with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Loaded with chicken, pasta, bacon and veggies this dish is tossed in a rich ranch mayo dressing for the perfect meal to satisfy a crowd. This chicken pasta salad is an easy way to stretch any leftover baked chicken breast or you can use rotisserie chicken or leftover roast chicken! While the pasta is cooking, whisk together the pasta salad sauce ingredients (olive oil, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, honey, Italian seasoning, lemon zest, salt and pepper).