CHICKEN PENNE Salad (pasta). Let Our Collection Of Easy & Simple Recipes Guide You In The Kitchen. Combine all dressing ingredients in a blender or food processor. Add romaine, tomatoes, Parmesan, croutons, and chicken to pasta bowl.
Drizzle over pasta mixture; toss gently to coat.
First, add the chicken breasts to the slow cooker.
Pour over the Olive Garden Italian dressing and sprinkle over the parmesan cheese.
You can have CHICKEN PENNE Salad (pasta) using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of CHICKEN PENNE Salad (pasta)
- Prepare 1 lb of Penne (pasta).
- It's 1/4 cup of Olive oil.
- It's 2 (12 1/2 ounce) of cans of chicken.
- Prepare 1 cup of Chopped Celery.
- You need 1 cup of small grape tomatoes or cherry tomatoes cut in halves.
- Prepare 1 (10 ounce) of can of olives.
- You need 1/2 cup of crisp bacon bits.
- You need 1/4 cup of whole raw almonds.
- Prepare 1 3/4 cup of Mayonaise.
- It's 1 tbsp of Lemon pepper.
Place the cream cheese on top. Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil. Cook the pasta according to package directions until al dente. Drain, toss with the olive oil and set aside to cool.
CHICKEN PENNE Salad (pasta) step by step
- Cook pasta according to al dente instructions. Pasta should be full bodied. Stir in olive oil..
- Drain juice from canned chicken and add chicken to pasta..
- Add bacon bits and chopped celery..
- Add tomatoes, sliced olives, and almonds to salad..
- Season salad with lemon pepper..
- Stir in mayonaise..
- Store finished salad in a covered container in refrigerator to chill before serving..
Meanwhile, cook chicken in butter in a large skillet until no longer pink. Add the cheeses, broth and soup mix; cook and stir until cheeses are melted. Drain pasta and vegetables; add to chicken mixture and toss to coat. In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook pasta according to package directions until al dente. Season chicken with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning.