How to Prepare Perfect Chicken pesto pasta salad

Chicken pesto pasta salad. This chicken pesto pasta salad is quick, easy, and a great way to use up leftover chicken. The perfect make-ahead salad for summer BBQs, potlucks, or easy entertaining. To make this pesto pasta salad really simple, I used rotisserie chicken.

Saute garlic until tender, then stir in chicken. Cook until chicken is golden, and cooked through. Drain and rinse under cold water and drain again. You can cook Chicken pesto pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chicken pesto pasta salad

1. It's 3 cup of mixed salad leaves.
2. You need 1/2 of a large cucumber.
3. It's 1 of medium sliced onion.
4. It's 2 large of chicken breasts.
5. You need 250 grams of cooked pasta of your choice.
6. It's 1 of salt, pepper, thyme, paprika/chilli powder, chicken spice or any spices of your choice to season the chicken.
7. You need 1 of tsp lemon juice (optional).
8. Prepare 1 tsp of crushed garlic.
9. You need 1 of bit of oil to toss pasta, and a few tbsp of butter to cook chicken.
10. It's 6 tbsp of pesto.

Add orzo to vinigarete and toss. Add chicken, and tomatoes and toss. Add spinach and arugula, shredded chicken, tomatoes, and parmesan cheese pasta bowl. Whisk together Italian salad dressing and pesto sauce until smooth, then pour over pasta.

Chicken pesto pasta salad instructions

1. Mix salad ingredients together in a large serving bowl.
2. Season chicken filets with spices, garlic and lemon juice. Grill in some butter until cooked..
3. Toss cooked pasta with some oil, and then mix in about 6 tbsp of pesto..
4. Slice cooked chicken in half lengthways, and then slice again into thin slices.
5. Mix chicken and pasta together.
6. Lastly, mix together chicken and pasta, together with salad. You can add extra seasonings, salad oil, dressings, feta, olives or any garnishing of your choice. Serve warm or cold..

Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and add to a large bowl. Add pesto sauce to pasta and stir to coat while the pasta is slightly warm. Add tomatoes, cooked chicken and cheese. Add cooled pasta, sun dried tomatoes including oil from jar, arugula, chicken, mozzarella, parmesan cheese, pesto mixture to bowl.