Easy Chicken Pasta Salad With Links To Easy Recipes
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Served warm or cold, Easy Chicken Pasta Salad is easy to double or triple for a crowd. With fresh vegetables and chunks of chicken, it is perfect to make ahead and enjoy all week long.
Chicken Bow-Tie Pasta Salad Recipe
Chicken pasta salad is another Glenwood Cooperative classic recipe from Barbara’s college days. Her house of over 30 girls ate this bow tie pasta salad with chicken for lunch many days.
Why do you ask? Not only is it simple to prepare, but it is also easy to multiply to larger servings and because the flavors are so tasty.
The great thing about pasta salads like this one is that they just get better once they sit in the fridge and soak up all the dressing.
This is one of those dishes that we make up on Sunday and then take it to work for lunch the rest of the week. We may switch it up and take this Luscious Lettuce Salad in a Jar a couple of days and the Chicken Bow-Tie Pasta Salad the other days.
Ingredients
- Bow Tie Pasta
- Bottled Italian Dressing
- Cooked Chicken
- Parmesan Cheese
- Tomatoes
- Bell Peppers
How to Make Chicken Pasta Salad
Step by Step Instructions
- Cook bow tie pasta salad to al dente; drain well.
- In a large bowl, toss hot, drained pasta with Italian dressing.
- Stir in cooked chicken, Parmesan cheese, diced tomatoes and peppers.
- Serve immediately while hot, or refrigerate for later and serve cold.
Storage Instructions
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 3 to 5 days. Add more dressing if it gets dry.
For the full instructions for Chicken Farfalle Pasta Salad, scroll to the bottom of this post.
Recipe FAQs
- Easy chicken pasta salad is easy to customize. Like red or yellow peppers better than green peppers? Use red or yellow peppers. Like grape tomatoes? Use them!
- It can be served warm or put it in the fridge and eat cold later. You may want to add a bit more Italian dressing before serving if you refrigerate it before serving.
- For the cooked chicken, use leftover rotisserie chicken, canned chicken, or even our Easiest Grilled Chicken Ever recipe.
- Grated Parmesan or shredded Parmesan can be used in this Italian Bow Tie Pasta Salad.
- This bow tie pasta salad doubles or triples very easily to serve a crowd.
- Farfalle is another name for bow tie pasta.
Recipe Variations
- For the chicken, use chicken breasts or chicken tights, poached chicken, rotisserie chicken, canned chicken, pretty much anything you have on hand.
- Tomatoes are also very versatile. Cherry tomatoes, Roma tomatoes, large tomatoes from the garden, you can use any variety or color.
- Swap in your other favorite veggies such as cucumber, green onions, celery, fresh spinach, corn, etc.
- Serve over a bed of romaine.
- Garnish with fresh herbs such as chives, dill, basil, parsley etc.
- Add some fun additions such as bacon, croutons, cheddar cheese.
- Fruit such as red grapes, dried cranberries, and pineapple would be good.
- Substitute in a different variety of dressing instead of Italian, if desired. Make it a Caesar pasta salad with Caesar dressing.
Easy Recipes
Want to try other tried and true easy recipes?
- Egg and Sausage Breakfast Casserole
- Frozen Pumpkin Delight
- Yellow Cake Mix Gooey Bars
- Mama Grigg’s Pumpkin Bran Muffins
- Pork Chop Potato Bake
- Cheesy Mexican Chicken
Canned Chicken Recipes
Chicken Bow-Tie Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 12 oz large bow tie pasta cooked and drained
- 1 cup Italian Dressing
- 1 cup fully cooked chicken cubed
- 1 large tomato seeded and chopped
- 1 green pepper seeded and chopped
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Toss hot cooked pasta with Italian dressing until well coated.
- Add all other ingredients and mix lightly.
- Serve immediately or refrigerate for later.
Notes
- Italian bow tie pasta salad is easy to customize. Like red or yellow peppers better than green peppers? Use red or yellow peppers. Like grape tomatoes? Use them!
- It can be served warm or put it in the fridge and eat cold later. You may want to add a bit more Italian dressing before serving if you refrigerate it before serving.
- For the cooked chicken, use leftover rotisserie chicken, canned chicken, or even our Easiest Grilled Chicken Ever recipe.Â
- Grated Parmesan or shredded Parmesan can be used in this Italian Bow Tie Pasta Salad.Â
- This bow tie pasta salad doubles or triples very easily to serve a crowd.Â
- Farfalle is another name for bow tie pasta.
- The nutritional information below is auto-calculated and can vary depending on the products used.
Nutrition
