Chicken pasta salad
This hearty chicken pasta salad brings the best flavours of a club sandwich into a bowl, combining pasta with roasted chicken, crisp bacon, and sweet cherry tomatoes. A creamy buttermilk and garlic dressing ties all the textures together perfectly. It keeps well in the fridge, making it ideal for packed lunches.
Ingredients
Instructions
4 steps- 1
To make the pasta salad, cook the pasta in a saucepan of salted, boiling water for 10-12 minutes, or as per packet instructions. Drain the pasta and rinse under the cold tap to cool and wash off any excess starch. Drain well again.
- 2
Preheat the grill to medium-high and cook the bacon until crispy. Set aside to cool, patting off as much excess fat as possible with a piece of kitchen paper. Chop into small pieces.
- 3
Whisk the buttermilk, light mayonnaise and 0% fat Greek-style yoghurt together. Stir in the crushed small garlic clove, a large pinch of sea salt and the large handful of snipped fresh chives.
- 4
Return the pasta to the saucepan and stir in the dressing, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes and chicken. Season with salt and pepper and serve.
Nutrition
1 serving ≈ 400 g
Nutrition values are estimates. - means data is unavailable.
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