Italian Chicken Pasta Salad
If you make a batch of chicken and boiled pasta ahead of time, you can keep those in the fridge to throw together a fresh pasta salad whenever you want throughout the week.
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Once you have the pasta and protein cooked, you can customize this with any vegetables or dressing components you have around.
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Ethan Chlebowski
CREATOR
Ingredients
Pasta Salad
- dried pasta112 g2 parts
- chicken, cooked & chopped150 g1.5 parts
- green peas, thawed or cooked150 g1.5 parts
- mozzarella pearls100 g1 part
- cherry tomatoes, quartered100 g1 part
- romaine lettuce, thinly sliced35 ga handful
- red onions, thinly sliced20 ga handful
- pepperoncini peppers, thinly sliced15 ga spoonful
Dressing
- extra virgin olive oil30 g2 spoonfuls
- parmigiano reggiano, grated20 ga handful
- lemon juice1/2 lemon
- dried oreganoa sprinkle
- garlic powdera sprinkle
- black peppera sprinkle
- saltto taste
Method
Step 1: Prep, cook, or gather ingredients
Gather, chop, and/or cook the ingredients you’ll need:
- Cook the chicken however you like, and dice it up.
- & drain the pasta.
- Chop any vegetables.
- Gather dressing components, etc.
In the next step, you can weigh out the ingredients right into the serving bowl as you assemble.
Step 2: Toss everything together
Measure and add all pasta salad components & dressing components to a large bowl.
- If you have a scale, this is easiest done by setting a bowl over a scale and adding ingredients right to the bowl, taring out the scale in between ingredients.
- Or, you can just add ingredients to your desired ratios.
Toss to combine everything, the dressing, and make sure ingredients are well coated.
Step 3: Adjust & serve
Taste the pasta salad. Adjust with more dressing ingredients as needed.
- For example, add more salt if needed, extra lemon juice for acidity, or extra olive oil or Parmigiano Reggiano for extra richness.
Enjoy.
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