Lunch
Ultimate Chicken-Pasta Salad
Description
Brunch, box lunch or brown bag? Here's a tasty chicken salad you have to try.
Ingredients:
- Dressing
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons poppy seed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
- Salad
- 1 box (16 oz) gemelli pasta
- 2 cups diced cooked chicken
- 1 cup sweetened dried cherries
- 1/2 cup sliced celery
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted
Directions:
- In small bowl, mix dressing ingredients with wire whisk until well blended. Cover; refrigerate until ready to use.
- Cook and drain pasta as directed on package. Rinse with cold water to cool; drain well.
- In large bowl, mix cooked pasta, chicken, cherries and celery. Mix dressing mixture again with wire whisk to recombine; pour over salad and toss gently to coat. Refrigerate 1 to 2 hours before serving to chill salad and blend flavors. Stir in almonds.
