Chicken Pasta Salad

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4.9

123 reviews
Excellent
  • Prep Time

    5 mins

  • Cook Time

    5 mins

  • Total Time

    17 mins

  • Servings

    4 servings

  • Calories

    336 kcal

  • Course

    Lunch

  • Cuisine

    Italian, British

Chicken Pasta Salad

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This creamy Chicken Pasta Salad is packed with pretty much everything you could want out of a salad and ready in under 20 minutes.

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Ingredients

Servings
  • 200 g pasta (penne or fusilli work well)
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 3 rasher Bacon
  • 150 g chicken breast chopped into chunks
  • 10 kalamata olives destoned and halved
  • 10 cherry tomatoes quartered
  • 4 tablespoon fresh basil chopped
  • 4 Spring onion (Scallion) sliced
  • 0.5 red bell pepper chopped
  • 0.5 green bell pepper
  • 0.25 cucumber diced
  • 0.5 lemon juice only
  • 4 tablespoon mayonnaise
  • 1 Pinch sea salt and ground black pepper
  • 30 g spinach
  • 60 g feta
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Instructions

  1. Put200 g Pasta in a pan of boiling water and simmer for 12 minutes.
  2. Add 1 teaspoon Olive oil to a frying pan and once hot, add 150 g Chicken breast and cook for 6 minutes, stirring every couple of minutes.
  3. Add 3 rasher Bacon to the pan and cook for 3 minutes, making sure the chicken is cooked through too.
  4. Add 10 Kalamata olives, 10 Cherry tomatoes, 4 Spring onion (Scallion), 0.5 Red bell pepper, 0.5 Green bell pepper, 0.25 Cucumber and 30 g Spinach to a large bowl.
  5. Put the pasta, chicken and bacon into the bowl. Add juice of 0.5 Lemon, 4 tablespoon Mayonnaise, 4 tablespoon Fresh basil and 1 Pinch Sea salt and ground black pepper and mix well.
  6. Top with 60 g Feta and serve immediately.

Notes

  • To make this recipe quicker, use a rotisserie chicken, our leftover Slow Cooker Whole Chicken or a pack of cooked roast chicken strips.
  • You could leave the chicken out and just use extra veggies or swap it for turkey, ham or halloumi.
  • If you don't love creamy dressings, you could use a honey and mustard vinaigrette instead.
  • This dish is a good opportunity to add lots of vegetables. A good mixture of crunchy and leafy is good.
  • Avoid using long pastas like spaghetti for this.
  • We topped ours with feta, but you could use a goats cheese or a blue cheese instead.
  • Fresh herbs add lots of extra flavour to this. Chives or dill work well.

Nutrition Information

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Serving 1g Calories 336kcal (17%) Carbohydrates 44g (15%) Protein 16g (32%) Fat 15g (23%) Saturated Fat 2g (10%) Cholesterol 30mg (10%) Sodium 314mg (13%) Potassium 519mg (15%) Fiber 4g (16%) Sugar 5g (10%) Vitamin A 1710IU (34%) Vitamin C 54mg (60%) Calcium 46mg (5%) Iron 2mg (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 336 kcal

% Daily Value*

Serving 1g
Calories 336kcal 17%
Carbohydrates 44g 15%
Protein 16g 32%
Fat 15g 23%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Cholesterol 30mg 10%
Sodium 314mg 13%
Potassium 519mg 11%
Fiber 4g 16%
Sugar 5g 10%
Vitamin A 1710IU 34%
Vitamin C 54mg 60%
Calcium 46mg 5%
Iron 2mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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