4.9 from 123 votes
Chicken Pasta Salad
This creamy Chicken Pasta Salad is packed with pretty much everything you could want out of a salad and ready in under 20 minutes.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
17 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 336 kcal
Course:
Lunch
Cuisine:
Italian , British
Ingredients
- 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
Instructions
- Put200 g Pasta in a pan of boiling water and simmer for 12 minutes.
- 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.
- Add 3 rasher Bacon to the pan and cook for 3 minutes, making sure the chicken is cooked through too.
- 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.
- 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.
- Top with 60 g Feta and serve immediately.
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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
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
% 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.