Yummy Pasta Salad Recipe
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Yummy Pasta Salad

By: QUARTERGODDESS 
"This recipe uses salad dressing to add flare to an ordinary pasta salad. It's great hot or cold and makes wonderful leftovers... if you manage to have any!"

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 3.8 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (5)

Prep Time:
10 Min
Cook Time:
20 Min
Ready In:
30 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 4 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 1 pound rotini pasta
  • 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed
  • 1/4 cup Ranch-style salad dressing
  • 1 (16 ounce) bottle Italian-style salad dressing
  • 1 (4.25 ounce) can black olives, sliced

Directions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add rotini pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
  2. In a skillet over medium heat, place the cubed chicken and dab with ranch dressing. Pour enough Italian dressing into the skillet to cover the bottom of the pan. Cook the chicken until it is nice and brown.
  3. Mix together pasta, chicken, black olives and Italian dressing (to taste). Serve hot or cold.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 726 | Total Fat: 44.6g | Cholesterol: 70mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 6, 2004 by Navy_Mommy   view full review
Interesting, but we didn't really care for the addition of the Ranch. It seemed to compete...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on May 5, 2005 by chellebelle   view full review
I'm not sure I see the point of the ranch dressing, but as a cold pasta salad it is good...
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on May 5, 2005 by DARLENE   view full review
It was good, but I didn't care for all the italian dressing. I'm thinking about using more...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 13, 2011 by CookinBug Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
Tasty! Admittedly, I did do this a bit differently because I didn't even bother reading the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 3, 2008 by jaysmeals08   view full review
tHIS WAS GREAT!!

 

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