Yummy Pasta Salad

5 Reviews

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 20 min
Ready In: 30 min

“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!” - by QUARTERGODDESS

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

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Original recipe yields 4 servings

Directions

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.
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.
Mix together pasta, chicken, black olives and Italian dressing (to taste). Serve hot or cold.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (4 total)

Calories
726 cal
36%

Fat
44.6 g
69%

Carbs
48.4 g
16%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (5)

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Navy_Mommy

Jan. 6, 2004

"Interesting, but we didn't really care for the addition of the Ranch. It seemed to compete with the Italian dressing. Also added lots of extras like cheese, veggies, and ham...." See more"

chellebelle

May. 5, 2005

"I'm not sure I see the point of the ranch dressing, but as a cold pasta salad it is good without the ranch. Just cook the pasta and chicken and combine with the olives and Italian dressing and let mar..." See moreinate and chill."

DARLENE

May. 5, 2005

"It was good, but I didn't care for all the italian dressing. I'm thinking about using more ranch dressing and less italian the next time I make this...." See more"

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