Pasta Salad With Chicken and Spinach Recipe
This is a flavorful chicken and pasta salad, with garlic, bell pepper, spinach, and a lemony mayonnaise dressing.
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- Serves: 4 persons
Ingredients
- 8ounces pasta (fusilli, rotini, etc.)
- 1 ½to 2 cups spinach leaves
- ½red bell pepper
- 12grape tomatoes (or cherry tomatoes , halved)
- ¼cup diced red onion
- 1medium clove garlic (finely minced)
- 2cups chopped chicken (cooked or canned)
- 1to 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
- 1tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 2tablespoons lemon juice
- 1teaspoon Dijon or a favorite gourmet mustard
- ⅛teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½teaspoon dried leaf basil
- salt (to taste)
Instructions
Step 1
Gather the ingredients.Step 2
Cook the pasta in boiling salted water following the package directions; drain and rinse well. Set aside to cool.Step 3
Meanwhile, chop the spinach leaves coarsely and diced the red bell pepper half.Step 4
Toss the cooled and drained pasta with the spinach, red bell pepper, tomato halves, onion, garlic, and chicken.Step 5
Combine 1 cup of the mayonnaise with wine vinegar, lemon juice, mustard, pepper, and basil.Step 6
Toss the dressing mixture with the pasta mixture. Add more mayonnaise, if needed. Taste and add salt, as needed. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving time for best flavor.