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Best Ever Pasta Salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Best Ever Pasta Salad

14 ingredients 35 min 8 servings openrecipes
Best Ever Pasta Salad

"This is a tasty and filling chicken pasta salad. Perfect served with a croissant and iced tea for a summer luncheon! Enjoy."

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

712
Calories
49g
Protein
29g
Fat
63g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pasta 1 cup cooked (140g) 220
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bell Pepper 1 medium (119g) 31
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Dill 5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Capers 1 tbsp (9g) drained 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Pimento not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups rotelli pasta
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup white wine vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons prepared Dijon-style mustard
  • 1/4 cup minced pimento
  • 2 tablespoons minced capers
  • coarsely ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 green bell pepper, seeded and diced
  • 1/2 pound Havarti cheese, diced
  • 4 green onions, diced
  • 4 boneless chicken breast halves - cooked, cooled and cubed

Directions

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