Recipe: Perfect Benzz's Fantastic Chicken Pasta Salad

Benzz's Fantastic Chicken Pasta Salad. Benzz's Fantastic Chicken Pasta Salad This is great for pot lucks or summer dishes. This is one of my new favorite sandwiches. My husband recently came up with the recipe, and we can't get enough.

I mean, this is a bacon cheddar ranch pasta salad with bits of juicy chicken inside. Obviously, I need to be making this year round. First let's talk about the dressing. You can cook Benzz's Fantastic Chicken Pasta Salad using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Benzz's Fantastic Chicken Pasta Salad

1. You need of Chicken (optional).
2. It's 3 of Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts.
3. You need 1 pinch of Seasoned Salt.
4. It's 1 pinch of Pepper.
5. You need 1 pinch of Garlic Powder.
6. It's of Pasta.
7. You need 1 box of Bow Tie Pasta.
8. You need 1 box of Mostaccioli Pasta.
9. You need 1/4 cup of Onion.
10. It's 1/4 cup of Sweet Bell Peppers.
11. You need 3 stick of Celery.
12. Prepare 1 of Salt (to taste).
13. Prepare of Dressing.
14. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of Mayonaise.
15. Prepare 4 tsp of Mustard.
16. You need 3 tbsp of Sweet Relish.
17. It's 1 of Salt (to taste).
18. You need 1 of Pepper (to taste).

Pasta salad dressing: Pasta salad is often dressed with an Italian sort of dressing - olive oil, vinegar, and some herbs. Today, we use homemade ranch. "Southern egg salad, primarily used for sandwiches. Serve on fresh bread of your choice. My wife likes to make double-decker sandwiches (utilizing whole wheat bread for the center slice) with pimento cheese on the other half.

Benzz's Fantastic Chicken Pasta Salad step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
2. Put chicken in pan and add seasonings.
3. Bake 30 - 45 minutes.
4. While baking chicken - Put both boxes pasta in pot. Salt to taste.
5. Cut up onions, celery, and sweet bell pepper.
6. Once pasta is done, drain and cool.
7. Remove chicken from the oven, cool and cut into 1 inch cubes.
8. Combine chicken, pasta, onions, sweet bell pepper, celery, and dressing ingredients in a bowl and stir until well mixed.
9. Let it cool in the refigerator or serve immediately.

This healthy orzo recipe would make the perfect side for any protein. You could serve it with chicken, steak, or salmon. It would also be great with grilled chicken or shrimp if you did want to add in some protein to make it a complete meal. My family loves pasta salads, but usually they have too much mayonnaise or oily dressing. Using hummus gives this dish a great taste and texture, while also increasing its nutritional profile.