This chicken, bacon, and ranch pasta salad could be a light summer meal or a hearty side dish. Crumbled bacon adds a nice smoky, savory crunch to the colorful and refreshing salad. Ranch dressing is the perfect choice because its flavor works well with the mixed vegetables, chicken, and bacon. Using store-bought rotisserie chicken means the only real cooking that has to happen is boiling the rotini pasta and frying the bacon. This is a pasta salad I have been making for at least 15 years. So simple and easy, yet it tastes so good everyone will think it took forever to make it.
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Recipe Cuisine: American Recipe Category: Chicken Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients :
- 1 package(s) frozen mixed vegetables
- thawed (family-size bag
- 19 oz)
- 1 box(es) vegetable rotini pasta (8 servings size
- 16 oz)
- 1 - rotisserie chicken
- deboned
- 8 slice(s) bacon
- cooked and crumbled
- 1 jar(s) homemade ranch dressing (or 1 bottle store-bought
- 16 oz)
Intructions :
- Boil pasta according to package directions. Drain and cool. While pasta is cooking
- make ranch dressing (if using homemade).
- Shred chicken.
- Add to a large bowl with vegetables and cooked pasta. Toss to combine.
- Add bacon and ranch dressing to the bowl. Stir until all ingredients are coated with dressing. Refrigerate until chilled and serve cold.
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Keyword : recipe-American-Chicken-No-Cook or Other