Out of the blue your friend calls and says, "Hey! We're giving a last minute barbecue and would love to have you come! Can you bring a side to share?" You then kindly and calmly reply, "Of course! We would love to come, see you soon!"
You hit the END button on your phone. All of a sudden you hit panic mode and start going through your recipes like a mad woman. Then all at once you realize all of your recipes take AGES to make and take a million ingredients you don't have! What are you to do? Well take a look at this! This is a DELICIOUS, light, crowd pleasing pasta salad that will make your friends barbecue a hit! Guess how many ingredients are in there, just take a guess... only 5! WHOOO HOO! You probably have all of the ingredients on hand right now!
Make this in 20 minutes and "wow the crowd!"
Italian Chicken Bacon Pasta Salad
1 box Penne Noodles - cooked to package directions (be sure to NOT over cook!)
2 chicken breasts
Bacon Bits (Click HERE to see how to make your own!)
Parmesan Cheese
Italian Salad Dressing to taste
In a pot of water cook your Penne Noodles according to the package directions. While your noodles are cooking, take your chicken breasts and cut them into cubes. Cook the chicken in a pan with 2-3 T. of olive oil. Add a few dashes of salt, garlic powder, and dry ranch seasoning. When the noodles are done cooking, drain them in a colander and rinse with COLD water. Place in a bowl and add your chicken, bacon bits (to desired amount), a few dashes of Parmesan cheese and your Italian salad dressing to taste. Stir all together and enjoy!
Want to add more to this simple salad?
Go right ahead!
Add In's
Tomato
Olives
Croutons
Cheese Cubes
Celery
Onion
etc.
whatever you want!
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