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Lemon Chicken Pasta Salad
A simple chicken pasta salad with a delicious lemon herb dressing!
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 15 min⏳ Prep: 15 min👤 The Recipe Critic📖 therecipecritic
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
📝 Preparation Steps
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combine
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Add 8 ounces cooked pasta, 1 cup chopped cooked chicken, ½ cup drained and chopped sun-dried tomatoes, ½ cup drained and coarsely chopped jarred marinated artichoke hearts, 1 cup diced English cucumber, ⅓ cup coarsely chopped kalamata olives, 2 cups lightly packed fresh arugula, ¼ cup coarsely chopped fresh parsley, 1 cup pitted and chopped avocado, and ⅓ cup crumbled feta cheese to a large bowl and toss until combined. Reserve the avocado and feta cheese on the side if you will not be serving the salad right away.
cooked pasta (such as farfalle, rotini, fusilli, or penne)8 ounceschopped cooked chicken1 cupdiced English cucumber1 cuplightly packed fresh arugula2 cupspitted and chopped avocado1 cup
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combine
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Make the dressing by adding ¼ cup red wine vinegar, 1 ½ tablespoons dijon mustard, ½ teaspoon dried oregano, 1 teaspoon dried basil, 1 teaspoon minced garlic, 1-2 teaspoons honey, ½ cup olive oil, and 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice to a small bowl and whisk to combine. Alternatively, you may add this all to a jar, close the lid, and shake it until combined.
dried basil1 teaspoonminced garlic1 teaspoon-2 teaspoons honey1freshly squeezed lemon juice3 tablespoons
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season
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Season the dressing with salt and ground black pepper to taste.
salt (to taste)ground black pepper (to taste)
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dress
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Before serving toss the salad with the dressing, reserving as much as you would like on the side. If you reserved the avocado and feta cheese on the side, add those when adding the dressing.
Nutrition Facts
calories
583 kcal
fat Content
43 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
7 g
sugar Content
9 g
sodium Content
527 mg
protein Content
18 g
cholesterol Content
37 mg
carbohydrate Content
35 g
saturated Fat Content
8 g
unsaturated Fat Content
31 g
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