Chicken Ranch Pasta Salad
Chicken Ranch Pasta Salad is a delicious recipe with the chicken breast, pasta, and vegetables covered in buttermilk ranch dressing.
Welcome to our family recipe blog. There are hundreds of easy, yummy, family friendly recipes here for you to browse through. Here are a few recipe links we think you will enjoy: Guacamole, Fiesta Dip, Churro Corn Pops, Scotchmallow Cookies, Boneless Honey BBQ Wings-Buffalo Wild Wings Copycat, Orange Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls and West Coast Try-Tip.
We love this summer salad. We eat it all year long but, it reminds me of summer because it is a cold salad. I love cold salads-especially in the summer. It makes me happy when I do not have to heat the kitchen up with the oven in the middle of the summer. 😊
Thank you so much for visiting our recipe blog. Hopefully, you find everything you need here to help you put meals on the table with minimal effort and great taste.
Ingredients Needed for Chicken Ranch Pasta Salad:
2 cups rotisserie chicken breast, chopped (or 2 cups cooked chicken breast-chopped)
16 ounces penne pasta, boiled and rinsed in cold water
3/4 cup green onion, sliced thin
8 ounces frozen peas, thawed
1 1/2 cups celery, sliced
6 ounce can black olives, sliced
4 ounce bottle diced pimento, drained
Dressing Ingredients:
2 cups Best Foods mayonnaise
2 cups buttermilk
6 1/2 tablespoons Hidden Valley buttermilk ranch dressing mix
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
Directions for Chicken Ranch Pasta Salad:
Combine the five dressing ingredients together until smooth and creamy. Refrigerate to chill.
Cook the pasta according to the package directions. When pasta is desired tenderness, drain and rinse it in cold water. Set aside.
While pasta is cooking, chop green onion and chicken. Then, slice celery and olives.
In a large bowl, combine drained pasta, onion, peas, celery, olives, pimento, and chicken.
Stir in the ranch dressing. Cover and refrigerate for 2-3 hours before serving.
Serve with a yummy bread and/or carrot and celery sticks. We hope you love it!
Other Recipes You Will Love: ❤️
Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad
Chicken Ranch Pasta Salad
The best pasta salad ever!
Ingredients
- 2 cups rotisserie chicken breast (or cooked chicken breast) chopped into bite sized pieces
- 16 ounces penne pasta cooked, drained, and rinsed in cold water
- 3/4 cup green onions sliced thin
- 8 ounces frozen peas thawed
- 2 1/2 cups celery sliced
- 6 ounce can olives sliced
- 4 ounce bottle diced pimento drained
Dressing Ingredients:
- 2 cups mayonnaise
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 6 1/2 tbsp Hidden Valley buttermilk ranch dressing mix
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
Instructions
-
Mix all five dressing ingredients in a bowl with a whisk. Whisk until smooth and creamy.
-
Cook pasta according to package instructions. When pasta is desired tenderness, drain and rinse it in cold water. Set aside.
-
While pasta is cooking, chop green onions and chicken. Slice olives an celery.
-
In a bowl, combine pasta, green onions, peas, celery, olives, pimento, and chicken.
-
Next, mix in the ranch dressing.
-
Cover and refrigerate for 2-3 hours before serving to chill.
-
Seerve with a yummy bread and/or carrot and celery sticks. Enjoy!
Disclaimer:
All of the thoughts and opinions here, on our family food and recipe blog, are our own. The affiliate links (if you click on one or more) here pay us a tiny commission that will not cost you anything. The commissions help us run this web-site. We appreciate your support! Thank you so much!
We all want to thank you for visiting and trying recipes from our family recipe blog. Your support is very much appreciated. All of us are hoping that all of you are staying healthy, strong and happy. Have a fantastic day and an even better week. Have fun cooking and remember to get the kids involved where it is safe to do so. They may love it and it is a great activity for quality family time. Family and friends are the best!
