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Cheesy Chicken Pasta Salad

Cheesy Chicken Pasta Salad

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Unless you cooked your pasta in generously salted water, it will soak up the salt after you toss the salad. As a result, the flavor balance may be a bit off after chilling the salad. So, it’s highly recommended that you taste the salad and adjust the seasonings after chilling.
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine International
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Chilling time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 15 minutes
Servings 3 people
Author Connie Veneracion

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup cream cheese (65 grams) softened to room temperature
  • ¼ cup mayonnaise
  • 2 cups cooked pasta
  • ½ cup chopped cooked chicken meat (or more, if you like)
  • ⅓ cup diced bell pepper
  • ⅓ cup roughly chopped walnuts
  • ⅓ cup roughly chopped pineapple drained
  • 4 to 6 pitted black olives halved
  • salt (herb salt, if available)
  • ground white pepper

Instructions

  • Make the dressing. With a wire whisk, whip together the softened cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth.
  • In a large mixing bowl, toss together the pasta, chicken, diced bell pepper, walnuts, chopped pineapple and black olives with herbed salt and ground pepper.
  • Add the dressing and toss to blend.
  • Taste and add more herbed salt and pepper, if needed.
  • Chill well for several hours.
  • Stir, taste and adjust the seasonings, if needed, before serving.