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Ranch Chicken Pasta Salad

April 29, 2015 by Susanne 18 Comments

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The recipe for this Ranch Chicken Pasta Salad comes from my mom. I’ve never seen it written down anywhere and I’m not sure where it originates from but it’s great and really easy to make.
When my mother made this salad is was as a side dish. Usually we would have this in the summertime with club sandwiches for dinner. A couple weeks ago my husband and I were at a local restaurant that had a Ranch Chicken Sandwich on the menu. That inspired me to try making this recipe with chicken. Turns out that like I suspected it is delicious.
To make this easy recipe you can use just about any type of pasta you have on hand. I like to use a tri-colored spiral pasta because I think it looks pretty. But if you have elbow or penne that would be fine too.
If you are looking for a great side dish for you summer barbques just emliinate the chicken and follow the directions as posted. You won’t be disappointed. This is really the easy to make and it’s yummy too.
That’s all there is to it!
Happy Cooking Y’all!
Susanne

 

 

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Ranch Chicken Pasta Salad

Ranch Chicken Pasta is a great entree or side dish for warm weather, a picnic or cookout.
Course Salad
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Susanne Susanne Eagan

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken breasted prepared
  • One package 16 oz. of tri-colored pasta
  • One package 1 oz. of ranch dressing mix
  • 1/2 cup of mayonnaise
  • 1 cup frozen green peas

Instructions

  1. Prepare chicken and cut into bit size pieces
  2. Prepare pasta according to directions
  3. In a small bowl combine at least half package of ranch dressing mix (this is really a matter of personal choice you might like more Ranch flavor or less Ranch flavor than I do) with mayonnaise
  4. Once pasta is cooked allow it to cool for a few minutes before combining with chicken, mayonnaise and frozen peas in a medium bowl. Stir until all ingredients are well mixed.
  5. Cover bowl and allow to chill at least 3 hours (overnight is best)

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  1. Heaven Smiling

    April 29, 2015 at 5:09 am

    This looks so simple yet wonderful! Stopping by from Wonderful Wednesday. Pinned!

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  2. Susanne

    April 30, 2015 at 1:02 am

    Thanks for much for stopping by and for pinning! I’ve loved this pasta salad since i was a kid. I hope your family will love it too.

    Reply
  3. Malia Sturgeon

    April 30, 2015 at 2:17 am

    Easy, yummy, love it!

    Reply
  4. Holy Craft

    April 30, 2015 at 5:31 pm

    Looks delicious! Pinning it to try this summer!

    Reply
  5. Renz HomemadeZagat

    April 30, 2015 at 7:09 pm

    Looks yummy. Pasta and chicken.. my fav combo!!

    Reply
  6. Swathi Iyer

    May 4, 2015 at 11:01 pm

    Delicious and creamy chicken salad, love it thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop, pinning. tweeting and sharing in google plus.

    Reply
  7. Miz Helen

    May 6, 2015 at 2:20 pm

    What a great Ranch Chicken Salad, we will love it. Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

    Reply
  8. drk

    May 19, 2015 at 10:36 pm

    Where is the chicken on the list of ingredients. How much chicken?

    Reply
    • Susanne

      May 26, 2015 at 1:44 am

      drk – I’m so sorry that the recipe was incomplete. I’ve been moving posts from one blogging format to another and I think some things got lost along the way. Good new is that I’ve fixed the recipe and it’s now in a printable format. Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you’ll come back by again sometime.

      Susanne

      Reply

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Just a simple girl raised in the South who loves to cook. I've tried recipes for everything from ambrosia to zucchini. My favorite foods are the ones that bring family together. I love to spend time in the kitchen. I'm so excited to share my kitchen with you!

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