Pasta salad with chicken and bacon
Recipe for pasta salad with chicken and baconEasy and delicious lunch or dinner for a hot summer day. We love to bring pasta salad on field trips, and here it is with chicken and a meal in itself. It is also nice to have in the packed lunch, so remember to save the leftovers. You can use other vegetables and choose the ones you like best.
Ingredients
- 500 g penne pasta
- 450 g chicken breast cooked, for example pan fried
- 200 g bacon diced
- 1 red bell pepper
- ½ cucumber
- ½ red onion
- 200 g peas
- 100 g corn
- 200 g tomatoes
Dressing:
- 1 ½ dl mayonnaise
- 1 ½ dl sour cream
- 3 tbsp red pesto
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp of salt
- Pepper
Instructions
- In a large pot, bring plenty of well-salted water to a boil. Cook the pasta according to the instructions on the bag. When the pasta is ready, pour it into a colander and pour over cold water so that it cools down faster. - It is important that the pasta is completely cooled before it is mixed with the rest of the ingredients. You can preferably cook it in advance.
- In another smaller pot, bring water to the boil, add the frozen peas and give them a quick boil, pour off the water and let them cool down.
- While the pasta and peas are cooking, fry the bacon until crispy on a frying pan. Pour off the fat and let the bacon cool.
- Mix all the ingredients for the dressing thoroughly in a small bowl and set aside.
- Pepper, tomatoes, cucumber and red onion are cut into small cubes and placed in a large bowl.
- Cut the cooked chicken breast into suitable bite-size pieces and add to the bowl.
- Then put the cooled bacon in the bowl together with the corn and peas.
- Finally, pour the cooled pasta penne into the bowl together with the dressing and turn it around thoroughly. Serve the pasta salad immediately or put it in the fridge for later.
Nutrition
Calories: 828kcal
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