Recipe: Perfect Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad. Pasta, bell peppers, onion, and grilled chicken are tossed in a spicy mayo, blue cheese and wing sauce dressing. This is a pasta salad for Buffalo wing lovers. Cook penne according to package directions.

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad is the perfect BBQ side dish! I love the classic Buffalo Chicken flavors, so adding that into a pasta salad recipe is such a great combo. It's just the right amount of spice and heat to add to any summertime spread. You can have Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad using 20 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad

1. It's 8 Oz. of boneless chicken meat, 1/2" dice (up to 8 ounces extra would work without changing the marinade and cornstarch mixture.
2. You need of Marinade.
3. It's 3 ounces of buttermilk.
4. Prepare 3 ounces of crystal hot sauce.
5. Prepare 2 tablespoons of brown sugar.
6. You need 1 ounce of lemon juice.
7. You need of Corn starch mixture.
8. Prepare 1 cup of corn starch.
9. You need 1 tablespoon of salt.
10. It's 1 tablespoon of white pepper or black is fine.
11. It's 1 teaspoon of cayenne.
12. You need 2 cups of oil- vegetable oil is fine.
13. Prepare 3 ounces of crystal hot sauce (See note below.. Hot Sauce Matters).
14. You need 3 ounces of mayonnaise.
15. You need 3 ounces of blue cheese, crumbled.
16. It's 8 of ounces- dry bow tie pasta- cooked per the box instructions.
17. Prepare 1/2 of small red bell pepper or red onion, diced.
18. It's 1 of green onion chopped.
19. It's 1 stalk of celery 1 inch julienne cut.
20. Prepare 2 tablespoon of parsley,finely chopped.

This Easy Pasta Salad Recipe is so unique and delicious! Your pasta salad and your cookout deserve to be amped up a notch or two, and that's why I've finally perfected this recipe for buffalo chicken pasta salad. With a heavy-handed pour of buffalo sauce (tempered by an equally heavy-handed serving of ranch dressing) this pasta salad is a feisty side dish that comes together in a matter of. Perfect for dinner, tailgating, or a picnic and it's great HOT or COLD.

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad instructions

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2. Mix the buttermilk, hot sauce, brown sugar and lemon juice together until the brown sugar is dissolve then add the diced chicken with the mixture in a zip-lock bag. Marinate chicken for several hours or overnight..
3. (In class we marinate for 45 minutes the longer the better).
4. Remove chicken from marinade - drain well.
5. Mix the cornstarch,salt,white pepper and cayenne. Dredge chicken with seasoned cornstarch mixture and shake off the excess coating..
6. In a deep skillet, heat about two cups of oil(depending on the pan size) over medium-high heat until hot. Test the temperature by dropping a pinch of flour into the hot oil. If it bubbles right away without smoking, it's ready..
7. Fry at 350 F. until golden brown and cooked through. (I check the biggest piece) let cool before adding to the salad..
8. Mix all pasta with the chicken, blue cheese, mayonnaise, hot sauce, red bell pepper or red onion, celery,green onion and parsley..
9. You can garnish with extra blue cheese crumbles, and chopped parsley..
10. Note #1.. Hot sauces very greatly Crystal Hot Sauce and Franks Hot Sauce work well... they are a sweet heat. Tabasco will ruin this recipe. It is just to hot...Great on Oysters not on this Recipe:).
11. Note #2 If you do not want to fry, you can buy popcorn chicken at a grocery store or, KFC, or Popeyes and skip steps 1,2,3,4,5 :p.

It would be great with shrimp, or skip the meat all together for a vegetarian dish. Use your favorite pasta shape and veggies and make it all your own! In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook rigatoni according to package directions until al dente. Drain and transfer to a large bowl. Add chicken, buffalo sauce, ranch, celery, and chives to.