Recipe: Tasty Cherry-Chicken Pasta Salad

Cherry-Chicken Pasta Salad. Cook pasta in boiling salted water according to package directions. Combine chicken, pasta, celery, onion and cherries. Combine mayonnaise, poppy seed dressing, salt and pepper.

Whisk mayonnaise, confectioners' sugar, water, vinegar, poppy seeds, salt, and black pepper together in a separate bowl; fold dressing into chicken-pasta mixture. Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the chicken, celery, onions and cherries. You can cook Cherry-Chicken Pasta Salad using 12 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cherry-Chicken Pasta Salad

1. Prepare of Salads.
2. You need 2 1/2 cup of uncooked bow tie pasta.
3. Prepare 3 1/2 cup of shredded cooked chicken.
4. You need 3 of celery rib, chopped.
5. You need 6 of green onions chopped.
6. Prepare 3/4 cup of dried cherries or craisins.
7. You need 1 cup of real mayonnaise.
8. It's 2 tsp of sugar.
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
10. It's 1/2 tsp of Dijon mustard.
11. It's 1 dash of pepper.
12. You need 1 dash of dried tarragon.

Drain pasta and rinse in cold water; add to chicken mixture. In a small bowl, whisk the mayonnaise, sugar, salt, mustard, pepper and tarragon. Pour over salad and toss to coat. Cherry Chicken Pasta Salad is a delicious mix of pasta, chicken, dried cherries, and a poppyseed dressing.

Cherry-Chicken Pasta Salad step by step

1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large bowl combine the chicken, celery, onions and cherries..
2. Combine the mayonnaise, sugar, salt, mustard, pepper and tarragon. Pour over salad and toss to coat. Refrigerate Enjoy!.

It's a perfect side dish, easy lunch, or summer dinner. Cherry Chicken Pasta is a creamy pasta salad that is full of flavor from red onions, dried cherries, homemade poppyseed dressing, and toasted almonds. In a large bowl, combine the chicken, dried cherries, celery, nuts, mayonnaise, milk, salt and pepper and apple if desired. Toss together well and refrigerate until chilled. Cook pasta in boiling salted water according to package directions.