Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, cold chicken pasta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Cold Chicken Pasta is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Cold Chicken Pasta is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook cold chicken pasta using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Cold Chicken Pasta:
- Prepare 3 TBSP olive oil divided/1 and 2
- Get 1 chicken breast
- Get 1/2 TSP Kosher Salt
- Make ready 1/2 TSP black pepper
- Make ready 1 small yellow onion chopped
- Get 20 grape tomatoes cut in half
- Get 2 TBSP minced garlic
- Prepare 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
- Get 1 TBSP fresh chopped sage
- Make ready 1 TBSP dried thyme
- Get 1 TBSP dried oregano
- Get 1 cup shedded parmesan cheese
- Make ready 1 cup zesty Italian dressing
- Make ready 6 oz tri-color rotini
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Instructions to make Cold Chicken Pasta:
- Cover chicken breast with 1 TBSP olive oil. Rub in salt and pepper on both sides.
- Heat pan over medium heat with remaining olive oil. Once pan is hot place chicken and cook for 10 minutes. Then turn chicken over and cook for another 10 minutes.
- Remove chicken from the pan and let rest for 5 minutes. Then cut chicken into bite size pieces. Place chicken in refrigerator for at least an hour.
- This is when I would usually prep the onion, grape tomatoes, basil, and sage. But if you did before, no biggie.
- Cook rotini according to the package. Rinse in cold water.
- In a large bowl mix rotini, onion, garlic, and grape tomatoes.
- Mix in basil, sage, thyme, and oregano.
- Finally mix in chicken, dressing, and parmesan cheese
- Enjoy!
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