Description
You will need:
1 – 8 oz can pineapple tidbits, drained
1 – 11 oz can mandarin orange slices, drained
1 small red onion diced
2 small avocados, diced
½ cup olive oil
¼ cup white wine vinegar
2 cups chicken, cooked and diced (optional)
Directions:
Heat 4 quarts water to boiling, stir in pasta and return to boil. Cook for 5-8 minutes. Do not over cook- pasta should be quite firm for salads. Rinse with cold water until cool. Mix spice packet with oil, and vinegar in blender or shaker. Add vegetables and fruit to pasta. Pour dressing over pasta and toss. Chill at least 1-2 hours.
Serves eight.
BBQ Chicken & Hawaiian Pasta Salad
Serves 6.
1-2lbs Chicken Breast, boneless/skinless
1/2 bottle BBQ Sauce
1 pkg. Plentiful Pantry Hawaiian Pasta Salad Mix
1 8oz. can Pineapple Tidbits, drained
1 11oz. can Mandarin Oranges, drained
1 small Red Onion, diced
2 small Avocados, diced
1/2 C. Olive Oil
1/4 C. White Wine Vinegar
Prepare Hawaiian Pasta Salad:
Heat 4 quarts water to boiling. Stir in pasta and return to boil. Cook 5-8 minutes. Do not overcook – pasta should be quite firm for salads. Rinse with cold water until cool. mix spice packet with olive oil and vinegar in a small bowl or shaker with a tight fitting lid. Shake until well blended. Pour dressing over pasta, fruit, onion and avocados. Toss and chill for at least 1 hour.
Prepare BBQ Chicken:
Coat chicken evenly with favorite BBQ sauce. Heat skillet over medium-high heat and coat with cooking spray. Place chicken breasts in skillet, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Turn chicken, replace cover and cook an additional 5 minutes. Remove cover and check chicken for doneness (if juices run clear). When cooked completely, pour half of BBQ sauce over chicken. Turn chicken over, and pour remaining sauce over the other side. Cook 2-3 minutes more while using a spoon or basting brush to coat chicken with sauce.
Jan (verified owner) –
Wonderful Pasta Salad
Jan (verified owner) –
Best pasta salad EVER!! Always make this for our Women’s salad dinners and always take home an empty dish. My husband really likes it also. I also leave out the onion. Gives it a much milder flavor❤❤
John –
Hawaiian Pasta Salad – picked this up over the weekend and had it tonight for supper. What a great and easy to make meal. Very filling and tasty. We will be looking for more of your flavored pasta mixes to try for our meals
Elaine –
I buy several of these at a time and make them for friends who are homebound because of an illness, surgery, or whatever. They always ask me for the recipe. We love this salad and always add the avocados, and silvered almonds. Tasty!
Pamela –
I would love to see the sauce packet sold as a bottled seasoning or seasoning packets for purchase. Originally purchased a couple of these pasta salad packs at the Christmas Gift Show. I was originally attracted by the adorable tiny olive oil bottle. The pasta salad is outstanding! We use canned chicken breast and everyone fights over the leftovers.
Jeri –
Fabulous complement to the hamburgers and hot dogs we had on the 4th of July. Leftovers were perfect for lunch the next day. Rave reviews from the entire family.
Janet –
The very best…I added shrimp it was a huge success, had enough for the next day for lunch serves 8 easy.
Karen –
I served this for a Christmas lunch. It was delicious and everyone raved about it. The store didn’t have any ripe avocados, so I added a sliced kiwi instead, along with some toasted slivered almonds. I always omit onions because my husband doesn’t like them and it was still wonderful.
Karen
Sherry –
This was FANTASTIC. light very refeshing and incredibly tasty. A sure bet!