Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad
This delicious Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad will be your new favorite Healthy Pasta Salad recipe! Loaded with all of your favorite ingredients, this pasta salad with chicken, bacon, tomatoes, and a healthy Caesar dressing is perfect for your next pot-luck and great for meal-prepping!
Equipment
- Mixing Bowls These stainless steel mixing bowls are an essential cooking tool for every kitchen.
- Salad Dressing Storage Jar This ingenious OXO salad dressing shaker and storage jar is perfect for making and storing your own dressing at home.
Ingredients
- 1 (8 oz. box) Banza Chickpea Pasta or regular pasta, cooked to package directions
- 5 cups romaine lettuce chopped (about 2 medium romaine hearts or 1 large)
- 2 cups Italian Grilled Chicken (cubed)
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- 1/3 cup crisp bacon crumbled
- 1/3 cup red onion chopped
- 1/2 cup Healthy Caesar dressing
- 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan Cheese for topping
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water. Let cool.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the chopped lettuce, chicken, tomatoes, bacon and onion. Add the cooled pasta.
- Top with the Caesar dressing and toss together to coat.
- Plate the salad and top with Parmesan cheese.
Notes
Here's the recipe for my delicious, juicy Italian Grilled Chicken that I use in this salad.
Here's the recipe for my healthy Caesar dressing.
If you are meal prepping (making this salad in advance) be sure to reserve the dressing on the side. Place in a separate container - 2 Tbsp. is the standard dressing serving. Instructions are in the text above for how to layer into a mason jar.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 244kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 19gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 56mgSodium: 450mgPotassium: 324mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 3584IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 84mgIron: 1mg
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