Cherry Chicken Pasta Salad recipe

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Ingredients

1 pound rotini pasta
2 cups diced cooked chicken, or more to taste
1 cup dried cherries
1 cup diced celery
1 cup toasted almonds
2 cups mayonnaise
¼ cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons cold water
1 tablespoon champagne vinegar
2 tablespoons poppy seeds
2 teaspoons kosher salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper

Nutrition Info

420.5 calories
carbohydrate: 32.9 g
cholesterol: 19.2 mg
fat: 28.1 g
fiber: 2.9 g
protein: 9.8 g
saturatedFat: 4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 412.9 mg
sugar: 7.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil, cook rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes, drain and rinse under cold water.

  2. Combine chicken, cherries, celery, almonds, and pasta together in a large bowl. Whisk mayonnaise, confectioners' sugar, water, vinegar, poppy seeds, salt, and black pepper together in a separate bowl, fold dressing into chicken-pasta mixture.

Recipe Yield

16 servings

Recipe Note

A delightfully different chicken salad.

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