Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad is a tasty cold side dish recipe loaded with chopped romaine, shredded chicken, crumbled bacon, croutons, shredded mozzarella, cheddar and Parmesan cheese all tossed in a creamy garlic Parmesan dressing.
Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad is an easy side dish recipe perfect for potlucks and barbecues.
This side dish is the perfect combination of chicken Caesar salad and macaroni salad.
This pasta salad recipe takes less than half an hour from start to finish and serves eight to ten people.
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To make this chicken Caesar salad, I started by cooking some fusilli pasta according to the directions on the package.
Then I drained the pasta and rinsed it with cold water to cool it down.
Once the pasta was cold, I gently dabbed it with some paper towel to soak up any remaining water.
Then I dumped the cooked noodles into a large mixing bowl.
I added some Caesar salad dressing and mayo to the bowl with the noodles.
Then I stirred until all of the noodles were coated in the dressing.
I added some chopped romaine lettuce to the bowl.
I stirred until all of the lettuce was coated in dressing.
Then I added some shredded chicken, crumbled bacon, shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese and shredded Parmesan cheese to the bowl.
Then I stirred until all of the ingredients were fully combined.
I also added some croutons to the bowl.
I stirred the croutons into the salad.
Then I served the salad immediately before the croutons got soggy.
This chicken pasta salad is the perfect summer side dish.
This creamy chicken Caesar salad is packed with flavour.
If you are looking for a simple and delicious cold side dish recipe, then you need to try this Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad.
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Ingredients You’ll Need to Make This Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad:
- 3 cups fusilli noodles
- 1 cup Caesar salad dressing
- 1/2 cup mayo
- 2 cups chopped Romaine lettuce
- 2 cups shredded chicken
- 1/2 cup real bacon bits
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese blend
- 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup croutons
How to Make Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad:
- Cook the fusilli noodles according to the directions on the package.
- Drain the noodles and rinse them with cold water to cool them down.
- Once the noodles are cold, gently dab them with paper towel to soak up any remaining water.
- Dump the noodles into a large mixing bowl.
- Add the Caesar dressing and mayo to the bowl.
- Stir until all of the noodles are coated in dressing.
- Add the chopped Romaine lettuce to the bowl and stir until the lettuce is coated in dressing.
- Add the shredded chicken, bacon bits, shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese blend and shredded Parmesan to the bowl.
- Stir until all of the ingredients are fully combined.
- Add the croutons to the bowl and stir them into the salad.
- Serve immediately.
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Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad
Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad is a tasty side cold dish recipe loaded with chopped romaine, shredded chicken, crumbled bacon, croutons, shredded mozzarella, cheddar and Parmesan cheese all tossed in a creamy garlic Parmesan dressing.
Ingredients
- 3 cups fusilli noodles
- 1 cup Caesar salad dressing
- 1/2 cup mayo
- 2 cups chopped Romaine lettuce
- 2 cups shredded chicken
- 1/2 cup real bacon bits
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese blend
- 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup croutons
Instructions
- Cook the fusilli noodles according to the directions on the package.
- Drain the noodles and rinse them with cold water to cool them down.
- Once the noodles are cold, gently dab them with paper towel to soak up any remaining water.
- Dump the noodles into a large mixing bowl.
- Add the Caesar dressing and mayo to the bowl.
- Stir until all of the noodles are coated in dressing.
- Add the chopped Romaine lettuce to the bowl and stir until the lettuce is coated in dressing.
- Add the shredded chicken, bacon bits, shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese blend and shredded Parmesan to the bowl.
- Stir until all of the ingredients are fully combined.
- Add the croutons to the bowl and stir them into the salad.
- Serve immediately.
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Nicole
Friday 8th of March 2024
Do you think this would work with Ranch? Would you still add the mayo?
Patti
Friday 16th of February 2024
Absolutely delish! Took it for lunch at meeting break. FIVE people asked for recipe and one pouted when I wouldn't share my lunch! We had last of it the second night (add croutons just before serving) along with a bowl of your tomato soup. New favorite Friday night dinner.
Bet
Monday 20th of June 2022
This looks amazing. I see this as a main course. Great meal for these hot humid days. Thank you for the recipe, will be doing this soon.
Lil
Sunday 5th of June 2022
Oh my...oh my!!! Thank you for this recipe.....a hit with all my guests! It will be made over and over.......over the course of this summer and beyond to be truthful! Yummy for my tummy!