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Creamy Chicken Pasta Salad

Nov 29 10:34am
Serves
4
Ingredients
  • 500g packet penne pasta
  • 2 tsps olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 2 bacon rashers, finely sliced
  • 1 barbecued chicken
  • 1 red onion, cut into thin wedges
  • 250g punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 2 medium avocados, sliced
  • 1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • Extra flat-leaf parsley
  • leaves, to garnish
  • Dressing
  • 1 hard-boiled egg, shelled
  • 1/3 cup bottled French dressing
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
Method
1 Add pasta to a large saucepan of boiling salted water. Boil, uncovered, for about 12 minutes or until tender. Drain, rinse under cold water and then drain well again.
2 Heat oil in a large frying pan. Add garlic and bacon and cook, stirring, until bacon is crisp. Remove from pan.
3 Remove chicken meat from bones and discard bones. Shred chicken meat.
4 To make the dressing, process all ingredients until pureed.
5 Combine pasta, bacon, onion, tomatoes, avocados, chopped parsley and chicken in a large bowl. Pour over dressing and stir gently until combined.
6 Serve salad garnished with extra flat-leaf parsley leaves.
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