Cold Chicken Pasta Salad

Description

A very fresh take on pasta salad. Tweak to your liking with different veggies.

Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 ½ tablespoons white sugar
  • 1 ½ tablespoons grated onion
  • 1 ½ teaspoons seasoned salt
  • 1 ½ teaspoons dried basil
  • 2 ½ cups water
  • 2 cubes chicken bouillon
  • 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
  • ¼ cup chopped onion
  • 1 (8 ounce) package vermicelli pasta, broken into 2-inch pieces
  • 1 (14 ounce) can plain artichoke hearts, quartered
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes

Instructions

  1. Whisk olive oil
  2. red wine vinegar
  3. lemon juice
  4. sugar
  5. grated onion
  6. seasoned salt
  7. and basil together in a bowl to make dressing. Transfer to the refrigerator.
  8. Combine water and chicken bouillon cubes in a saucepan. Heat over medium heat
  9. stirring until bouillon cubes are dissolved
  10. about 5 minutes. Add chicken breasts and onion; simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center
  11. about 45 minutes.
  12. Transfer chicken to a cutting board using a slotted spoon. Reserve broth in the saucepan. Cool chicken until easily handled
  13. 5 to 10 minutes. Chop coarsely.
  14. Pour several cups of water into the reserved broth in the saucepan; bring to a boil. Stir in vermicelli and cook until tender
  15. about 6 minutes. Drain.
  16. Mix dressing
  17. chicken
  18. and vermicelli together in a bowl. Add artichoke hearts and toss to combine. Refrigerate until flavors combine
  19. 2 to 6 hours. Mix in tomatoes before serving.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 1 min

Total Time: 3 hrs 21 mins

Servings: 6

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