Deluxe Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad
Why I Love This Recipe
Ingredients You'll Need
3 cups cooked and cooled rigatoni
3 cups shredded romaine lettuce
½ cup parmesan cheese
Chicken:
2 chicken breasts, cubed
¼ cup white wine
2 tsp Nature’s Seasoning
2 minced garlic cloves
1/2 tsp lemon pepper
2 tsp thyme
2 tsp basil
2 tsp oregano
¼ cup parmesan cheese
1 cup flavored bread crumbs
Mushrooms
1 tbsp olive oil
1 cup sliced mushroom
1 minced garlic clove
1 tsp of nature’s seasoning
Creamy Bacon Caesar Dressing
½ lb. crispy bacon, crumbled
½ cup Caesar dressing
½ cup milk
1 tsp. nature’s seasoning
1 tsp basil
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp thyme
Directions
Combine pasta and lettuce and hold on to cheese till everything else is done.
Chicken:
Preheat oven to 400F
Marinate chicken in wine with ½ nature’s seasoning, 1 garlic clove, lemon pepper, ½ thyme, ½ basil and ½ the oregano. When finished, combine remaining ingredients in a shallow dish. Coat the chicken pieces in the mixture. Pour onto greased baking sheet and bake for 40 minutes.
Mushrooms
Heat oil in a wok; add garlic and other ingredients and sauté until mushrooms are tender. Take out chicken pieces and add to chicken/bread crumb mixture. Toss around and return to oven.
Dressing:
Bring milk, dressing and spices to a boil. Turn down to a simmer and add bacon bits. Simmer for about 20 minutes. You can serve salad warm right away with baked chicken mixture or cool all ingredients and combine later.
