Deluxe Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad
INGREDIENTS
- 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.
