This Chicken Pasta Salad recipe has the best of all possible chicken salads, with tomatoes, carrots, honey-mustard, pasta and curried mayonnaise! You just can’t ask more from a chicken and pasta salad recipe.
The recipe calls for boneless skinless chicken breasts, but you can use leftover roasted chicken, or even a purchased rotisserie chicken for this salad.
This salad is best served really well chilled, so give yourself enough time to give it some time in the refrigerator (if you can wait that long!).
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- 3 cups cooked chicken breast meat only
- 4 cups cooked bowtie pasta
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup Caesar dressing
- 1 large red bell pepper diced
- 1 large tomato chopped
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- 2 teaspoons curry powder
- 1 tablespoon honey mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ground black pepper to taste
- Cook the bowtie pasta according to package directions - it should be al dente, or still a little firm.
- Whisk together the mayonnaise, Caesar dressing, honey mustard, garlic powder and the kosher salt and pepper.
- Combine the bowtie pasta with the mayonnaise mixture, add the cooked chicken and refrigerate the mixture.
- Just before you serve the salad, stir in the diced red bell pepper, the tomato and the shredded carrots.
- Refrigerate again before serving on chilled plates.
Serves 4
On Your Own – You can also use corkscrew, seashell or elbow pasta for this recipe. Even if you have little bits of different kinds of cooked pasta, combine them all for something uniquely yours.
Food For Thought – Adding 1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese on top of each salad portion adds a little tang to the recipe.
Also, this recipe will double extremely well if you need something easy for a potluck or buffet.
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