This Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad has all the elements to make a perfect meal. Spicy chicken, cool dressing, crunchy vegetables and creamy, sharp bleu cheese.
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Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad can be made as a main meal on a hot summer day or a great salad to take to a get together. Everyone will loves wings will love this salad.
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- 10 Minute Meal: So quick and easy.
- Easy Ingredients: All easy ingredients and so good.
- Family Friendly: This recipe has all the pluses of eating wings without all the mess!
- Adaptable: Can make it low-carb, meat free,etc…
- Makes Great Leftovers: Can be eaten for days after, and you will want to.
What You Need to Make Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- Pasta
- Chicken
- Green Onions
- Celery
- Crumbled Blue Cheese
- Buffalo Wing Sauce
- Mayonnaise
- Sour Cream
- Garlic Powder
- Onion Powder
Equipment
How to Make Chicken Pasta Salad- Step by Step
- Make Pasta: First, boil the pasta in lightly salted water. Drain and Rinse
- Chop: Meanwhile, chop the chicken into bite size pieces and place in a large mixing bowl. Then pour a little buffalo wing sauce over the chicken and stir to coat.
- Dressing: Next, add mayonnaise, sour cream, onion powder, and garlic powder to the mixing bowl and then add buffalo wing sauce, mix.
- Assemble: Finally, mix in pasta and stir to coat thoroughly. Lastly, fold in blue cheese, green onions and celery until well incorporated.
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Common Questions About Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
Store in the fridge in an airtight container.
Indeed, if your family prefers ranch, simply replace the bleu cheese crumbles with a package of ranch mix and mix with the dressing ingredients.
Of course, this is a great tailgating recipe or backyard party favorite.
Definitely, this recipe can be made ahead of time and is super after all the flavors have time to blend and meld together.
This salad is really a stand alone meal in and of itself. So I would really serve a nice cool dessert with it. For Example:
>Blueberry Watermelon Sorbet
>Roasted White Peaches and Ice Cream
>No Bake Lemon Ice Box Pie
Expert Tips for Making Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
- Different Sauces: It is great with, hot, mild or any other of your favorite wing sauces.
- Short cut tip: Feel free to use a rotisserie chicken, pre cooked chicken or leftover chicken in this recipe.
- Variation tip: Try this wing dust on top for an extra punch of flavor.
- Alternate ingredient: Use a gluten free pasta, a keto wing sauce, meatless chicken bites and low fat versions to fit your dietary needs.
- Hint: No time?…try making this recipe with boneless chicken bites from your favorite restaurant.
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Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 1 Box Rotini, or other pasta
- 3-4 Cups Chicken, Cooked
- ½ Cup Green Onions, Sliced
- ½ Cup Celery, Diced
- ½ Cup Crumbled Blue Cheese
- ¼- ½ Cup Buffalo Wing Sauce
- ⅓ Cup Mayonnaise
- ⅓ Cup Sour Cream
- ½ tsp Garlic Powder
- ½ tsp Onion Powder
Instructions
- First boil the pasta in lightly salted water to al dente according to package directions. When it is done cooking drain in a colander and rinse for several minutes with cold water to cool the pasta completely.
- While the pasta is cooking chop the chicken into bite size pieces and place in a large mixing bowl. Pour a little buffalo wing sauce over the chicken and stir to coat.
- Add mayonnaise, sour cream, onion powder, and garlic powder to the mixing bowl. Add in buffalo wing sauce, if you like a more mild buffalo taste use ¼ of a cup, if you like it hotter add more, up to ½ of a cup. Mix thoroughly.
- Add in pasta and stir to coat thoroughly. Fold in blue cheese, green onions and celery until well incorporated.
- Keep covered and refrigerated until ready to serve.
Expert Tips
- Different Sauces: It is great with, hot, mild or any other of your favorite wing sauces.
- Short cut tip: Feel free to use a rotisserie chicken, pre cooked chicken or leftover chicken in this recipe.
- Variation tip: Try this wing dust on top for an extra punch of flavor.
- Alternate ingredient: Use a gluten free pasta, a keto wing sauce, meatless chicken bites and low fat versions to fit your dietary needs.
- Hint: No time? try making this recipe with boneless chicken bites from your favorite restaurant.
Ohhh yeah this is an AMAZING pasta salad!! It’s so tasty!
Oooh what a great idea this is. Huge hit with the fam!
If it’s buffalo chicken anything, my kids will devour it! This pasta looks scrumptious. Can’t wait to put it on the table in front of them and see their reaction! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing buffalo chicken pasta salad recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious! Highly recommended!