Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad

A cool and creamy pasta salad with all of the flavours of buffalo chicken!

Buffalo chicken is one of my all time favourite foods and this recipe takes all of the flavours and places them in a cool and creamy pasta salad! Buffalo chicken is chicken wings in a hot buffalo sauce that are served by themselves or with a ranch or blue cheese dipping sauce, often with carrot and/or celery sticks on the side. The recipe is as easy as combining cooked and cooled pasta with cooked chicken along with celery, carrots, bell pepper, and onions, and tossing them in a dressing made with buffalo hot sauce and ranch and/or blue cheese dressing!

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad

Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 10 minutes Servings: 8

A cool and creamy pasta salad with all of the flavours of buffalo chicken!

ingredients

1 pound pasta (gluten-free for gluten-free)
2 cups chicken, cooked and sliced or shredded
1 cup celery, sliced
1 cup carrot, diced
1 cup red bell pepper (optional)
1/4 cup green onion (and/or red onion), sliced
1/2 cup buffalo hot sauce
1/2 cup ranch dressing (link) and/or blue cheese dressing (link)

directions

Cook the pasta as directed on the package, drain and rinse in cold water until the pasta has cooled.
Mix the cooked and cooled pasta with the chicken, celery, carrots, bell peppers and green onions.
Toss the salad in the mixture of the buffalo hot sauce and dressing and enjoy!

Option: Add 4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled.
Option: Add 1/4 cup blue cheese, crumbled.
Option: Add 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded.
Option: Add 1 cup tomato, diced.
Option: Add 1/2 cup corn
Option: Add 2 cups cabbage, shredded
Option: Replace the ranch dressing with mayonnaise or Greek yogurt, sour cream, pureed cottage cheese, optionally mixed with 1 tablespoon ranch seasoning (link).

Nutrition Facts: Calories 275, Fat 14g (Saturated 2g, Trans 0.1g), Cholesterol 30mg, Sodium 528mg, Carbs 46g (Fiber 3g, Sugars 3g), Protein 14g

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