Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
Many people have a “go-to” cold pasta salad dish. For most, it is some sort of Italian flavored salad. (Check out a good one here.) What about spicing up your next dinner with my Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad? My husband and friends absolutely loved it!
This time, I did not use bleu cheese in the recipe. However, I really enjoy it with bleu cheese.
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Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
This cold pasta dish is delicious! This one will go fast–as soon as you set it on the table!
Ingredients
- 2 stalks celery diced
- 2 green onion chopped
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- ¾ cup Frank's Red Hot Sauce
- ¼ cup cheddar cubed (same size as celery)
- ¼ tsp celery salt
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- 1 lb sprial noodles (any noodles will do, but I like the way the sauce sticks to spirals)
- 8 chicken breast cooked, cubed
- ¼ cup bleu cheese (optional)
Instructions
- Boil the noodles as directed on packaging
- While its boiling, chop the celery, onion, and cheese.
- In your serving bowl mix the Frank's Red Hot, seasoning, and mayonnaise.
- In a skillet, cook the chicken until an internal temp of 165°F. Chop. Put on a plate to cool
- Add the chicken to the sauce in the serving bowl. Mix well.
- Once the noodles are cooked, add them to the serving bowl. Mix well.
- Chill for 2 hours.
- (Optional) Add 1/4 cup of bleu cheese, mix, and serve
This looks delicious. I’m definitely going to make this.
Do you add the cheese along with the chicken, or before?
Well I need to fix the post. I left it out
Sorry. I added it at the end with the onion and celery
No need to fix it. I think that most people can figure it out, but I’m anal retentive. 🙂
I fixed it!
Absolutely wonderful. The hot sauce/mayo ratio was perfect, but I personally like more sauce… (Or I messed up on method). A hit!
I am glad you liked it. The sauce mayo ratio is something that you can mess with to your preference!
I made this for dinner recently, and my husband said that it needs to be a regular addition to our meals. It is delicious. I served it as the main dish, with peas for a side dish. Everything went together beautifully. I never would have thought to use Frank’s Hot Sauce in a pasta dish, so thank you for this recipe. Love it.
I am over the moon with joy when people enjoy my creations!