Chicken Pasta Salad with Tomatoes and Rocket in Two Bowls

Chicken pasta salad

Name: Chicken pasta salad
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 3
Ingredients: 150g fusilli; 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp red wine vinegar; a few dashes Tabasco; 1/2 red onion thinly sliced; 200g cherry or baby plum tomatoes halved; 2 cooked chicken breasts torn into pieces; a handful rocket; a handful basil torn

Adam Bush

Published: April 8, 2020 at 11:19 AM

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Serves 3

Easy

Total time: 35 mins

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Throw together this quick and easy pasta salad using leftover chicken, tomatoes and greens for a protein-packed lunch or midweek dinner

High protein

Low calorie

Low fat

Low salt

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Complete the dish

Make our easy chicken pasta salad or check out more healthy chicken recipes. We've also got plenty more chicken salad recipes to try such as our chicken pasta salad and chicken and avocado salad. Or, for a warm dish try our chicken and tomato mascarpone pasta.

Ingredients

Nutrition

150g fusilli
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
a few dashes Tabasco
1/2 red onion

thinly sliced
200g cherry or baby plum tomatoes

halved
2 cooked chicken breasts

torn into pieces
a handful rocket
a handful basil

torn

Nutrition: per serving

kcal339

low
fat6.8g

low
saturates1.3g
carbs38.9g
sugars4.1g
fibre4.5g
protein27.7g

high
salt0.1g

low

Method

step 1

Cook the pasta in a large pan of salted boiling water following pack instructions, then drain well. Put the oil, vinegar, Tabasco and lots of seasoning in a bowl, tip in the hot pasta and mix well. Once cooled slightly, add the red onion, tomatoes and chicken, and mix again. Chill.
step 2

When ready to serve, stir through the rocket and basil, and divide between bowls.

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Adam BushDeputy food editor

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