Recipe of Quick Cajun chicken pasta salad

Cajun chicken pasta salad. Chicken dredged in Cajun spices is sauteed with bell peppers and mushrooms, and presented in a basil-cream sauce over linguine. Chicken Cajun Pasta Salad = Best Picnic Lunch. Make pasta salad, in a large pot of salted boiling water, cook pasta according to package directions.

It's easy enough, you can basically prep the ingredients as the chicken is poaching. I love the spicy kick that the Cajun seasoning brings to the salad. This tomato-basil pasta salad with cajun chicken just screams summer to me!

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a special dish, cajun chicken pasta salad. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Chicken dredged in Cajun spices is sauteed with bell peppers and mushrooms, and presented in a basil-cream sauce over linguine. Chicken Cajun Pasta Salad = Best Picnic Lunch. Make pasta salad, in a large pot of salted boiling water, cook pasta according to package directions.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cajun chicken pasta salad using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Cajun chicken pasta salad:

1. {Make ready of Orecchiette pasta.
2. {Make ready of Cavatapi pasta.
3. {Take 1/8 cup of Paul Prudome poultry seasoning at least.
4. {Prepare of Italian dressing.
5. {Take of French dressing.
6. {Make ready of Bell peppers different colors cut into matchsticks and chunks.
7. {Make ready of Black olives.
8. {Get of Green onion.
9. {Get of Yellow onion.
10. {Take 3 halves of Chicken breast.
11. {Make ready of The best olive oil you can find.

It's so light, fresh and the flavors play BEAUTIFULLY together! Cajun Chicken Pasta is lightened up, made with chicken strips, bell peppers, red onion, mushrooms and scallions in a creamy light Cajun sauce. One of the easiest ways to lighten up a pasta dish is to add tons of protein and vegetables to your dish which keeps the portions. This Cajun chicken pasta is a Chili's copycat recipe that's made with grilled Cajun chicken breast served over creamy pasta, then finished off with fresh tomatoes.

Steps to make Cajun chicken pasta salad:

1. Boil pasta al dente drain... set aside.
2. Put oil in skillet (this gets really smokey if you can do this outside do it)Cut chicken breasts into bite sized chunks coat with olive oil...and paul prudome poultry seasoning (coat it well) when the oil in the skillet is smoking (be careful fine line here between smoking and a fire) the coated chicken gets crispy in the high heat (blackened) cook through..
3. Have chopped peppers onion olives chopped and ready.
4. When chicken is done add rest of veggies.
5. Stir for a minute or 2 then add french dressing and Italian dressing let it simmer for a few minutes..
6. Cool off (tastes great warm too).
7. Put cooled pasta salad in fridge overnight.
8. Flavors get better overnight!!!.
9. This can be adjusted to feed a few or alot of people.... use amounts that make sense to you (I know....for you people who measure everything this kinda sucks sorry).

An easy dinner that tastes even better than the restaurant version! Coat chicken pieces in Cajun seasoning, then add the chicken to the pan and fry until sealed. Add garlic and chorizo and fry for a further two minutes, then add in sliced bell peppers. This creamy Cajun chicken pasta makes an amazing and easy weeknight dinner… Or, the best ever addition to any potluck, picnic, or tailgating party. You can easily chop the vegetables and prepare the creamy cajun mayo ahead of time to save time in the kitchen.

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