Poppy Seed Chicken Pasta Salad
Poppy seed chicken pasta salad makes for the perfect summer side or easy dinner with bowtie pasta, chicken, sweet grapes and crunchy almonds all in a creamy poppy seed dressing.
Ingredients
- 8 ozbow tie pasta
- 2 cupsshredded or diced cooked chicken (about 1 lb cooked boneless chicken breasts )
- 1 ½ cupshalved red grapes
- 4stalks celery (diced (about 1 cup))
- ½yellow onion (diced (about 1 cup))
- 1 cupwhole raw almonds
- 1 cupplain greek yogurt (i used whole milk)
- ¼ cupapple cider vinegar
- ¼ cupavocado or olive oil
- ¼ cupmaple syrup
- 4 teaspoonspoppy seeds
- 2 teaspoonssea salt
Directions
- 1
Cook pasta according to the package instructions. Drain and rinse with cold water to cool.
- 2
Preheat oven to 350°F. Add almonds to a baking sheet and place in oven to toast. Stir almonds after 5 minutes. Allow to toast about 5 minutes longer or until the almonds are golden and fragrant. Remove from oven and allow almonds to cool then chop. Set aside.
- 3
While pasta is cooking and almonds are roasting, make dressing by whisking together all ingredients in a small bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- 4
In a large bowl, combine the pasta, chicken, grapes, celery, onion and chopped almonds.
- 5
Pour the dressing over the pasta salad and gently toss to combine. Taste for and add more salt and pepper, if needed. Serve right away or refrigerate in a container with a lid for 1-2 hours or until ready to serve.