This creamy, crunchy, spicy pasta salad makes an easy, portable picnic dish or beautiful--and sturdy--potluck pleaser.
Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 30 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Suddenly Salad™ creamy macaroni salad mix
- 3/4 cup ranch dressing
- 1/4 cup Buffalo wing sauce
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 1 bag (9 oz) chopped romaine
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese (2 oz)
Make With
Suddenly Salad
Instructions
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Step1In 3-quart saucepan, heat 2 quarts water to boiling over medium-high heat. Add uncooked pasta (from Suddenly Pasta Salad box); cook at medium boil 12 minutes. Drain; rinse with cool water, then drain thoroughly.
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Step2Meanwhile, in large bowl, mix ranch dressing, wing sauce and seasoning (from Suddenly Pasta Salad box). Add chicken and cooled pasta; toss to coat.
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Step3Arrange romaine on large platter. Top with pasta mixture, followed by carrots and blue cheese.
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Nutrition
400
Calories
24g
Total Fat
19g
Protein
28g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 400
- Calories from Fat
- 210
- Total Fat
- 24g
- 36%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 28%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 60mg
- 19%
- Sodium
- 830mg
- 35%
- Potassium
- 330mg
- 9%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 28g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 12%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 19g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 140%
- 140%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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