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Chicken Ranch Pasta Salad | Sweeter With Sugar

Chicken Ranch Pasta Salad

The best pasta salad ever!

Course Main Course, Salad
Cuisine American
Keyword Best, chicken, Cold Recipes, creamy, easy, ranch, Summer Salads
Author Sweeter With Sugar

Ingredients

  • 2 cups rotisserie chicken breast (or cooked chicken breast) chopped into bite sized pieces
  • 16 ounces penne pasta cooked, drained, and rinsed in cold water
  • 3/4 cup green onions sliced thin
  • 8 ounces frozen peas thawed
  • 2 1/2 cups celery sliced
  • 6 ounce can olives sliced
  • 4 ounce bottle diced pimento drained

Dressing Ingredients:

  • 2 cups mayonnaise
  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • 6 1/2 tbsp Hidden Valley buttermilk ranch dressing mix
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper

Instructions

  1. Mix all five dressing ingredients in a bowl with a whisk. Whisk until smooth and creamy.

  2. Cook pasta according to package instructions. When pasta is desired tenderness, drain and rinse it in cold water. Set aside.

  3. While pasta is cooking, chop green onions and chicken. Slice olives an celery.

  4. In a bowl, combine pasta, green onions, peas, celery, olives, pimento, and chicken.

  5. Next, mix in the ranch dressing.

  6. Cover and refrigerate for 2-3 hours before serving to chill.

  7. Seerve with a yummy bread and/or carrot and celery sticks. Enjoy!