Our Best BLT Chicken And Pasta Salad

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup	118ml	Mayonnaise or salad
		Dressing
1/3 cup	78ml	Water
1 tablespoon	15ml	Bottled barbecue or chili
		Sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Freeze-dried chives
		Crumbled
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Pepper
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Skinless boneless chicken
		Breast halves
2 cups	474ml	-- up to 3
6		Bacon
2 cups	474ml	-- up to 3
		Lettuce - torn, in
		Bite-size pieces
1		Tomato - seeded, coarsely (large)
		Chopped
		Pasta twists - (rotini)
		Boston - romaine, iceberg

Recipe Instructions

Mix salad dressing with water, barbecue sauce, vinegar, chives, garlic powder and pepper in a large salad bowl until blended. Put chicken breast halves in 6 quart pot. Add just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil.

reduce heat to Low and simmer for 8-10 minutes. until chicken is no longer pin in center. Remove with tongs or a slotted spoon to cutting board to cool . Add enough water to poaching liquid in pot to cook pasta, total 4 quarts. Bring to a boil and add pasta. Cook for 9 minutes or until crisp.

Drain on paper towel. Cut in small pieces. Add hot pasta to dressing in salad bowl. Toss to coat. Cut chicken into bite-size pieces. Add to salad bowl along with bacon, lettuce and tomatoes. Toss gently to mix. Serve at room temperature or chill.

Recipe By: Woman's Day Magazine/Bobb1744

Source:
Low-Fat Meals, Woman's Day, 4/96

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