Pasta Salad with Chicken

Pasta salad is a cold dish consisting of cooked pasta, vegetables, and additional ingredients. This version contains chicken and egg. Ingredient quantities will depend on personal taste.

Ingredients

  • Carrots, peeled and sliced thin or shredded
  • Cucumber
  • Rotini pasta, boiled and drained
  • Canned kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  • Canned green peas, drained and rinsed
  • Canned sweet corn, drained and rinsed
  • Canned baked beans
  • Hard-boiled eggs, diced
  • Cooked chicken, cubed
  • Ranch dressing
  • Mayonnaise
  • Ketchup

Procedure

  1. Peel the cucumber and cut in half. Scoop out the seeds and discard them. Dice the cucumber.
  2. Combine the cucumber and carrots. Add the drained pasta, kidney beans, peas, corn, baked beans, eggs, and chicken. Toss to mix.
  3. Mix in ranch dressing, mayonnaise, and ketchup to taste.
  4. Allow to chill a few hours before serving.