Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
An easy and crowd-pleasing recipe to add to your line up of game day snacks.
Buffalo wings meet pasta salad in this flavorful and make-ahead recipe, sure to score a touchdown at your Super Bowl party or at your next tailgate.
I used a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store for a short cut and quick and easy assembly. We prefer rotini pasta so the buffalo/dressing gets in mixed through all the nooks and crannies of the corkscrew-shaped pasta, but use the pasta of your choice.
Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
Ingredients
1 lb. rotini pasta, cook according to box directions
2 c. shredded rotisserie chicken, seasoned with salt and pepper (add more is serving as a main dish)
1/2 c. buffalo sauce (I used Frank’s)
1/2 c. *ranch dressing, plus more for drizzling (*use a premium ranch dressing like Marie’s or Marzetti’s found in the refrigerated section of the produce department for best flavor)
1 1/2 cup chopped celery
Celery leaves, chopped
Blue cheese crumbles, to taste, some mixed in pasta, some for garnish
Tip: Provide a squeeze bottle of ranch dressing and let your everyone drizzle their individual cups/servings of pasta salad with additional dressing to help cool down the heat from the buffalo sauce.
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Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
Recipe details
Ingredients
- 1 lb. rotini pasta cook according to box directions
- 2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken seasoned with salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup buffalo sauce I used Frank's
- 1/2 cup *ranch dressing plus more for drizzling
- 1 1/2 cup celery diced
- Celery leaves chopped
- Blue cheese crumbles amount to taste, some mixed in pasta, some for garnish
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to box directions. Drain pasta and toss with buffalo sauce and ranch dressing while pasta is still warm to absorb flavor.
- Stir in chicken, celery, celery leaves and blue cheese crumbles.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve. Garnish pasta salad with an additional drizzle of ranch dressing, blue cheese crumbles and celery leaves, if desired.
Tips
- *Use a premium ranch dressing like Marie’s or Marzetti’s found in the refrigerated section of the produce department for best flavor
- Provide a squeeze bottle of ranch dressing and let your everyone drizzle their individual cups/servings of pasta salad with additional dressing to help cool down the heat from the buffalo sauce.
- Serves 12 or more depending on other sides and appetizers you're serving.
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Blue cheese dressing not ranch. Just saying. Buffalo wokk I’llld never use ranch!