Poppy Seed Chicken Pasta Salad

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

This light and elegant chicken pasta salad with poppy seed dressing, dried cranberries, celery, and almonds is ready in just over 30 minutes.

Ingredients

2 cups fusilli (spiral) pasta
1 1/2 cups cubed cooked chicken
6 tablespoons chopped onion
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup slivered almonds
1/2 cup poppy seed salad dressing

Directions

1 Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook fusilli in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain, rinse in cold water, and drain again.
2 Toss pasta, chicken, onion, cranberries, celery, and almonds together in a salad bowl. Drizzle with poppy seed dressing and stir to coat.