Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
Buffalo wings meet pasta salad in this flavorful and easy tailgating or game day recipe. Use a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store as a short cut and for quick and easy assembly.
Servings: 12
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.
Notes
*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.