Hot summer is not a time that you want to spend too long in the kitchen cooking. Instead, you want a simple make ahead dinner that could can pull out of the refrigerator such as this delicious Italian chicken salad with its lively vinaigrette, vegetables besides protein and pasta. This chicken salad is bursting with a wonderful variety of combined flavor from a marriage of olive oil, red wine vinegar, onion, hard-boiled eggs, cooked chicken, cauliflower, green beans, broccoli, tomatoes, cooked macaroni along with just the right herbs and spices.
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I won’t deny that this recipe does have a few steps to it. After all, you will be chopping an onion, chicken and hard-boiled eggs, opening a few cans, microwaving some frozen vegetables, boiling macaroni before gathering all the other ingredients and tossing this easy cool salad together. Yet, make this chicken salad early in the morning and it will free up your day. Later, you’ll have no work except for serving it to the family.
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I hope that you’ll give my Italian chicken salad recipe a try because it really is fantastic. In fact, I am serving this to my family tonight. You also may want to check out my other chicken salad recipe that I make that is different and creamy with coriander and turmeric, but so good. Please share these with your friends and family and come back to my blog for more delicious and home-tested recipes.
Italian Chicken Salad
1/3 cup of olive oil
1/4 cup of red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons of sugar
½ teaspoons of basil
1/4 teaspoon of oregano
1/4 teaspoon of rosemary leaves
1 teaspoon of salt
½ teaspoons of black pepper
1/4 teaspoon of turmeric
1 can of green beans (14.5 oz.), drained
1 medium onion, finely chopped
3 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
1 lb. of elbow macaroni, cooked and drained
3 cups of cooked, chopped chicken
1/3 cup of frozen cauliflower pieces, cooked and drained
1/3 cup of frozen broccoli pieces, cooked and drained
1 can (14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes
After you boil the elbow macaroni and drain it, add it to a large mixing bowl along with all the other ingredients and mix thoroughly before storing in your refrigerator in a covered container.
Let this salad chill for a few hours to blend the flavors.
ENJOY!
This Italian chicken salad is a simple make ahead dinner that could can pull out of the refrigerator with its lively vinaigrette, vegetables besides protein and pasta.
Course:
Dinner, Lunch, Salad
Cuisine:
Italian
Keyword:
chicken salad recipe, easy chicken salad, italian chicken salad, summer meal, vinaigrette chicken salad
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1/3
cup
of olive oil -
1/4
cup
of red wine vinegar -
2
tablespoons
of sugar -
½
teaspoons
of basil -
1/4
teaspoon
of oregano -
1/4
teaspoon
of rosemary leaves -
1
teaspoon
of salt -
½
teaspoons
of black pepper -
1/4
teaspoon
of turmeric -
1
can of green beans
14.5 oz., drained -
1
medium onion
finely chopped -
3
hard-boiled eggs
chopped -
1
lb.
of elbow macaroni
cooked and drained -
3
cups
of cooked
chopped chicken -
1/3
cup
of frozen cauliflower pieces
cooked and drained -
1/3
cup
of frozen broccoli pieces
cooked and drained -
1
can
14.5 oz. diced tomatoes
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After you boil the elbow macaroni and drain it, add it to a large mixing bowl along with all the other ingredients and mix thoroughly before storing in your refrigerator in a covered container.
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Let this salad chill for a few hours to blend the flavors.
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ENJOY!
