Italian style chicken pasta salad


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Ingredients for 8:

  • 1 lemon pepper rotisserie chicken, meat pulled from carcass and shredded/chopped as you like.
  • 8 oz. cooked penne pasta (or similar)
  • 3 ½ oz. thinly sliced prosciutto, in strips
  • 1 Lebanese or English cucumber, peeled and sliced
  • ½ cup thinly sliced sun-dried tomatoes
  • ½ cup pitted black olives, halved
  • ½ cup bottled artichoke hearts, halved
  • ½ cup Parmesan shavings
  • Dressing:
  • 1/3 cup ULIVA Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 T REALE White Balsamic Vinegar 4 year old
  • ¼ tsp. pepper
  • 1 tsp. Dijon Mustard
  • 1 cup shredded fresh basil leaves.

Instructions:

Prepare the chicken.

Cook the pasta. Drain and let cool.

Make the dressing.

Combine the chicken and pasta and add all the other ingredients, except the Parmesan, in a large serving bowl. Pour the dressing over and toss gently to combine. Sprinkle with the Parmesan.