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Dad's Chicken Pasta Salad

This chicken pasta salad is great as a meal or a side. My dad would make this all of the time for parties or for dinner in the summer.
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Course: Main Course, Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 4-5 Chicken breasts grilled and sliced cover with olive oil and salt and pepper, then grill, cool and slice
  • 1/2 Box Wagon wheel pasta cooked al dente
  • 1/2 Box Bows or curly pasta cooked al dente
  • 3 Carrots peeled and finely sliced
  • 1/2 bunch Celery finely sliced
  • 1 cup Peas, frozen run under water to thaw
  • 1 pound Sharp cheddar cut into small cubes
  • 1 16 oz bottle Newman's balsamic dressing or similar dressing
  • 1 tbsp Oregano add this to the dressing
  • 1 tsp fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 Orange pepper slivered
  • 1 Yellow pepper slivered
  • 1 Red pepper slivered

Method
 

  1. Add the oregano to the dressing and shake. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl then top with dressing. Enjoy!