Chicken Pasta Salad Recipe

How to prepare chicken pasta salad!

No doubt I will prefer a nice cold dish. A cold and tasty main course just like the one I propose you in this guide!

You'll see that a summer lunch will become pleasant altogether.

Ingredients: serves 6

Chicken pasta salad recipe

- 1/2 lb (200 g) of penne
- 1 lb (450 g) chicken breast
- 7 tablespoons (100 ml) extra virgin olive oil
- 2 clove crushed garlic
- 1 tablespoon (30 ml) lemon juice
- 3 tablepoon (50 g) minced basil
- 4 minced tomateos
- 3 oz (85 g) black olives
- arugula leaves

Preparation: easy 20 minutes

1. Cook pasta in salted water. Meanwhile, mix the olive oil in a bowl (7 tablespoons), garlic, and lemon juice, basil, tomatoes, olives and a pinch of salt.

2. Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan and lightly fry the chicken breast cutted into strips about 4 minutes on medium heat until cooked.

3. Drain the chicken, pass it on kitchen paper and add the hot pasta into a pasta bowl, then mix well. Serve the salad on a bed of arugula.

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