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packet of Mad Dash Mixes Cramberry Pasta Salad

Pecan Topped Cranberry Pasta Salad

delicious pasta salad with chicken, mandarin oranges, chopped pecans & cranberries
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
chill finished salad 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Servings 5 servings

Equipment

  • dutch oven
  • spatula
  • glass measuring cup

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 15 oz can of Mandarin oranges
  • 2 cups cooked, cubed chicken
  • 1 cup pecan pieces
  • 1 Cranberry Pasta Salad Mix by Mad Dash Mixes

Instructions
 

  • Boil the bow tie pasta for 7 to 9 min. Drain and rinse pasta
    bow tie pasta
  • Add mayonnaise to the seasoning packet
    Mad Dash Mixes Cranberry pasta seasoning packet with mayonnaise
  • Add chicken & oranges, stir well.
    Mad Dash Mix cranberry seasoning packet with chicken mixed in
  • Add chicken/orange mixture to the bow tie pasta.
    Mad Dash Mixes Cranberry Pasta Salad plated up
  • Chill for at least 1 hour
  • spoon pasta salad onto serving plates and top with pecan pieces
    pecans sprinkled on top of Cranberry Pasta salad

Notes

Pecan pieces can be omitted if someone has a nut allergy or doesn't like pecans
If you don't have mayonaise, greek yogurt can be substituted for the mayonnaise.
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