How To Make Chicken Pasta Salad For One
If you and your roommate like to cook meals together, great! However, most likely you don't and you end up having to make your own meals by yourself. For a simple and quick dinner recipe, try this chicken pasta salad meal! It's good, it's easy and you can whip it up in under 30 minutes!
Things You'll Need:
*2-3 pieces of chicken tenderloin breasts (or 1 medium size chicken breast)
*2-3 cups of chopped Green Leaf lettuce (Romaine or Red Leaf lettuce are fine too)
*1/3 cup of frozen peas
*1/3 cup of frozen corn
*1/4 cup of diced tomatoes
*1-2 tablespoons of finely chopped onion
*1-2 tablespoons of sliced green olives
*3-4 tablespoons of Canola oil (or other cooking oil)
*salt
*pepper
*parsley flakes
*oregano flakes
*basil flakes
*1/2 packet of Sazon Goya seasoning
*chicken seasoning
*3 tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
*Goya Adobo all purpose seasoning (or any other of all purpose seasoning)
*grated parmesan cheese
*frying pan
*2 quart size pot (or bigger to boil pasta)
*1 quart size pot
*medium to large salad bowl
Step 1
In salad bowl add chopped lettuce, tomatoes, olives and onion. Then sprinkle salt, pepper, oregano, parsley and basil flakes over salad.
Step 2
In 2 quart size pot, boil pasta according to cooking directions.
Step 3
In another quart size pot boil water. Add the frozen peas and corn to boiling water and cook for 3-5 minutes. Drain and add to salad bowl.
Step 4
Pre-season the chicken tenderloins with Sazon, Adobe, pepper, oregano, parsley and basil flakes on both sides (be sure not to over season the chicken with Sazon, but just enough to cover it). Place frying pan over medium/low heat on stove and add Canola oil. Add chicken tenderloins to pan and let cook until lightly browned (about 5-7 minutes). Once cooked, chop chicken breasts into small to medium pieces.
Step 5
Drain cooked pasta. Return pasta back to empty pot. Season the pasta with salt, pepper, oregano, parsley and basil flakes according to taste. If too bland, lightly sprinkle some Sazon over pasta. Mix quickly as to not make one spot of the pasta "red orange". Add chicken and mix.
Step 6
Take pasta and chicken mixture and add to salad bowl. Pour olive oil over salad and mix all together.
Step 7
Serve your chicken pasta salad dish on a plate and garnish with grated parmesan cheese.
Enjoy!!
P.S. If you haven't noticed by now, this recipe is just chicken, pasta and salad all mixed together. Sounds weird, but all my friends and roommates love it!
