Party Chicken And Pasta Salad

Total Time: 1 hr 1 min Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 5 cups uncooked rotini pasta
• 4 cups cubed cooked chicken
• 1 cup thinly sliced celery
• 1/2 cup green onion
• 12 ounces snow pea pods, trimmed and halved crosswise
• 2 cups green seedless grapes, halved
• 1 (16 ounce) can pineapple chunks in juice, drained, reserving liquid
• 1 cup toasted slivered almonds
• 1 cup mayonnaise or 1 salad dressing
• 2 tablespoons of fresh grated gingerroot (she used the paste)
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• 2 tablespoons pineapple juice
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons honey

Recipe

• 1 1. cook and drain pasta and directed. rinse with cold water, drain well.
• 2 2. meanwhile in a large bowl, mix remaining salad ingredients except almonds. in a small bowl, mix dressing ingredients until well blended.
• 3 3. add pasta and 1/2 cup of almonds to salad, stir gently to mix, add dressing to coat. sprinkle with remaining almonds.