Copycat Hug-Hes Chicken Pasta Salad
This Copycat Hug-Hes Chicken Pasta Salad, is the BEST pasta salad you will ever try. It is so simple to make, inexpensive, and tastes delicious. It's the perfect, light spring or summer dish.
Serving10 servings
Ingredients
- 2-3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, (cooked and shredded)
- 2½ cups bowtie pasta, (cooked)
- 2½ cups tri-color rotini pasta, (cooked)
- 1 cup broccoli, (chopped)
- ⅔ cups carrots, (chopped)
- 1 (16 ounce) can kidney beans, (rinsed and drained)
Dressing:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup red wine vinegar
- 1½ cups olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon salt
- 1 Tablespoon pepper
- 2 teaspoons tabasco sauce
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine your chicken, pasta, broccoli, carrots, and kidney beans. Mix until fully combined.
- In a smaller bowl, whisk together your sugar, red wine vinegar, oil, salt, pepper, and tabasco sauce.
- Pour the dressing mixture over the pasta mixture, and toss.
- Store in fridge for 30 minutes (We prefer to have the dressing sink into the pasta and vegetables, so they taste less like vegetables, and more like the dressing).
- Serve cold.
Notes
You could definitely switch up your pasta to what you have on hand, but we recommend pasta that is easier to stab with a fork (not so much spaghetti or fettuccine).
Nutrition
Calories: 571 kcal · Carbohydrates: 55 g · Protein: 13 g · Fat: 34 g · Saturated Fat: 5 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 4 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 24 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 14 mg · Sodium: 759 mg · Potassium: 409 mg · Fiber: 5 g · Sugar: 21 g · Vitamin A: 1494 IU · Vitamin C: 10 mg · Calcium: 32 mg · Iron: 2 mg