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Chicken Bow Tie Pasta Salad with Grapes and Cashews

July 10, 2018 by Emily Hill 36 Comments

Chicken bow tie pasta salad is the perfect summer salad! It combines so many delicious ingredients with the crunch of cashews and creamy coleslaw dressing.

Chicken Bow Tie Pasta Salad -- Chicken bow tie pasta salad is the perfect summer salad! It combines so many delicious ingredients with the crunch of cashews and creamy coleslaw dressing.

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I’m all about summer parties with their spread of fresh fruit (bring on the watermelon!), lighter appetizers (you’ve gotta try this easy mango salsa), and all the salads. Along with my favorite strawberry spinach salad with balsamic poppy seed dressing (holy candied pecans) and easy Asian ramen salad, I love making chicken bow tie pasta salad with grapes and cashews. I also love making cheesy pigs in a blanket but they’re more about feeding my mouth than a crowd. What is it about those things? They’re like crack, I swear.

Chicken Bow Tie Pasta Salad -- Chicken bow tie pasta salad is the perfect summer salad! It combines so many delicious ingredients with the crunch of cashews and creamy coleslaw dressing.

One of the best thing about this bow tie chicken pasta salad is how many people it serves. If it’s a side dish, which for us it usually is, I think it easily serves 12 people. As a main dish, it would still probably serve at least 8.

Chicken Bow Tie Pasta Salad -- Chicken bow tie pasta salad is the perfect summer salad! It combines so many delicious ingredients with the crunch of cashews and creamy coleslaw dressing.

This recipe for chicken bow tie pasta salad is also super easy to make, especially if you use leftover grilled chicken or rotisserie chicken. Bow tie pasta salad doubles well and keeps in the fridge for three or four days. Oh, and when serving leftovers, sprinkle on a few extra cashews as those do get a bitsoft after a day or so. But yay for extra cashews!

Chicken Bow Tie Pasta Salad -- Chicken bow tie pasta salad is the perfect summer salad! It combines so many delicious ingredients with the crunch of cashews and creamy coleslaw dressing.

Most every recipe for chicken bow tie pasta salad calls for mandarin oranges. While I love fresh clementines, I can’t do canned mandarin oranges so I generally leave them out. But that’s what’s awesome about this bow tie pasta salad—you can tweak it however you’d like! You can leave out the cashews for nut allergies or the pineapple chunks for those crazy people who don’t like the heavenly fruit. Or in my case you can nearly double the cashews.

Chicken Bow Tie Pasta Salad -- Chicken bow tie pasta salad is the perfect summer salad! It combines so many delicious ingredients with the crunch of cashews and creamy coleslaw dressing.

When preparing this pasta salad recipe, I also take it a little easy on the coleslaw dressing and rarely use an entire bottle. But it all depends on how creamy you like your chicken bow tie pasta salad.

Chicken Bow Tie Pasta Salad -- Chicken bow tie pasta salad is the perfect summer salad! It combines so many delicious ingredients with the crunch of cashews and creamy coleslaw dressing.

RECIPE
Chicken Bow Tie Pasta Salad -- Chicken bow tie pasta salad is the perfect summer salad! It combines so many delicious ingredients with the crunch of cashews and creamy coleslaw dressing.

Chicken Bow Tie Pasta Salad with Grapes and Cashews

Yield: 12
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Additional Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Chicken bow tie pasta salad is the perfect summer salad! It combines so many delicious ingredients with the crunch of cashews and creamy coleslaw dressing.

Ingredients

  • 1 (16-oz) package bow tie pasta
  • 2 cups cooked, diced chicken
  • 1 cup sliced celery
  • 1 (15-oz) can mandarin oranges in light syrup, drained
  • 1 (20-oz) can pineapple tidbits in juice, drained
  • 2 cups red grapes (whole or halved)
  • 3 green onions, chopped
  • 1 (16-oz) bottle coleslaw dressing
  • 1 (6-oz) package craisins
  • 1 cup cashews, halves & pieces

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water to chill.
  2. Combine pasta, chicken, celery, mandarin oranges, pineapple tidbits, grapes, green onions, and coleslaw dressing in a large bowl. Toss to coat evenly.
  3. Chill at least an hour. Add craisins and cashews before serving. Garnish with more cashews.

Notes

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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 423Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 457mgCarbohydrates: 60gFiber: 4gSugar: 34gProtein: 17g
© Emily Hill
Cuisine: American / Category: salads

Filed Under: entertaining, food & recipes, salads Tagged With: bowtie pasta salad, chicken, chicken bow tie pasta salad, entertaining, food, pasta salad, recipe, salad

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Comments

  1. Left over recipient

    May 9, 2012 at 12:21 am

    Yum! Yum! And Yum!

    Reply
    • Emily

      May 9, 2012 at 12:46 am

      Don’t you men “leftover recipient”? Unless, of course, you’re actually the leftover and not the salad… ;)

      Reply
      • Left over recipient

        May 9, 2012 at 10:17 pm

        Don’t you mean “mean”? ;)

        Reply
        • Emily

          May 9, 2012 at 11:14 pm

          Nice catch. Serves me right for not proof reading my comment. ;)

          Reply
  2. evonne

    May 9, 2012 at 8:23 am

    Now this is a recipe I am definitely going to try, as soon as I figure out what coleslaw dressing is.

    Reply
    • Emily

      May 9, 2012 at 1:40 pm

      You find it in the salad dressing aisle. You can buy it by the bottle. ;)

      Reply
  3. Kristina P.

    May 9, 2012 at 12:51 pm

    This is my official request for a BBQ. :)

    I LOVE chicken salad.

    Reply
    • Emily

      May 9, 2012 at 1:40 pm

      And this one is so good! (Official request noted. We shall fulfill it this summer.)

      Reply
  4. Erin O.

    May 9, 2012 at 8:10 pm

    YUM! I’m SO making this for our Mother’s Day BBQ!

    Reply
    • Emily

      May 9, 2012 at 9:33 pm

      Hopefully your family will love it as much as I do! :)

      Reply
  5. christina

    January 22, 2016 at 10:20 am

    do you drain the oranges and pineapple? in syrup or juice?

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      January 22, 2016 at 5:21 pm

      Yes, you do. Thanks for catching that. I’ve updated the recipe!

      Reply
  6. camila

    July 11, 2018 at 1:41 pm

    This pasta salad is out of this world amazing!! Summer vibes over here!! Love it!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      July 11, 2018 at 3:34 pm

      You’re totally right about the summer vibes!

      Reply
  7. Shadi

    July 11, 2018 at 3:21 pm

    Yummy! This salad has everything that I love! It’s perfect for entertaining and I bet everyone loves it!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      July 11, 2018 at 3:34 pm

      Every does love it and it has so many yummy things in it!

      Reply
  8. Tisha

    July 11, 2018 at 4:41 pm

    Definitely a great summer salad, all those flavors in it!!! YUM

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      July 11, 2018 at 9:13 pm

      One of the best summer salads and so easy!

      Reply
  9. Danielle

    July 11, 2018 at 8:42 pm

    I love this combination of ingredients! Looks so tasty!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      July 11, 2018 at 9:12 pm

      It’s super delicious!

      Reply
  10. Sara

    July 11, 2018 at 8:46 pm

    This sounds like a great combination of flavors. Grapes in pasta salad would be awesome, I have to try that!!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      July 11, 2018 at 9:12 pm

      They really add a nice flavor!

      Reply
  11. Kim - Today's Creative Life

    August 6, 2018 at 5:08 pm

    so many textures, and flavors! Yum!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      August 6, 2018 at 5:39 pm

      That’s what I love most about it!

      Reply
  12. Beth K

    August 7, 2018 at 8:55 am

    This looks delicious! I love pasta salad!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      August 7, 2018 at 10:37 pm

      Pasta salad is definitely one of my favorite salads!

      Reply
  13. Sabrina

    August 7, 2018 at 10:55 am

    These look like such disparate elements but I can totally taste the crunchy sweet combination right now and it’s excellent! Looking forward to trying this!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      August 7, 2018 at 10:37 pm

      It’s that crunchy sweet creamy combo that’s so yummy!

      Reply
  14. Jamielyn

    August 7, 2018 at 11:08 am

    This looks so yummy! Love the addition of the mandarin oranges and cashews!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      August 7, 2018 at 10:37 pm

      I usually leave out the mandarin oranges and double the cashews. ;)

      Reply
  15. Kristyn Merkley

    August 7, 2018 at 9:32 pm

    This Pasta Salad looks so tasty!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      August 7, 2018 at 10:37 pm

      It’s ridiculously good!

      Reply
  16. Megan Clark

    May 19, 2020 at 4:41 pm

    I absolutely HATE raw celery. Like cooked and inside stuffing etc is fine, but in chinese food aldente, raw, or in certain things where its crunchy and stringy, uhg I hate it. Is there a sub or will i do harm to recipe leaving it out?

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      May 26, 2020 at 7:38 pm

      You can totally leave it out!

      Reply
    • Rita

      August 7, 2020 at 6:55 pm

      I swapped out the celery with apple. Chopped them the same size size and they were delicious…

      Reply
      • Emily Hill

        August 12, 2020 at 9:08 am

        That sounds like a yummy tweak!

        Reply

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