CHICKEN PASTA SALAD WITH CASHEWS AND DRIED CRANBERRIES

Chicken Pasta Salad with Cashews and Dried Cranberries image

Everyone always loves this delicious pasta salad combining fruit, crunchy cashews, scallions, celery, and water chestnuts with chicken. You can't go wrong with this recipe!

Provided by Caitlin

Categories Salad 100+ Pasta Salad Recipes Fruit Pasta Salad Recipes

Time 2h45m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

3 cups bow tie (farfalle) pasta
1 (16 ounce) bottle bottled coleslaw dressing
½ cup mayonnaise
½ cup creamy salad dressing (such as Miracle Whip™)
4 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 ½ cups seedless green grapes, halved
1 ½ cups seedless red grapes, halved
2 (5 ounce) cans water chestnuts, drained and quartered
2 cups thinly sliced celery
½ cup thinly sliced green onions
2 cups cashew halves
2 cups dried cranberries

Steps:

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain, and set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together coleslaw dressing, mayonnaise, and creamy salad dressing.
In a large bowl, combine pasta, chicken, green grapes, red grapes, water chestnuts, celery, and green onions. Stir in dressing, and mix well. Place the salad in the refrigerator to marinate for 2 hours, or overnight. Mix in cashews and dried cranberries just before serving. Serve cold.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 929.2 calories, Carbohydrate 87.9 g, Cholesterol 85.1 mg, Fat 50.3 g, Fiber 6.8 g, Protein 36.6 g, SaturatedFat 9.5 g, Sodium 695.2 mg, Sugar 53.4 g