Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad

12 Servings
23 min

Buffalo wings meet pasta salad in this flavorful and easy recipe, sure to score a touchdown at your next tailgate or Super Bowl Party.

This is an easy and crowd-pleasing recipe to add to your line up of game day snacks.

Use a premium ranch dressing like Marie’s or Marzetti’s found in the refrigerated section of the produce department for best flavor.

I use a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store for quick and easy assembly. I prefer rotini pasta so the buffalo/dressing gets in mixed through all the nooks and crannies of the corkscrew-shaped pasta, but feel free to use the pasta of your choice.

Tip: Provide a squeeze bottle of ranch dressing and let your everyone drizzle their individual cups/servings of pasta salad with additional dressing to help cool down the heat from the buffalo sauce.

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Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
Recipe details
  • 12  Servings
  • Prep time: 15 Minutes Cook time: 8 Minutes Total time: 23 min
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Ingredients

  • 1 lb. rotini pasta, cook according to box directions
  • 2 c. shredded rotisserie chicken, seasoned with salt and pepper (use 3 cups of chicken or more for a main dish instead of side)
  • 1/2 c. buffalo sauce (I used Frank's)
  • 1/2 c. *ranch dressing, plus more for drizzling
  • 1 1/2 up celery, diced
  • Celery leaves, chopped
  • 1 cup blue cheese crumbles, some mixed in pasta, some for garnish
Instructions

Cook pasta according to box directions.
Drain pasta and toss with buffalo sauce and ranch dressing while pasta is still warm.
Stir in chicken, celery, celery leaves and blue cheese crumbles. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Garnish pasta salad with an additional drizzle of ranch dressing, blue cheese crumbles and celery leaves if desired.
Tips
  • *Use a premium ranch dressing like Marie’s or Marzetti’s found in the refrigerated section of the produce department for best flavor.
  • Party Tip: Provide a squeeze bottle of ranch dressing and let your everyone drizzle their individual cups/servings of pasta salad with additional dressing to help cool down the heat from the buffalo sauce.
Mary @ Home is Where the Boat Is
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