Chicken Orange Pasta Salad

Chicken breast, cooked and cut in chunks
Your favorite pasta, cooked and cooled
Oranges or mandarin oranges
Pineapple tidbits
Green onions, sliced
Almonds, toasted, slivered or sliced
Celery, sliced (optional)
Green peppers, sliced (optional)
Mayonnaisse or salad dressing

Directions:

Peel orange to remove all peel and white pith. Do this over a bowl to save juice. Cut between membranes to free orange sections. Mix pasta, chicken, orange sections, green onions, pineapple (I like lots) and any optional ingredients you would like. Thin mayonnaise with reserved orange juice or use pineapple juice. Do not use the juice from canned mandarin oranges because it is mostly water and has no flavor. Mix toasted almonds into the salad.

Comments from Kathy Fry :

The amount of ingredients depends on how much salad you want. I have made this many times for my family and church potlucks. Everyone loves it. I use lots of chicken for a main dish salad. For a side salad, I use less.

User Reviews:

I make this without the pasta and serve it with bran muffins and fresh vegetables and fruit, with ranch dressing to dip vegs. into. We have a tea room in town that serves this and its the top item sold. Its great.

Submitted by shirley nunley on December 06, 1999

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