How to Prepare Yummy Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad. Stir together the mayonnaise, blue cheese dressing, buffalo wing sauce, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add the chicken, bell peppers, red onion, and cooked pasta and toss to coat with the dressing. In a small bowl, whisk the hot sauce, oil, lemon juice, onion and garlic powders and celery salt.

Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and transfer to a large bowl. Add chicken breast and red pepper and stir to combine. You can cook Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad using 20 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad

Prepare 8 Oz. of boneless chicken meat, 1/2" dice (up to 8 ounces extra would work without changing the marinade and cornstarch mixture.
It's of Marinade.
You need 3 ounces of buttermilk.
You need 3 ounces of crystal hot sauce.
You need 2 tablespoons of brown sugar.
You need 1 ounce of lemon juice.
You need of Corn starch mixture.
It's 1 cup of corn starch.
It's 1 tablespoon of salt.
Prepare 1 tablespoon of white pepper or black is fine.
It's 1 teaspoon of cayenne.
Prepare 2 cups of oil- vegetable oil is fine.
Prepare 3 ounces of crystal hot sauce (See note below.. Hot Sauce Matters).
It's 3 ounces of mayonnaise.
Prepare 3 ounces of blue cheese, crumbled.
Prepare 8 of ounces- dry bow tie pasta- cooked per the box instructions.
You need 1/2 of small red bell pepper or red onion, diced.
It's 1 of green onion chopped.
Prepare 1 stalk of celery 1 inch julienne cut.
You need 2 tablespoon of parsley,finely chopped.

In a separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk together buffalo sauce, ranch dressing, mayonnaise, garlic powder, and black pepper to make a sauce. Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad is the perfect thing to bring to BBQs this summer! There's just the right amount of heat in this tasty cold pasta dish. Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad has become a favorite pasta salad recipe for me because it features one of my favorite flavors: Buffalo Sauce.

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad instructions

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Mix the buttermilk, hot sauce, brown sugar and lemon juice together until the brown sugar is dissolve then add the diced chicken with the mixture in a zip-lock bag. Marinate chicken for several hours or overnight..
(In class we marinate for 45 minutes the longer the better).
Remove chicken from marinade - drain well.
Mix the cornstarch,salt,white pepper and cayenne. Dredge chicken with seasoned cornstarch mixture and shake off the excess coating..
In a deep skillet, heat about two cups of oil(depending on the pan size) over medium-high heat until hot. Test the temperature by dropping a pinch of flour into the hot oil. If it bubbles right away without smoking, it's ready..
Fry at 350 F. until golden brown and cooked through. (I check the biggest piece) let cool before adding to the salad..
Mix all pasta with the chicken, blue cheese, mayonnaise, hot sauce, red bell pepper or red onion, celery,green onion and parsley..
You can garnish with extra blue cheese crumbles, and chopped parsley..
Note #1.. Hot sauces very greatly Crystal Hot Sauce and Franks Hot Sauce work well... they are a sweet heat. Tabasco will ruin this recipe. It is just to hot...Great on Oysters not on this Recipe:).
Note #2 If you do not want to fry, you can buy popcorn chicken at a grocery store or, KFC, or Popeyes and skip steps 1,2,3,4,5 :p.

I remember the first time I tried it. Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad is a quick and easy recipe perfect for a game day party or a summer picnic. Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad Cook pasta according to package directions to al dente. Drain and rinse thoroughly with cold water. Meanwhile, whisk together hot sauce, oil, lemon juice, garlic powder, onion powder, and celery salt in small bowl until well combined.