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Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad

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Ingredients

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Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad

16 ounces Rotini, or other pasta

3 cups Chickencooked and cubed

½ cup Green Onionssliced

½ cup Celerydiced

½ cup Blue Cheesecrumbled

½ cup Buffalo Wing Sauce

⅓ cup Mayonnaise

⅓ cup Sour Cream

½ tsp Garlic Powder

½ tsp Onion Powder

First boil the pasta in lightly salted water to al dente according to package directions. When it is done cooking drain in a colander and rinse for several minutes with cold water to cool the pasta completely.

While the pasta is cooking chop the chicken into bite size pieces and place in a large mixing bowl. Pour a little buffalo wing sauce over the chicken and stir to coat.

Add mayonnaise, sour cream, onion powder, and garlic powder to the mixing bowl. Add in buffalo wing sauce, if you like a more mild buffalo taste use ¼ of a cup, if you like it hotter add more, up to ½ of a cup. Mix thoroughly.

Add in pasta and stir to coat thoroughly. Fold in blue cheese, green onions and celery until well incorporated.

Keep covered and refrigerated until ready to serve.

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Tips & Tricks (5)

Chill Your Components 🧊
Cook pasta and chicken ahead, then refrigerate separately before combining; this prevents the creamy dressing from becoming warm and separating, ensuring a perfectly chilled salad.
Balance Buffalo Heat Strategically 🔥
Mix buffalo sauce with sour cream and mayo in a 1:2 ratio rather than using sauce alone; this creates the signature creamy-spicy flavor while preventing the dressing from becoming too thin or overly acidic.
Toast Your Spices First 🌶️
Lightly bloom the garlic powder and onion powder in a dry pan for 30 seconds before whisking into the dressing base to amplify their depth and eliminate any raw powder taste.
Dice Celery Just Before Serving 🥒
Prepare celery as the final step to maintain its crunch; cutting it hours ahead causes it to absorb moisture and lose its textural contrast against the creamy pasta.
Reserve Pasta Water for Consistency 💧
Save one cup of starchy pasta water and use it to adjust the dressing consistency right before serving; this helps the sauce coat evenly without adding excess mayo or cream.