Rotisserie Chicken Pasta Salad With Red Apple and Fresh Watercress

Slow roasted chicken is combined with red delicious apple and fresh watercress. The chicken salad mixture is paired with Cappellini pasta and tossed with an apple and honey mustard vinaigrette. The dish is similar in style to a Waldorf salad. Pasta salad is summer salad, but this recipe is perfect year round. The chicken pasta salad is a perfect starter, side dish or entree. A pretty salad, it can be elegantly served on individual leaf lettuce.

Rotisserie chicken has become a very popular item in grocery stores and specialty food stores. The chicken is slow cooked over low heat until it is tender and juicy. Individually packaged, the roasted birds can be purchased warm from the oven, or chilled for heating up later. Pre-cooked chicken is a real time saver. An oven or barbecue roasted whole chicken is a perfect substitute, as is your favorite type of red or green apple.

Rotisserie Chicken Pasta Salad with Red Apple and Fresh Watercress

Ingredients:

1 Rotisserie Chicken

1 Red Delicious Apple, peeled if desired, and diced

1 bunch Fresh Watercress

8 ounces Cappellini Pasta, broken into thirds

Dressing:

1/3 cup Apple Cider Vinegar

2 tablespoons Fresh Honey

1 tablespoon Honey Dijon Mustard

1 teaspoon chopped Fresh Thyme

1/8 teaspoon Coarse Salt

1/8 teaspoon Fresh Ground Black Pepper

2/3 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Garnish:

3/4 cup Glazed Sesame Walnuts

Preparation:

Dressing:

1. Add apple cider vinegar, fresh honey, honey Dijon mustard, chopped fresh thyme, coarse salt and fresh ground black pepper to small mixing bowl.

2. Gradually whisk in extra virgin olive oil. Set aside.

Pasta Salad:

1. Shred the rotisserie chicken into a large serving bowl.

2. Add the diced red apple and fresh watercress. Toss to combine.

3. Cook pasta al dente. Drain pasta into colander, rinse with cold water.

4. Add pasta to chicken mixture.

5. Add glazed sesame walnuts to pasta salad.

6. Toss salad with dressing.

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