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Barbecue Chicken Bacon Pasta Salad

July 10, 2018 by Great Grub, Delicious Treats

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BBQ Chicken Bacon Pasta Salad

Here’s a delicious tasting barbecue chicken bacon pasta salad that will have everyone talking at the next family gathering. This delicious chicken pasta salad has amazing flavor with the tender shredded chicken, the mixture of the BBQ sauce with the mayonnaise and all the other ingredients mixed together. A super-duper salad recipe that is both tasty and filling.

Barbecue Chicken Bacon Pasta Salad

Chicken Pasta Salad

Chicken pasta salad is loaded with Rotini pasta, bacon, red onions, avocados, cheese, celery, and bite-sized tomatoes, all smothered in a delicious barbecue and mayonnaise sauce that gives this chicken salad recipe such tremendous flavor. I am not even kidding, this is DELISH!

Barbecue Chicken Bacon Pasta Salad

A perfectly delicious salad recipe that is great for potlucks, family gatherings and a great addition served as a side dish with any barbecued meal. The barbecue sauce flavor in this pasta salad goes hand in hand with any grilled meat. A perfect choice to add to the menu come dinnertime.

Barbecue Chicken Bacon Pasta Salad

Homemade Pasta Salad with Chicken and Bacon

Bacon… who doesn’t love bacon? This pasta salad definitely tastes 100 times better with bacon. Everything tastes better with bacon if you know what I mean. The chicken, along with the bacon, plus the sauce, makes this a great tasting pasta salad recipe. If you are a bacon lover, add more bacon. You can never have enough bacon.

Barbecue Chicken Bacon Pasta Salad

Barbecue Chicken Bacon Pasta Salad Recipe

Creamy, flavorful and delicious, this barbecue chicken bacon pasta salad is going to be one of the first empty dishes that you will notice on the table. It’s that good. My sister, Linda, asked me if I had a pasta salad recipe on the blog and gave me the ingredients she loved in the pasta salads she has had in the past. I told my sister that I would make one for her and this is it. My family LOVED this pasta salad recipe and I know Linda and her family will love this just as much as we do. Stay tuned for another tasty chicken pasta salad recipe that I’ll be adding to the blog soon, inspired from Linda as well.

Barbecue Chicken Bacon Pasta Salad

Chicken Bacon Pasta Salad

So creamy, so flavorful, so delicious!

Barbecue Chicken Bacon Pasta Salad

Delicious BBQ Chicken Bacon Pasta Salad, Try It Today

Barbecue Chicken Bacon Pasta Salad

Here are a few more delicious salad recipes you can find on the blog: Chicken Curry Pasta Salad, Macaroni Salad, Hot Corn Salad, BBQ Broccoli Bacon Avocado Salad, Kielbasa Potato Salad, plus many more.

Barbecue Chicken Bacon Pasta Salad

5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 40 mins
Course Dinner, Lunch, Pasta, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 10
Calories 575 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups chicken breasts, shredded
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 cup barbecue sauce
  • 1 cup red onion, chopped
  • 1 cup celery, chopped
  • 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, cubed
  • 2 cups grape tomatoes, halved
  • 2 avocados, diced
  • 8-10 pieces bacon, crispy
  • 12 oz box Rotini pasta

Instructions
 

  • Boil chicken until no longer pink. Shred and add to a large mixing bowl.
  • Fry bacon until crispy. Remove and place on plate lined with paper towels. Once cooled, crumble and set aside.
  • Cook pasta according to package directions, drain, rinse with cold water and add to large mixing bowl.
  • Mix barbecue sauce and mayonnaise together in a small mixing bowl. Pour into chicken and pasta, stir until well coated.
  • Dice red onions and celery, cheese and avocados, slice tomatoes in half and add to large mixing bowl. Stir.
  • Add bacon crumbles to bowl and mix. 
  • Cover, place in refrigerator to chill. Best serve cold. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 575kcalCarbohydrates: 43gProtein: 20gFat: 35gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 61mgSodium: 689mgPotassium: 674mgFiber: 4gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 565IUVitamin C: 10.3mgCalcium: 118mgIron: 1.4mg
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Enjoy, Terri

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  1. Linda

    July 15, 2018 at 9:28 pm

    This is so good! I’ve made it twice. First time without alvocados because I didn’t have any and then second time with them. Delicious both ways. Good job!

    • Great Grub, Delicious Treats

      July 15, 2018 at 10:05 pm

      Thank you Linda. I’m so glad you liked it… and you made it twice already! That’s awesome! :)

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