Curry Chicken Pasta Salad

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb chicken breast, diced
• 1 tablespoon sweet curry powder
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice, divided
• 4 quarts water (for boiling pasta)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 lb dry pasta
• 2 cups snap peas, chopped in half
• 1/2 cup minced red onion
• 2/3 cup low-fat mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon dijon-style mustard

Recipe

• 1 combine curry, oil, and 1 t lemon juice, pour over chicken, toss to coat, cover and refrigerate 1-2 hours.
• 2 heat large nonstick skillet over med heat, add chicken.
• 3 cook, stirring regularly, about 3 min (or more). reduce the heat a bit if the sauce starts to darken.
• 4 remove the pan from the heat, let cool while the pasta boils.
• 5 boil pasta in salt and water, rinse and set aside. for about the final 2 min of cooking time, add the peas, drain and rinse w/rest of pasta.
• 6 while pasta cooks, prepare the salad dressing. it is important to have dressing done at same time as pasta, so pasta doesn’t sit w/out dressing too long, as it will clump.
• 7 in a large bowl, blend minced red onion, mayonnaise, mustard and 1 t lemon juice.
• 8 add the curried chicken w/all the sauce out of the pan; whisk to blend.
• 9 add pasta and peas, toss to coat and add salt if desired.
• 10 serve right away or chilled for later. 8-12 servings.