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Ingredientes
- Other pasta salad recipes:
- Cookinâ Canuckâs Mint-Basil Chicken Pasta Salad with Tomatoes, Asparagus & Feta Cheese
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- The Perfect Pantryâs Spicy Asian Grilled Chicken & Pasta Salad
- The Pioneer Womanâs Sundried Tomato Pasta Salad
- My Baking Addictionâs Greek Orzo Pasta Salad
- Chicken BLT (or Bacon, Spinach & Tomato) Pasta Salad
- 6 slices bacon
- 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 16 oz. orzo pasta
- 1 cup (packed) fresh spinach leaves, torn into bite-sized pieces
- 8 ounces grape or cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- Vinaigrette:
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 tsp honey
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 6 large basil leaves, chiffonaded (rolled and thinly sliced)
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