Step 1: Prep the pasta & the chicken
Pasta salad components
- dried macaroni noodles227 g1/2 lb
- chicken, cooked227 g1/2 lb
Add your pasta to a pot of , salted water. Overcook the pasta by 3 or 4 minutes more than the package instructions indicate. This way, the pasta will have the perfect chewiness in the salad, instead of hardening when it cools down.
- After the pasta is cooked, drain it and spread it out on a baking sheet to cool.
Take your cooked chicken (whether poached, baked, or grilled) and dice it into bite-sized pieces.