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Garlicky pasta chicken salad

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Categories: Chicken, Pastas & Noodles, Poultry, Salads
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Ingredients:
6 Whole heads of fresh
-garlic
3/4 cupOlive oil
4 Rosemary sprigs (optional)
1/4 cupFresh basil leaves
1 tbspFresh rosemary leaves or 1
-tsp dried
8 ozCorkscrew pasta, cooked and
-drained
2 cupCooked chicken, cut in
-strips
1/2 cupSliced green onion
1/2 cupFreshly grated parmesan
-cheese
2/3 cupChopped walnuts
-salt and pepper to taste
-lettuce leaves
Procedures:
1Separate cloves of garlic and drop into boiling water for 1 minute.
2Drain and peel.
3Place peeled cloves in small saucepan with oil and optional rosemary sprigs.
4Cook gently, covered, stirring occasionally, for about 25 minutes or until garlic is tender.
5Discard rosemary sprigs and puree garlic with ?cup of the olive oil, basil, and the rosemary leaves.
6Place pasta in large bowl and add garlic puree, chicken, onion, parmesan, salt and pepper.
7Mix thoroughly.
8Add more olive oil if needed to moisten salad.
9Let salad sit for 1 hour a room temperature (provided its not a hot room that will invite bacteria to go nuts!) or refrigerate, returning mixture to room temperature before serving.
10Toast walnuts in 375°F oven for 10 minutes.
11Stir into the salad and serve over a mix of crisp, chilled lettuces
 
 
 
 

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