Rotini Pasta Recipes
Rotini for dinner and potlucks — Italian Pasta Salad, Elote Pasta Salad, Tri-Color Rotini Pasta Salad, and a one-pot pasta with ground turkey and spinach.
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dinnerHealthy Chicken Pesto Pasta Salad
Quick & Easy Chicken Pesto Pasta Salad, (great for meal prep)
Celine KomiyamaIngredients
- Fusilli Pasta
- Salt
- Black Pepper
- Olive Oil
- cherry tomatoes
- mozzarella balls
Instructions
- 1Cook pasta to package instructions
- 2Season chopped chicken with Olive Oil, Salt, & Pepper. Cook chicken on the stove for about 8-10 min, tossing occasionally.
- 3Cut tomatoes and mozzarella balls in half
- 4Once pasta is cooked, combine with chicken, tomato, mozzarella balls, and spinach
- 5Stir in pesto sauce + add any other toppings of your choice
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Rotini's twists grab dressing, bits of pepperoni, and every stray piece of tomato, so you get a full bite instead of plain noodles at the bottom of the bowl.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these when a potluck is Saturday, when the weeknight needs one pot and one pan, or when lunch for the week has to be made ahead on Sunday.
Every recipe here is built on spirals: Healthy Chicken Pesto Pasta Salad, Southwest Chipotle Pasta Salad, Greek Inspired Pasta Salad, Rainbow Rotini Pasta Salad, and One-Pot Pasta with Ground Turkey & Spinach for a hot supper.
Quick Tips
- 1
Salt the water well
Use about 1 tablespoon of salt per 4 quarts of water. Pasta for cold salads only gets seasoned once, so do it here.
- 2
Rinse for cold salads
Drain and rinse under cool water for 30 seconds to stop the cooking and wash off starch that turns dressing gluey.
- 3
Dress it twice
Toss with half the dressing while the pasta is warm, chill 2 hours, then add the rest before serving so it isn't dry.
- 4
Cook one minute short
Pull rotini a minute before the box says. It softens as it sits in dressing or finishes in the pot with the sauce.
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