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Bruschetta Chicken Pasta Salad is a must make for any occasion! With Italian seasoned grilled chicken and a good kick of garlic and parmesan cheese, this is one pasta salad that will impress!
Bruschetta Chicken Pasta… It was time to make a kick-ass carb recipe that you won’t regret!
With nearly ALL of the salads on this site full of lettuce and good-for-you-vegetables, it was time to bust out some carbs and give you something different. This is one recipe that I had to go digging into the archives for! Two years ago, I made and posted this Chicken Bruschetta Pasta Salad which had been an emergency lunch for a few weeks (back then), and shared it before I knew how to focus a camera lens even. Anyway, the point is, that salad went crazy loco world wide with the embarrassing photo attached to it. The only problem, is, that recipe is a single serve recipe — a lazy girls recipe — and I’ve been busting to remake it ever since. Fast forward two years to a better lens and a bit more patience, and here we are. Again.
Bruschetta Chicken Pasta Recipe
For this version, you can feed a crowd and be the most popular person at your next gathering / function / partayyy / or dining room. Still a semi-lazy girls version, this pasta salad is even better than the last one, and can be served warm OR cold!
I’m’a break this down:
- Chicken grilled or seared in Italian seasonings.
- Ripe roma tomatoes tossed with a garlic and onion infused olive oil → pan fried first to release all of their incredible flavours.
- Balsamic vinegar, some parmesan cheese, salt and pepper, basil or parsley.
Mamamia what a salad!
Add extra parmesan cheese and look at that! The most beautiful and filing pasta!
If you’re looking for a low carb version and something similar, check out this Grilled Balsamic Chicken and Avocado Bruschetta Salad!
Watch our Bruschetta Chicken Pasta being made right here!
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Bruschetta Chicken Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 1 pound spaghetti pasta thin, dry weight
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts 2 large breasts
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 pinch salt to taste
- 1 pinch pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons red onion finely chopped, about 1/3 of a red onion
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar adjust to your tastes
- 8 roma tomatoes diced
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese grated, plus more to serve
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil or parsley, finely chopped
- 1 pinch salt to taste
- 1 pinch pepper to taste
- 1 drizzle balsamic glaze to serve, optional - I use store bought
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions; Drain and rinse in cold water. Transfer to a large bowl; set aside.
- While the pasta is boiling, season chicken with the herbs, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Heat 1 teaspoon of oil on in a grill pan or skillet, and sear chicken breasts over medium-high heat until browned on both sides and cooked through (about 6 minutes each side). Remove from pan; set aside and allow to rest.
- Add the remaining olive oil to the same hot pan / skillet. When hot, sauté the garlic and red onion until garlic is fragrant (about 1 minute). Turn off heat.
- Add in the tomatoes, toss them lightly in the heat to warm them through and combine all of the flavours. Add the tomato mixture onto the pasta.
- Mix in the vinegar, parmesan cheese and basil (or parsley). Season with salt and pepper to your taste. Slice the chicken; add to pasta. Toss the pasta with all of the ingredients until well combined.
- Top with 2 tablespoons of extra parmesan cheese (OPTIONAL) and serve immediately with balsamic glaze, OR refrigerate up to an hour before serving.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
How do you make the balsamic glaze?
This was delicious!!! We ate it hot, and I also added spinach!! Will definitely make it again!
Mmmmmmmmm I can’t wait to try this! We are trying to eat less carbs so I will be making this with spaghetti squash ?
I’m studying the recipe right now to see what to start dicing. I think it’s going to be enough for warm at dinner and cold for later!
Do you serve the balsamic glaze on the side for each person to drizzle as much as they like? How do you use it?
I never comment on recipes but I just had to on this one. The only thing I did different was added the balsamic glaze to the pasta once I added all the ingredients. The whole house agreed this was definitely a keeper in the rotation.
Could you please state which brand of balsalmic vinegar you used?
I made this tonight, and it was delicious. Even my four year old loved it!
My daughter sent me this recipe which I am going to try to day for my husband and myself. I am just curious, what is the “Balsamic Glaze”?
Balsamic glaze is a balsamic reduction, usually cooked over stove top with brown sugar until thickened and reduced down like a syrup consistency. You should be able to find it at any grocery store!
This looks amazing. Scheduled to pin for later. Thanks!
Thank you Paula!