Chicken Pasta Salad with Cashews and Dried Cranberries

Everyone loves this chicken pasta salad loaded with crunchy cashews, juicy seedless grapes, and crisp water chestnuts, celery, and green onions. You won't go wrong serving this recipe.

• Preparation Time: 35 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 929 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup mayonnaise
• 2 cups thinly sliced celery
• 2 cups cashew halves
• 2 cups dried cranberries
• ½ cup thinly sliced green onions
• 4 cups cubed cooked chicken
• 3 cups bow tie (farfalle) pasta
• 1 (16 ounce) bottle bottled coleslaw dressing
• ½ cup creamy salad dressing (such as Miracle Whip™)
• 1 ½ cups seedless green grapes, halved
• 1 ½ cups seedless red grapes, halved
• 2 (5 ounce) cans water chestnuts, drained and quartered

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain, and set aside.

Step 2

In a medium bowl, whisk together coleslaw dressing, mayonnaise, and creamy salad dressing.

Step 3

In a large bowl, combine pasta, chicken, green grapes, red grapes, water chestnuts, celery, and green onions. Stir in dressing, and mix well. Place the salad in the refrigerator to marinate for 2 hours, or overnight. Mix in cashews and dried cranberries just before serving. Serve cold.