Garlicky Pasta Chicken Salad

Name: Garlicky Pasta Chicken Salad
Total time: P2H
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: garlic; olive oil; rosemary sprigs; basil; rosemary leaves; pasta, corkscrew; chicken; scallions, spring or green onions; parmesan, parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated; walnuts; salt and black pepper; lettuce

Yield

1 salad

Prep

20 min

Cook

35 min

Ready

2 hrs

Trans-fat Free, Low Carb

Ingredients

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Features
6	heads	garlic fresh	*
¾	cup	olive oil
4	each	rosemary sprigs optional	*
¼	cup	basil fresh	*
1	tablespoon	rosemary leaves fresh, or 1 tsp dried
8	ounces	pasta, corkscrew cooked and drained	*
2	cups	chicken cooked, cut in strips
½	cup	scallions, spring or green onions sliced
½	cup	Parmesan cheese freshly grated
⅔	cup	walnuts chopped
1	x	salt and black pepper to taste	*
1	x	lettuce as needed	*

Ingredients

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Features
6	heads	garlic fresh	*
177	ml	olive oil
4	each	rosemary sprigs optional	*
59	ml	basil fresh	*
15	ml	rosemary leaves fresh, or 1 tsp dried
231.2	ml/g	pasta, corkscrew cooked and drained	*
473	ml	chicken cooked, cut in strips
118	ml	scallions, spring or green onions sliced
118	ml	Parmesan cheese freshly grated
158	ml	walnuts chopped
1	x	salt and black pepper to taste	*
1	x	lettuce as needed	*

Directions

Separate cloves of garlic and drop into boiling water for 1 minute. Drain and peel.

Place peeled cloves in small saucepan with oil and optional rosemary sprigs. Cook gently, covered, stirring occasionally, for about 25 minutes or until garlic is tender.

Discard rosemary sprigs and purée garlic with ½ cup of the olive oil, basil, and the rosemary leaves.

Place pasta in large bowl and add garlic purée, chicken, onion, Parmesan, salt and pepper.

Mix thoroughly. Add more olive oil if needed to moisten salad.

Let 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.

Toast walnuts in 375-degree oven for 10 minutes.

Stir into the salad and serve over a mix of crisp, chilled lettuces.