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This Creamy Chicken Cobb Pasta Salad has all the flavors of the classic Cobb Salad, like hard boiled eggs, avocado and blue cheese, in a delicious chilled pasta salad. Perfect for summer picnics, potlucks and dining al fresco!
Can’t get enough pasta salads? Me either! You should try my easy BLT Pasta Salad next!
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Why I Love This Recipe
Much like it’s counterpart, the Cobb Salad, this Chicken Cobb Pasta Salad is full of tender chicken, crunchy lettuce and chives, juicy tomatoes, salty bacon, creamy blue cheese, and hard boiled eggs.
To make this a heartier meal, we’re adding rotini pasta and a delicious homemade dressing, too. Back in the day, cobb salads had french dressing but now you’re more likely to see it tossed with either Ranch or blue cheese. Since we’re making our own dressing, we’re going with toned down, tangy and extra creamy blue cheese.
As pasta salads are known for, this one whips up quick and easy and doesn’t need anything fancy to make it absolutely delicious. If you’ve got 20 minutes, you can whip up this simple Cobb Pasta Salad.
What you need
Ingredients
- Small Pasta – like Macaroni, Rotini, or Bowtie
- Pasta Salad Dressing – Mayonnaise, Sour Cream, Blue Cheese Dressing, Dijon Mustard.
- Romaine Lettuce – Or iceberg if you prefer.
- Bacon – Cooked until crisp and crumbled or diced into small pieces.
- Tomatoes – Diced, seeds removed.
- Avocado – Diced.
- Green Onions – Chopped or sliced thin. Can also use chives.
- Chicken Breast – From a rotisserie, leftovers, or even canned chicken breast.
- Hard Boiled Eggs – Make them yourself or buy pre-cooked. Costco’s are great!
- Blue Cheese Crumbles
Step By Step Instructions
See recipe card below for ingredient quantities and full instructions.
Cook the pasta to al dente. Drain, rinse and chill.
Combine the ingredients for the dressing and season with fresh cracked black pepper to taste. Feel free to add other seasonings, like garlic or onion powder. Combine with the pasta.
Combine pasta, dressing, chicken, bacon, green onions, and blue cheese crumbles. Garnish with extra bacon, chives, or blue cheese.
Chill until ready to serve.
Storage Tips
Storing Leftover Pasta Salad
Place leftovers in an airtight container and keep refrigerated. If the pasta salad seems dry even after stirring, add a little bit of blue cheese dressing or mayo and stir to moisten.
Recipe Tips
- Use any kind of small pasta you like. Rotini is my go to for pasta salads.
- Feel free to adjust any of the ingredients to your liking. This salad is completely customizable.
- Save some of the ingredients for the garnish, like bacon and blue cheese crumbles.
- Make ahead up to 24 hours, store in a tightly sealed container in the fridge until ready to serve.
More Pasta Salad Recipes
Creamy Chicken Cobb Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 8 ounces Small pasta like macaroni or rotini
- ½ cup Mayonnaise
- ½ cup Sour cream
- ½ cup Blue cheese salad dressing
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 cup Chopped romaine lettuce
- 6 slices Bacon cooked and crumbled, divided
- 1 cup Diced tomatoes
- 1 Avocado diced
- 1 bunch Green onions thinly sliced
- 1 cup Shredded and chopped chicken breast
- 3 Hard boiled eggs chopped
- 4 ounces Blue cheese crumbles divided
Instructions
- Boil a large pot of salted water and cook pasta to al dente, according to package directions. Drain, rinse and set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, combine the mayonnaise, sour cream, blue cheese dressing and Dijon mustard. Season with fresh ground black pepper to taste. Pour in the cooled pasta and stir to coat.
- Stir in the chicken, bacon (1 tablespoon reserved for topping), tomatoes, green onions and about 3 ounces of the blue cheese. Top with remaining bacon and blue cheese crumbles for garnish, if desired.
- Serve immediately, or chill in the fridge until ready to serve. Can make up to 24 hours in advance.
