Shells Filled With Chicken Chopped Salad Recipes

SALAD STUFFED SHELLS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta shells in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water until chilled.
• Combine salami, romaine lettuce, roma tomatoes, cucumber, and red onion in a large bowl; pour balsamic vinaigrette dressing over salad and toss to coat. Stuff pasta shells with lettuce mixture and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

CHOPPED SALAD APPETIZER SHELLS

Steps:

• Cook shells in plenty of boiling water according to package directions, being careful not to overcook them. Rinse in cold water; set aside. (For advance prep tip, see note at end).
• Chop all salad ingredients, making sure you have all the pieces quite small so that you can easily stuff the salad into the shells.
• Make dressing; pour over salad and toss lightly. Add salt and pepper if desired.
• Stuff salad into cooled shells (now you will understand why you chopped the ingredients into small pieces!).
• Refrigerate up to 4 hours before serving.
• Advance preparation tip from a reviewer: "The day before, I cooked the shells to al-dente, rinsed them in cool water, separated them and let them cool. Then, I put them in a ziplock. I chopped everything for the salad part and put it in a ziplock, without the dressingl. The next day, I mixed the dressing into the salad and stuffed the shells. Worked like a dream.".

CHICKEN SALAD-STUFFED SHELLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the chicken salad and grapes. Spoon about 2 tablespoons into each pasta shell. Refrigerate until serving. To serve, line a platter with baby spinach and carefully place shells on top. Drizzle with Ranch dressing. Nice served with chunks of crusty bread and iced mint tea.

ITALIAN CHOP SALAD IN SHELLS

Steps:

• Cook pasta shells as directed on package; drain and cool.
• Place remaining ingredients except vinaigrette in medium bowl. Pour vinaigrette over salad; toss to coat.
• Stuff shells with salad. Cover and refrigerate up to 2 hours before serving.

ITALIAN CHOPPED SALAD IN SHELLS

Steps:

• Cook pasta shells as directed on the package.
• Drain and cool.
• Place remaining ingredients except vinaigrette in a medium bowl.
• Pour vinaigrette over the salad, toss to coat.
• Stuff the shells with the salad.
• Cover and refrigerate 2 hours before serving.