This Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad is a fun and filling twist on caesar salad and pasta salad! It brings bother salads together to create a tasty dish. Serve as a side or light dinner.

Caesar Salad with Rotini & Chicken

Why you’ll love this Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad recipe:

It’s a quick and easy side or dinner dish.
You can use premade ingredients like pre-cooked chicken.
It’s flavorful and filling enough to be a meal all on its own.
It is perfect for summer BBQs and gatherings.
It’s a versatile pasta salad dish that you can customize with your favorite toppings and ingredients.

Table of Contents

Ingredients Needed:

Lettuce

Caesar Salad Dressing: Your favorite brand.

Rotini Pasta

Chicken: Cubed or shredded. You can also use rotisserie chicken.

Salad Toppings: We use bacon, parmesan cheese, and croutons.

How to Make Caesar Pasta Salad

Toss the cooked chicken, lettuce, and cooked pasta together in a bowl.

Top with bacon, parmesan cheese, croutons, and caesar dressing.

Substitutions & Variations

Use rotisserie chicken instead of chopped chicken for an even quicker recipe.
Use ranch dressing to make a chicken bacon and ranch pasta salad.
Parmesan cheese: shredded or flakes work best for this recipe.

More Chicken Recipes:

Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad

This Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad is a fun and filling twist on caesar salad and pasta salad! Serve as a side or light dinner.

Print Pin Rate

Course: Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 25

Calories:

Ingredients

8 ounces rotini pasta
1-2 hearts of romaine lettuce
2 cups cooked chicken
croutons
about 1/2 cup bacon, cooked and chopped
parmesan cheese flakes or shredded
Caesar dressing

Instructions

Prepare the pasta according to box directions
Drain and rinse with cold water. Set aside.
Chop the romaine, rinse, and dry well.
In a large salad bowl, add the chopped romaine, cooked pasta, and cooked chicken.
Toss. If desired, chill the salad for 1 hour, for a cold pasta salad.
Sprinkle the croutons and bacon on top.
Add the caesar dressing and parmesan cheese flakes on top.

Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and any changes you make to the recipe. For best results, calculate these on your own.