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.