Chilled Pasta Salad With Chicken

• 2 Suddenly Salad Pasta Salad Mix, Original flavor
• 1 cup kalamata olive, pitted and drained
• 1 (8 ounce) jar pimentos, drained
• 1 medium red onion, chopped
• 6 roma tomatoes
• 1 (16 ounce) package baby portabella mushrooms
• 12 lb cheese, diced (we use a mix of white cheddar and pepper jack)
• 1 12 lbs chicken breasts
• 2 tablespoons pesto sauce
• 12 cup ranch dressing
• 1 tablespoon light olive oil
• 1 tablespoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt

1. 1.
2. Cube chicken into bite size pieces.
3. Season chicken with oregano and garlic salt.
4. Fry cubed chicken in 1tbsp light olive oil until cooked through.
5. Drain excess oil from chicken in a fine mesh strainer.
6. Set aside to cool.
7. 2.
8. Prepare Suddenly Salad pasta according to directions on the box.
9. 3.
10. Prepare Suddenly Salad dressing mix according to the box.
11. To the dressing mix, add pesto and Ranch dressing.
12. Set aside.
13. 4.
14. While chicken cools, drain Kalamata olives and pimentos, set aside.
15. 5.
16. Rough chop red onion, mushrooms, and tomatoes.
17. 6.
18. Dice cheese into 1/2" cubes.
19. 7.
20. Combine cooked and rinsed pasta with dressing mixture.
21. Add in Kalamata olives, pimento, red onion, mushrooms, and cheese.
22. 8.
23. Add in cooked and drained chicken cubes.
24. Stir to combine.
25. Allow to cool in the refrigerator at least one hour.

salad pasta salad mix, kalamata olive, pimentos, red onion, roma tomatoes, baby portabella mushrooms, cheese, chicken breasts, pesto sauce, ranch dressing, light olive oil, oregano, garlic salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chilled-pasta-salad-with-chicken-433937 (may not work)