A salad everyone loves: Macy's Pacific Rim Pasta Salad, with turkey (or rotisserie chicken), grapes, pasta, and an apricot-ginger dressing!
Ingredients
1 ½poundrotini pasta, dry
1poundturkey breast, hand torn (or you can use rotisserie shredded chicken)
2cupscelery, chopped finely
4cupsred grapes, halved, reserve 1 cup for garnish
¼cupgreen onions, chopped
2-3Tbsp.parsley, finely chopped
For the dressing:
1cupmayonnaise
1cupapricot preserves
½cuplime juice
½kosher salt
1Tbspfresh ginger root, grated
Instructions
In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente according to package directions. Drain and cool.
In a large mixing bowl, toss the cooled pasta, turkey, celery, red grapes, and green onions.
For the dressing:
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, apricot preserves, lime juice, salt and fresh ginger. Chill.
For serving:
When ready to serve, pour the dressing over the salad, and toss gently to combine all the ingredients. Place on a platter or in a serving bowl, and garnish with reserved red grapes and finely chopped parsley.