Here's a one-of-a-kind pasta salad that combines tender chicken, sweet apricots and crunchy vegetables. Plus, the lemony dressing can't be beat. —Susan Voigt, Plymouth, Minnesota

Almond-Apricot Chicken Salad

(8 ounces) spiral pasta

(6 ounces) dried apricots, thinly sliced

broccoli

chicken

green onions

celery

sour cream

mayonnaise

lemon juice

lemon

Dijon mustard

salt

savory

pepper

almonds,

Cook pasta according to package directions, adding apricots during the last 4 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water; place in a large bowl. Add broccoli, chicken, onions and celery.

In a small bowl, combine the next 8 ingredients. Pour over salad and toss to coat. Cover and chill until serving; fold in almonds.

I just made this for a catering event a few weeks ago and received numerous complements and requests for the recipe.  I followed the recipe but added a little sugar to the mayo and sour cream mix.  It's a pretty salad and also it's a filling salad.

I made this recipe tonight and we cleaned our plates. I made a few minor changes. I used cooked turkey instead of chicken and halved the recipe for the two of us. One other change I made was when I tasted the dressing, I thought it was a little bland and needed something so gave it a few squirts of ranch dressing which perked it up nicely. We loved the salad and will have it again.

Had this at a friend's luncheon, and we all requested the recipe.  Delicious!

Wonderful combination of flavors!!! Nice change from same old chicken salad.....Great Recipe!

I served this hot; and substituted Quoran Diced Meatless Chicken for the chicken and substituted carrots for broccoli.  Thank you, Susan for sharing this recipe.

I'm sure this would be a hit with some people, although I speculate it would be less than half of those that have it, it was left as "it is edible but don't make it again" in our house of eight people.  I really don't want to leave a low review but I also don't want to make the mistake of making it again only to not like it.*Edited to add* The strong citrus flavor was less the next day and nearly gone 3 days later (yes, this lasted that long in our house).  Still wouldn't make it again.

almond-apricot chicken salad

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Servings: 10

Author : Taste of Home Editors

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