Description
Spice up your pasta salad (literally) with delicious and creamy Buffalo Chickpea Pasta Salad! This unique combo of ingredients and flavors will totally satisfy your craving for something savory.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 16oz bag brown rice noodles (or pasta of choice)
- 1 15oz can chickpeas
- 1 cup buffalo sauce, divided
- 1 cup celery, diced
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes, sliced
- 1 cup carrots, diced
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (microbial-rennet)
- 1 cup ranch dressing
- 1/2 cup green onion
Instructions
- Preheat: Preheat oven to 425F and line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cook Pasta: In a large pot, cook noodles according to direction. Drain and rinse with cold water and place back in pot.
- Prep Chickpeas: Drain and rinse chickpeas. Dry completely. Add them to parchment lined baking sheet and toss them in 2 tbsp buffalo sauce.
- Bake: Bake chickpeas for 30 minutes. Let cool.
- Combine: Assemble salad by adding celery, tomatoes, carrots, and cheese to noodles.
- Dress: Pour in ranch and remainder of buffalo sauce. Toss to coat completely.
- Finish: Loosely mix in chickpeas, or just add to top along with green onion.
- Serve: Serve immediately or chill.
Notes
Store pasta salad in an airtight container and keep it refrigerated. Enjoy within 3 days.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: meal prep
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 470 kcal
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 950 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 54 g
- Fiber: 7 g
- Protein: 11 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
Keywords: buffalo chickpea pasta salad, meal prep, gluten free, savory pasta salad