Chicken BLT (or Bacon, Spinach & Tomato) Pasta Salad Recipe

Ingredients

• Other pasta salad recipes:
• Cookin’ Canuck’s Mint-Basil Chicken Pasta Salad with Tomatoes, Asparagus & Feta Cheese
• FatFree Vegan Kitchen’s Artichoke Pesto Pasta Salad
• The Perfect Pantry’s Spicy Asian Grilled Chicken & Pasta Salad
• The Pioneer Woman’s Sundried Tomato Pasta Salad
• My Baking Addiction’s Greek Orzo Pasta Salad
• Chicken BLT (or Bacon, Spinach & Tomato) Pasta Salad
• 6 slices bacon
• 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 16 oz. orzo pasta
• 1 cup (packed) fresh spinach leaves, torn into bite-sized pieces
• 8 ounces grape or cherry tomatoes, cut in half
• Vinaigrette:
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 1 1/2 tsp honey
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 6 large basil leaves, chiffonaded (rolled and thinly sliced)
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