Description

Enjoy this grilled chicken with a Caesar pasta salad anytime of the year. The chicken is marinated in lemon lime soda and zesty Italian salad dressing and then grilled. The salad is made with spiral pasta, lettuce, Parmesan cheese and croutons.

Ingredients

• 6 - 8 chicken breasts, each about 1 inch thick
• 1 bottle Zesty Italian salad dressing
• 1 can lemon lime soda
• 2 - 7 oz. Caesar Salad bagged salad kits (Fresh Express brand)
• 1 pkg. Rotini Spiral Pasta (Barilla Rotini with veggies)
• 1 c. freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 - 2 c. prepared Caesar salad dressing
• 1 pkg. Caesar Salad croutons

Steps

1. In a ziploc bag or container with a lid, add chicken breasts. If the chicken is thick or in large pieces, pound it with a mallet until it's about one inch thick so that the breasts marinate properly.
2. Combine the soda with 2 c. Italian dressing; whisk; pour over the chicken. Seal the bag or cover with the lid. Refrigerate overnight.
3. If using chicken breasts that are too thin, leaving them to marinate overnight will start to cure them and they will be tough! If using thin chicken breasts, marinate for just a few hours.