Raisin & Potato Chicken Macaroni Salad

Recently, I got to taste chef alwin from garden asia's pasta and egg salad and man, it was awesome! I know him on a more personal level and I must say, he is really one of the few persons I know around with such high standards for the quality of his food. Anyhow, I tried his organic fusilli pasta and it really inspired me to adapt from his pasta. What I like about pasta salads is that they are really flexible; you can add any kinds of fruits/ vegetables you like to your pasta.


tiny resemblance to his pasta

Ingredients required:


1 packet of macaroni (I think I would personally prefer using fusilli)
4 potatoes
2-3 eggs
2 apples, diced (of course, you can add other fruits or vegetables you like)
4 slices of chicken breast, skinless and shredded
4-5 cloves of fresh onion, finely chopped
100g raisins
fresh lettuce
500g salad dressing
optional: prawns
optional: lemon

1) Boil the macaroni according to the instructions on the packaging. Drain pasta with a colander, leaving some of the water to prevent pasta from drying up.


2) Meanwhile, peel the skin of the potatoes (you can leave it on if you want) and boil them. Boil the eggs in a separate pot.

3) Diced the apple and put it in salt to prevent oxidization. Simmer the chicken in hot water for about 3 minutes.


4) Chop the onions finely and add it into the pasta mixture. (Do not saute the onions so the freshness of its taste can be kept.) (Of course, the onions can be omitted if you are not a huge fan of theirs.) Add the raisins and diced apple in. Shred the chicken breast and add into the mixture.





5) Cut the boiled eggs into cubes and add into pasta mixture.

6) Finally, add the salad dressing and stir well together.


7) Refrigerate the pasta and serve cold. Alternatively, it could be served hot as well :)








And so, I came up with my own Macaroni salad :)