Cherry Chicken Pasta Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pound rotini pasta
2 cups diced cooked chicken, or more to taste
1 cup dried cherries
1 cup diced celery
1 cup toasted almonds
2 cups mayonnaise
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons cold water
1 tablespoon champagne vinegar
2 tablespoons poppy seeds
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Preparation

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain and rinse under cold water.
Combine chicken, cherries, celery, almonds, and pasta together in a large bowl. Whisk mayonnaise, confectioners' sugar, water, vinegar, poppy seeds, salt, and black pepper together in a separate bowl; fold dressing into chicken-pasta mixture.