MEXICAN PASTA SALAD – The Southern Girl Cooks

This Mexican pasta salad is loaded with scrumptious greens and black beans and is topped with a creamy dressing.

When you love this scrumptious salad, you must strive our Green Chili Enchilada Skillet. It is a dish you’ll be able to get pleasure from with corn or flour tortillas. We prefer it with our Mexican Rice.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

We’re an enormous fan of this recipe as a result of it’s loaded with all of the issues we love. Plus it makes loads so it’s excellent for any gathering. We additionally thought it was nice the following day so you may make it a day upfront. It’s possible you’ll want so as to add just a little extra mayonnaise because the pasta will soak it up.

SWAPS

Like most salads, you’ll be able to omit the greens you don’t like. Many individuals don’t like cilantro, so you’ll be able to simply depart that off. You too can use Greek yogurt instead of the mayonnaise. We used macaroni, however you should use any pasta you could have readily available.

YOU CAN ADD

You possibly can prime this with avocado in case you like and blend up the corn and use Mexican corn for added taste. I additionally suppose recent tomato backyard tomatoes could be nice on this, too.

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Mexican Pasta Salad

Anne Walkup

This Mexican Pasta Salad is loaded with scrumptious greens, black beans and topped with a creamy dressing.

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner Time 15 minutes minutes

30 minutes minutes

Whole Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes minutes

Course Salad

Delicacies American

Pasta Salad Elements

• 1 lb elbow macaroni or any pasta you want
• 1 cup of corn can use recent, frozen or canned
• 1 cup black beans drained and rinsed
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes quartered
• 1 bell pepper diced (can use pink or inexperienced)
• 1/2 pink onion chopped
• 1/4 cup recent cilantro finely chopped (non-obligatory)

Dressing Elements

• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 3 tablespoons of lime juice
• 1/3 cup bitter cream
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise we use Dukes

• Prepare dinner pasta in line with bundle instructions, drain and put aside. Let cool.

• I used frozen corn, I put in a bowl with just a little water and heated it up within the microwave and as soon as heat, eliminated and drained and put aside. You’ll not want to do that if you’re utilizing canned corn. When you use recent you’ll be able to add it to a skillet with just a little butter to cook dinner till golden brown.

• As soon as the pasta has cooled, add all of the pasta components to the pasta and blend collectively. In a separate bowl, add dressing components and whisk till nicely mixed. Pour over pasta salad and toss till evenly blended. Prime with additional cilantro in case you need.

• Chill for at the least half-hour. Serve.

When you use canned corn ensure and drain nicely. 

Key phrase Mexican Pasta Salad

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