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.

If you happen to love this scrumptious salad, you must strive our Green Chili Enchilada Skillet. It is a dish you possibly can get pleasure from with corn or flour tortillas. We prefer it with our Mexican Rice.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

We’re a giant 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 good for any gathering. We additionally thought it was nice the following day so you may make it a day upfront. You could want so as to add just a little extra mayonnaise for the reason that pasta will soak it up.

SWAPS

Like most salads, you possibly can miss the greens you don’t like. Many individuals don’t like cilantro, so you possibly can simply go away that off. It’s also possible to use Greek yogurt rather than the mayonnaise. We used macaroni, however you should use any pasta you may have readily available.

YOU CAN ADD

You’ll be able to prime this with avocado in the event you like and blend up the corn and use Mexican corn for added taste. I additionally assume 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 Substances

• 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 crimson or inexperienced)
• 1/2 crimson onion chopped
• 1/4 cup recent cilantro finely chopped (elective)

Dressing Substances

• 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 package deal 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 in case you are utilizing canned corn. If you happen to use recent you possibly can add it to a skillet with just a little butter to prepare 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. High with further cilantro in the event you need.

• Chill for a minimum of half-hour. Serve.

If you happen to use canned corn make certain and drain nicely. 

Key phrase Mexican Pasta Salad

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