Southwestern Pasta Steak Salad
This nutritious and easy Southwestern pasta steak salad is the perfect cold salad recipe to whip up for the entire family!
Ingredients
- 1 lb cooked pasta your favorite shape, al dente, cooled
- ½ c frozen corn steamed in microwave
- 1 - 14.5 oz can of black beans drained
- 1 medium red onion
- 1 tbsp red bell pepper finely diced
- 1 tbsp green bell pepper finely diced
- 1 tbsp jalapeno pepper finely diced
- ½ pint cherry tomatoes coarsely sliced
- 1 - 4 oz can of diced green chilis
- 10 oz barbecued steak dices
- ½ c salad dressing
- ¼ c sour cream
- 1 tsp chili powder
- ¼ tsp chipotle powder
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 1 juice of lime
- 1 avocado thinly sliced
- fresh cilantro
Instructions
- Cook, drain and cool the pasta.
- Slice and dice the ingredients listed above.
- Slice your avocado lengthwise and coat with half of the lime juice to prevent browning.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the pasta, corn, peas, black beans, red onion, red bell pepper, cherry tomatoes, green chilis, and steak. Mix these together well.
- In small mixing bowl, combine the salad dressing, sour cream, chili powder, chipotle powder, cumin, garlic and salt and stir until well mixed.
- Stir this mixture into the pasta vegetable mixture you made above.
- Garnish with avocado slices, a squirt of lime juice and a sprig of cilantro.
Notes
Tortilla chips or corn chips add another level of flavor to this dish. Note that its flavor improves with time in the refrigerator, so you can make most of it ahead and chill it down really well while the flavors mingle. Cover and refrigerate any leftovers.
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