Southwestern Pasta Salad
Hard Caribbean Salad

Southwestern Pasta Salad

Total Time
36 min
22m prep · 14m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Hard
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This colorful Southwest pasta salad is full of flavor. It's always really popular at potlucks — you might want to make a double batch!

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces rotini pasta
  • 0.33 cups vegetable oil
  • 0.25 cups fresh lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons chili powder , or to taste
  • 2 teaspoons ground cumin , or to taste
  • 0.5 teaspoons salt
  • 2 cloves garlic , crushed
  • 1.5 cups whole kernel corn
  • 1 can black beans , 15 ounce
  • 0.5 cups diced green bell pepper
  • 0.5 cups diced red bell pepper
  • 0.5 cups fresh cilantro leaves
  • 1 cup chopped roma , plum

Instructions

  1. 1

    Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook until al dente, about 8 to 10 minutes; drain.

  2. 2

    Combine oil, lime juice, chili powder, cumin, salt, and garlic in a large bowl. Stir in pasta; set aside to cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally.

  3. 3

    Stir in corn, beans, green pepper, red pepper and 1/2 of the cilantro leaves. Spoon onto a platter and garnish with tomatoes and remaining cilantro. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

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