Southwestern Pasta Salad
I created this southwestern pasta salad for a friend who owns a catering business. I was told it was a hit at her events and it's now among the most-requested dishes. —Valonda Seward, Coarsegold, California
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon salsa
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 package (16 ounces) uncooked spiral or cavatappi pasta
- 1-1/2 cups fresh or frozen whole kernel corn, thawed
- 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 cans (2-1/4 ounces each) sliced ripe olives, drained
- 1 small green pepper, finely chopped
- 1 small sweet red pepper, finely chopped
- 1 small red onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro, divided
- 1 medium ripe avocado, peeled and sliced
Reviews
Love! This recipe. Mix the first 8 ingredients (amounts of each to your liking), then taste and adjust. There is plenty of room for tweaking to your individual taste. It’s a great recipe as it stands and after customizing.
Overall very good and I will make it again with the following changes: halve the lime juice and add in more salsa. I like lime juice but it is pungent and too much can be off-putting.
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This was a bright and light pasta salad. It was very good. I did add a tablespoon of agave nectar to the dressing to offset the sharpness of the lime juice.
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Loved all the ingredients but the dressing lacked a little something. I will make again, but will tweak the dressing a little for more flavor my family prefers.
I added more of the salsa , probably 1/3 of a cup. I only used app. 10 ounces of pasta instead of 16 and added an additional can of black beans because I wanted more vegetables than pasta. This made a great lunch.
We love all the ingredients in this recipe so I just made it for lunch. Unfortunately we were disappointed there wasn't more taste. I've read the reviews below so may try it again using some of the tips and bump up the cumin, salsa, cayenne and salt.
Wasn't sure that the lime juice was to be more than the olive oil so I switched the measurements. The salad turned out wonderful. Next time I will only make half batch, as it was double or even triple the amount I needed for 4 people!
Sounds delicious. Is there a good substitute for white wine vinegar--regular vinegar, red wine vinegar, white wine????