Description
An easy pasta salad bursting with flavor. It is fantastic for your next potluck. But bring a lot, it goes fast!
Ingredients
- 1 (12 ounce) package bow tie pasta
- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground red chile pepper
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 (9 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
- ½ (15 ounce) can black beans, drained
- ½ (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes and green chiles, drained
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 2 avocados – peeled, pitted, and diced
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook the bow tie pasta at a boil
- stirring occasionally
- until cooked through yet firm to the bite
- about 12 minutes; drain.
- Whisk olive oil
- lime juice
- cilantro
- garlic powder
- cumin
- ground chile pepper
- cayenne pepper
- salt
- and black pepper together in a large bowl. Stir corn
- black beans
- diced tomatoes and green chiles
- and green onions into the dressing to coat. Gently mix avocados into bean mixture; fold bow tie pasta into the salad. Cover salad with plastic wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes before serving.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 6