Mexican Fiesta Pasta Salad

Description

Your family and friends will love this zesty pasta salad. A surprising change from traditional pasta salads. Ole!

Ingredients

  • 1 (16 ounce) package dried rotini pasta
  • 1 ½ cups medium chunky salsa
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 1 (16 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 (11 ounce) can Mexican-style corn with red and green peppers, drained
  • ½ cup chopped red bell pepper
  • 2 green onions, sliced thin
  • 1 (4.25 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin, or to taste
  • ½ teaspoon dried cilantro, or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite
  2. about 8 minutes.
  3. While the pasta is cooking
  4. combine salsa
  5. mayonnaise
  6. sour cream
  7. and bell pepper in a large bowl. Add black beans
  8. corn
  9. olives
  10. green onions
  11. salt
  12. garlic powder
  13. cumin
  14. cilantro
  15. and pepper; whisk until well combined.
  16. Drain pasta
  17. then rinse under cold running water until completely cooled. Drain again thoroughly.
  18. Add cooled pasta to the salsa-vegetable mixture and stir until evenly coated. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 to 8 hours before serving.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Servings: 16

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