Green Enchilada Pasta Salad

October 15, 2012 17 Comments

Sometimes recipes come together because I have ONE ingredient I want to play with.  In the case of this pasta salad … it all started with Halloween pasta I found at World Market.

Black cats, bats, pumpkins and spiders.  Oh, I HAD to have this stuff and I HAD to use it in a bento.

Had. To.

Now, most pasta salads I’ve ever had use Italian Dressing as the sauce.  And, when it comes to dressings, Italian Dressing is the ONE I just can’t stand.   I know.  I am weird.

But, Tex-Mex flavors I can totally do.  So this kid-friendly recipe was inspired by my favorite Tex-Mex menu item: Enchiladas Salsa Verde.

Green Enchiladas.

They are so much better than regular enchiladas — chicken, corn tortillas, bright and spicy salsa verde, and yummy cheese.  Sigh… I lurve ‘em.

I decided those flavors needed to enter a relationship with my Halloween pasta.  A yummy, addictive pairing of Green Enchiladas and Pasta.

Oh. Yeah.

The Green Enchilada Pasta Salad (I know — original name, right?) is perfect for lunch or dinner.  Since it is a cold pasta salad, it is perfect for packing in a bento . . . or enjoying for an easy family dinner.

Or . . . for snatching bites anytime you walk past the fridge.

Not that I know anyone who may or may not have done that.

Green Enchilada Pasta Salad

Ingredients

  1. 4 cups Uncooked Pasta
  2. 1 15oz can Black Beans
  3. 1 cup Shredded Chicken
  4. 1 cup Cooked Corn
  5. 1 cup of sliced Cherry Tomatoes
  6. 1/2 cup crumbled Queso Fresco

For the Dressing

  1. 1/2 cup Salsa Verde
  2. 1 tsp Taco Seasoning
  3. 5 tsp Sour Cream

Directions

  1. Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and set aside.
  2. Whisk Salsa Verde, Taco Seasoning and Sour Cream together. Add more sour cream if too spicy for your palate.
  3. Fold the cooked pasta into the sauce to coat.
  4. Add the black beans, chicken, corn, tomato slices and cheese, stirring carefully.
  5. Serve immediately or chill.*

Notes

*If chilling and serving later, the pasta will absorb the majority of the Salsa Verde dressing; when I served it after chilling, I whisked together more dressing and tossed the pasta salad with it.

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Comments

  1. Robin says:
    October 15, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    Holy canoli – that looks SOOOO good.

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  2. Michelle | Creative Food says:
    October 15, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    Looks yummy!

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  3. Donna says:
    October 15, 2012 at 5:25 pm

    That looks and sounds so delicious! I do love Italian and vinaigrette dressings, though. So I could fix this both ways.

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  4. Zippy Sandler says:
    October 15, 2012 at 6:10 pm

    Kid friendly? That looks ME friendly.

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  5. Emily @FamilyNLifeLV says:
    October 15, 2012 at 10:20 pm

    My son would love this!

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  6. Billie says:
    October 15, 2012 at 10:37 pm

    That looks tasty, I bet Jake would like it. He’s a big fan of pasta salads.

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  7. Theresa says:
    October 16, 2012 at 1:55 am

    Wow. You knock it out of the park every time with your recipes! I would never have thought of this!

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  8. Jenn says:
    October 16, 2012 at 8:23 am

    I’m loving all the ingredients. Must try!

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  9. Kiersten @ Oh My Veggies says:
    October 16, 2012 at 6:45 pm

    I love a cold pasta salad for lunch, but usually I make the same variation of it every time. The flavors you added to this one sound SO good!

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  10. HilLesha says:
    October 19, 2012 at 4:16 pm

    Looks really good!

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  11. Jennifer The Quirky Momma says:
    October 20, 2012 at 9:07 pm

    I’m going to start making lunch for my husband to take to work, and this is something he would love.

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  12. Cindy Orley says:
    October 20, 2012 at 9:56 pm

    I think I just found a new Halloween dish to make next week! thanks!

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  13. Courtney says:
    October 20, 2012 at 10:26 pm

    yes please and I’ll take seconds lol

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  14. Stefanie says:
    October 21, 2012 at 12:18 am

    I would make this one without chicken, too. Looks good though!

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  15. Ty @ Mama of 3 Munchkins says:
    October 21, 2012 at 1:04 am

    That looks very tasty!

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  16. Colleen says:
    October 21, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    Looks and sounds great.

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  17. Tricia Nightowlmama says:
    October 21, 2012 at 10:55 pm

    looks so tsty I’d try that

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