Salads & sides

Tex-Mex Pasta Salad

$Tex-Mex Pasta Salad recipe$

photo by:kraft

Same-old pasta salad? Not so much. This jazzed-up Tex-Mex version with black beans, hot pepper sauce and ranch will give 'em a thrill at the next potluck.

time

prep:

20 min

total:

1 hr 25 min

servings

total:

8 servings, 3/4 cup each

add your photo

add to shopping list

add to recipe box

send/share

What You Need

1/2

cup KRAFT Classic Ranch Dressing

1/3

cup KRAFT Real Mayo Mayonnaise

Zest and juice from lime

tsp. hot pepper sauce

1/2

tsp. ground cumin

cups elbow macaroni, cooked, drained

1-1/2

cups halved cherry tomatoes

3/4

cup canned black beans, rinsed

green onions, thinly sliced

Make It

MIX dressing, mayo, lime zest, juice, pepper sauce and cumin in large bowl.

ADD remaining ingredients; mix lightly.

REFRIGERATE 1 hour.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Healthy Living

Trim 60 calories and 7 grams of fat per serving by preparing with KRAFT Lite Ranch Dressing and KRAFT Light Mayo Reduced Fat Mayonnaise.

Special Extra

Add 3 Tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro to dressing mixture before tossing with remaining ingredients.

Rate recipes, or edit your previous ratings and more. Sign In

maryellenchambers

posted:9/2/2012

The people in my family who like dishes with "heat" really raved about this skillet dinner. It is easy, quick, and also good with plain diced tomatoes insteas.

Alisonh345

posted:9/2/2012

yummy

dianeslp

posted:6/3/2012

I have made this many times-we love it! I use reduced fat dressing and mayo, and it turns out great.

a cook

posted:9/18/2011

My family loved this salad. Lots of different flavors combined into a unique and yummy sald. Definitely a keeper if you like summer salads!

Tom0223_2000

posted:7/12/2011

This recipe will be deleted from my recipe box. Completely awful.

lm1309

posted:6/8/2011

Made this salad with curly pasta, did not have elbows. It turned out great! Flavors were very good, family liked it very much. Will make again!

michellediamond

posted:6/5/2011

Huge hit in our household! Look forward to making it again this summer!

astouffer

posted:5/22/2011

Easy and great flavor. I didn't have any black beans so I used pinto. I'll for sure make this again and use black beans next time. Also added a 1/2 cup corn. My husband and daughter both liked this.