Cowboy Caviar Pasta Salad

SS Classic feature — Made with Classic Suddenly Pasta Salad

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Prep Time

25 min

Ready In

25 min

Servings

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Ingredients

1 box Suddenly Salad™ classic pasta salad
3 tablespoons cold water
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped cooked chicken
1/2 cup chopped cooked bacon (5 slices)
1/2 cup canned black beans or black-eyed peas, drained, rinsed
1/2 cup frozen corn, cooked as directed on bag, cooled
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
1/2 cup diced fresh tomato
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons chopped red onion

Nutrition Facts

Calories 290 (Calories from Fat 90); Total Fat 10g (Saturated Fat 2g, Trans FatMore Facts

Calories 290 (Calories from Fat 90); Total Fat 10g (Saturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 0g, Polyunsaturated Fat 1.5g, Monounsaturated Fat 5g, Omega-3 0g); Cholesterol 25mg; Sodium 580mg; Potassium 500mg; Total Carbohydrate 38g (Dietary Fiber 3g, Soluble Fiber 0g, Insoluble Fiber 2g, Sugars 7g); Protein 14g

Tips from the kitchen

For food safety purposes, frozen corn must be cooked before adding to pasta salad. If you want to skip this step, use canned, cooked or fresh sweet corn.
Prep ingredients ahead of time, and refrigerate so everything is ready to throw together when it’s time to eat. If you’ve made your pasta salad ahead, you might need to stir in a few teaspoons of olive oil to moisten the salad before serving.
This salad is delicious with either black-eyed peas or black beans—or both.
Turn your leftover rotisserie chicken or other leftover cooked chicken into a new meal with this recipe.
No time to cook bacon? Precooked bacon is convenient to use and sold in the meat section of the grocery store.
Add chopped jalapeño or serrano pepper for more heat.
In place of diced tomatoes, feel free to substitute halved grape or cherry tomatoes.

Instructions

Pour pasta (from Suddenly Salad box) into 3-quart saucepan 2/3 full of boiling water. Gently boil uncovered 12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain pasta. Rinse with cold water; drain well.
In large bowl, stir together seasoning (from Suddenly Salad box), cold water, oil, lime juice, honey, cumin, pepper flakes and salt to make dressing.
Add pasta, chicken, bacon, beans, corn, bell pepper, tomato, cilantro and red onion to dressing mixture in bowl; toss to gently coat. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate until serving.

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