Mexican Style Pasta Salad Recipe #114572
This salad is somehow popular in Mexico, and is very colorful, creamy and fresh.Everyone who has tasted it, loves it. It has a nice flavor and is great on warm days or for brunch or light dinner or as a side dish
Some ingredients can be changed or removed for a vegetarian version.
by *Ollin*
25 min | 10 min prep
SERVES 4 -6
- 250 g pasta (elbow or something similar)
- 150 g ham, in dices
- 6-8 tablespoons corn (drained)
- 150 g feta cheese, cut in dices
- 100 g green olives, in slices (without pit)
- 1 medium green pepper or red pepper or yellow pepper or orange bell pepper, cut in dices
Creamy dressing
- 1 cup mayonnaise (or half cup yogurt half cup mayonnaise)
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 3 tablespoons sour cream (optional)
- 1-2 teaspoon maggi seasoning or worcestershire sauce
- 1 dash garlic powder
- 1 dash black pepper or white pepper
- salt (only if needed)
- 2 tablespoons chopped chives (fresh or dried) (optional)
- Cook the pasta with a bit of salt and oil and when it's ready, drain it and cool it with water.
- Mix the ingredients for the creamy dressing in a small bowl until it turns into a nice light pink mixture and add the chives.
- In a bigger bowl mix all the ingredients and add spoons of pasta and dressing and mix carefully, until you have add all the pasta and the dressing.
- Refrigerate covered before serving.
- Enjoy! ^_^.
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