Southwest pasta with chicken. Pasta. "Chicken breasts with black beans, corn, chile peppers, tomatoes. Southwest Chicken Pasta is a Sonora Chicken Pasta copycat recipe. Chicken and veggies with rigatoni in a spicy cheese sauce with black beans and This pasta has lots of southwest inspiration and flavor packed in it.

Perhaps because I so strongly associate pasta with Italian flavors. A quick meal with lots of flavors!! If it seems as if it will burn, stir it. You can have Southwest pasta with chicken using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Southwest pasta with chicken

It's 1 box of pasta of your choice.
It's 1/2 packages of fully cooked chicken breast strips(chicken fajitas).
Prepare 1 of choice of ranch I used southwest chipotle.
It's 1 of tortilla strips chipotle cheddar.
You need of vegetable oil.
Prepare of Pico De gallo.
It's 1 of tomato.
You need 1 of jalapeño.
Prepare of cilantro.
It's slice of onion.
You need of salt.
It's 1 of Your choice of cheese I used cheddar.

In a large bowl, mix together cooked pasta, corn, black beans, cooked chicken, Alfredo sauce, and taco seasoning. Made this today for my husband, he could hardly stop eating it. He raved about it so much I thought he was teasing me. This turned out very good and is simple to make.

Southwest pasta with chicken instructions

Boil your choice of pasta.
After pasta is cooked drain it and start to cook chicken you will have to cut the strips into pieces and cook it for 5 minutes in a bit of vegetable oil.
After chicken is done mix the pasta and chicken togethere.
Add your ranch of choice.
Pour in some of the tortilla strips and mix.
For the pico De gallo you will need to chop up the tomato, onion, cilantro,jalapeño and mix it in a bowl you may add salt if u would like.
Then go ahead and dish up and add the pico De gallo as a topping and the cheese. Enjoy.

I just did a few different things. I added corn with the veggies. This Southwest Chicken Pasta Salad is quick, delicious, and full of amazing flavor. This recipe is easy to throw together in a matter of minutes and to make it even easier, you could use a rotisserie chicken instead of cooking the chicken yourself. This southwest pasta casserole, full of veggies, cheese, and chicken, is a dinner that your family will ask for again.