Southwest pasta with chicken. Pasta. "Chicken breasts with black beans, corn, chile peppers, tomatoes. A quick meal with lots of flavors!! If it seems as if it will burn, stir it.

Some spice, some cheese, a few black beans… it did the trick. I really don't know why I didn't think of this pasta sooner. Perhaps because I so strongly associate pasta with Italian flavors. You can have Southwest pasta with chicken using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Southwest pasta with chicken

Prepare 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.
Prepare of vegetable oil.
Prepare of Pico De gallo.
It's 1 of tomato.
It's 1 of jalapeño.
Prepare of cilantro.
It's slice of onion.
It's of salt.
You need 1 of Your choice of cheese I used cheddar.

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. Made this today for my husband, he could hardly stop eating it. He raved about it so much I thought he was teasing me.

Southwest pasta with chicken step by step

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.

This turned out very good and is simple to make. I just did a few different things. I added corn with the veggies. In a large bowl, mix together cooked pasta, corn, black beans, cooked chicken, Alfredo sauce, and taco seasoning. This southwest pasta casserole, full of veggies, cheese, and chicken, is a dinner that your family will ask for again.