Southwestern Chicken and Pasta Salad

Very easy & very good!!! A new family favorite.

• pakrump

• 4/28/2009

I used red, medium-spicy taco sauce and the dish has a nice zing to it. This recipe makes a huge amount, so be ready for leftovers!

• Atlantaguy

• 3/23/2006

I love this recipe. The only change that I made was that instead of the green taco sauce I used a Chipotle taco sauce. It gave the salad a nice zing and flavor. My family loves it.

• maxipax

• Boston, MA

• 6/14/2005

This pasta salad was too blah. I did use the red taco sauce like one reviewer had suggested. The flavors just didn't blend well together. I ended up adding some grated cheddar cheese and sour cream just to get through it. For two people, I would half this recipe, it makes a ton!

• TBURK

• Spokane, WA

• 5/13/2005

So easy to make, very tasty, light and healthy! Substitute red taco sauce for green. Marinate chicken in Italian dressing, cook, chop, and add to salad.

• cathy

• Martinsville, NJ

• 2/8/2004

对我来说这是好的。市场是卖完了啊f rotisserie chicken so I had to make my own. I actually baked some chicken breast in salsa. I don't like raw onions so I actually threw them in with the chicken and cooke dthem too. I agree with another cook who said this was fine for a quick weeknight dinenr, but maybe not for company. It serves its purpose...light, quick, easy. Tasty...but not wonderful.

• Anonymous

• Columbia, SC

• 1/28/2004

I liked this as a base recipe. I swaped the hominy for corn like another reviewer. I also added chopped jalapenos. Very good and easy. Great for a weekday meal.

• Anonymous

• Memphis, TN

• 1/23/2004

This is a good base recipe. I admit, however, that my favorite way to make this is to swap the hominy for corn, and add a dollop of ranch dressing in addition to the taco sauce. I also give it a generous grind of fresh black pepper.

• Anonymous

• Portland, OR

• 4/1/2003

This is fine for a weeknight dinner--comes together quickly and is fine as a leftover lunch the next day. I wouldn't serve it to guests, though.

• Eileen

• Baltimore, MD

• 1/1/2003

As others have suggested, I substituted corn for the hominy, and added a can of diced green chiles and diced avocado. Delicious as leftovers, too.

• Anonymous

• Sacramento, CA

• 8/21/2002

This has been great for parties where we've had a crowd. I use a can of garbanzo beans and a can of kidney beans instead of hominy and black beans. I also use the whole rotissiere chicken. Have had many requests for this recipe and my kids love it too!

• Sue Kennedy

• Temple City, CA

• 7/25/2002

We loved this recipe. Used less pasta than 1# and more chicken (a whole rotisserie chicken torn into pieces).

• Nancy Fuchs

• Lincoln, NE

• 6/30/2002

I made half of this with the taco sauce it called for and the other half with ranch dressing mixed with jalapeno flavored barbecue sauce. My husband and I like the ranch/barbecue sauce better. I would definitely make this again. Fresh jalapenos would be terrific in this, and I also used regular corn instead of the hominy.

• GEM

• Fontana, CA

• 3/4/2002

I loved this dish! I adore cilantro, and I still found that this reciped required a bit too much. I would add more tomatoes, chicken, and black beans next time. I also added tabasco and black olives. It smelled terrific and was so yummy.

• Julia Crowe

• Champaign, IL

• 5/19/2001

this recipe is pretty good i will probably make it again.

• Anonymous

• Anywhere, any state

• 3/7/2001