Ultimate Chipotle Chicken Pasta Salad
Directions
- 1Blend chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, crushed garlic, oregano, cumin, lime juice, salt, pepper, and oil until smooth.
- 2Marinate chicken in the blended mixture for at least 30 minutes.
- 3Prepare the mild salsa by combining diced tomatoes, red onion, cilantro, jalapeño, lime juice, salt, and pepper.
- 4Prepare the corn salsa by combining frozen white corn, diced red onion, cilantro, jalapeño, diced poblano pepper, salt, and pepper.
- 5Prepare the chipotle crema by blending chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, mayo, sour cream, garlic powder, paprika, lime juice, honey, salt, and pepper.
- 6Cook the marinated chicken in a pan on high heat until slightly charred and reaches an internal temperature of 165°F.
- 7Dice the cooked chicken.
- 8Combine cooked pasta, chicken, mild salsa, corn salsa, black beans, avocado, Monterrey Jack cheese, and chipotle crema in a large bowl.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 lime juice
- 2 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp black pepper
- 0.25 cup neutral oil
- 5 plum tomatoes, deseeded and diced
- 0.25 red onion, diced
- 3 tbsp cilantro, chopped
- 2 tbsp jalapeño, diced
- 0.5 lime juice
- 1 salt
- 1 pepper
- 1 cup frozen white corn
- 0.25 red onion, diced
- 3 tbsp cilantro, chopped
- 0.25 jalapeño, diced
- 0.5 roasted poblano pepper, diced
- 1 salt
- 1 pepper
- 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- 0.5 cup mayo
- 2 tbsp sour cream
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 0.5 tsp paprika
- 1 lime juice
- 1 tbsp honey or maple syrup
- 1 salt
- 1 pepper
- 8 oz pasta of choice
- 8 oz Monterrey jack cheese
- 8 oz black beans
- 1 avocado
Equipment
blenderziploc bagknifefrying panbox grater
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