Southwest pasta with chicken. MORE+ LESS Southwest Chicken & Pasta. Made this today for my husband, he could hardly stop eating it. He raved about it so much I thought he was teasing me.

I added corn with the veggies. 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. 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

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

Some spice, some cheese, a few black beans… it did the trick. A quick meal with lots of flavors!! If it seems as if it will burn, stir it. I really don't know why I didn't think of this pasta sooner.

Southwest pasta with chicken step by step

1. Boil your choice of pasta.
2. 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.
3. After chicken is done mix the pasta and chicken togethere.
4. Add your ranch of choice.
5. Pour in some of the tortilla strips and mix.
6. 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.
7. Then go ahead and dish up and add the pico De gallo as a topping and the cheese. Enjoy.

Perhaps because I so strongly associate pasta with Italian flavors. View top rated Southwest pasta chicken recipes with ratings and reviews. Southwest Style Chicken, Chicken Artichoke and Caper Pasta, Chicken, Tomatoes & Rotini Salad, etc. Saute garlic in butter and a bit of olive oil. Add chicken, salt and pepper to taste, slightly undercook the chicken as it will be in a bit longer.