Barbeque Chicken Pasta Salad

Name: Barbeque Chicken Pasta Salad
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters barbeque sauce; 850 grams black beans, rinsed and drained; 177 milliliters minced fresh cilantro; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 237 milliliters jicama, peeled and diced; 237 milliliters mayonnaise; 2 orange bell peppers, seeded and diced; 454 grams package small whole-wheat pasta shells; 2 red bell peppers, seeded and diced; 3 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves; 865 grams whole kernel corn, drained

Barbeque Chicken Pasta Salad might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains around 18g of protein, 17g of fat, and a total of 479 calories. This recipe serves 12. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. Head to the store and pick up barbeque sauce, jicama, pasta shells, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Place the chicken breasts into a saucepan over medium-low heat, and pour in 1 cup of barbeque sauce. Simmer the chicken until the meat is no longer pink inside, about 15 minutes. Allow to cool, and dice chicken meat.

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Chicken Meat

Barbecue Sauce

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Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, stir in the shell pasta, and return to a boil. Cook the pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 10 minutes.

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Pasta Shells

Pasta

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Pot

Drain well in a colander set in the sink. Rinse pasta with cold water until chilled, and drain again thoroughly.

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Pasta

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In a large salad bowl, whisk 1 cup of barbeque sauce with mayonnaise until thoroughly combined.

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Barbecue Sauce

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Mix in the cumin, then stir in cooked chicken.

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Place cooked pasta, jicama, red and orange bell peppers, corn, cilantro, black beans, jalapeno peppers, and red onion into the salad bowl, and gently fold to combine with the dressing.

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