Easy Southwest Chicken Pasta

This has been my go-to when I need something quick and my husband doesn’t mind. As he says it’s in his top 5 meals I make. Most of the time I have most ingredients on hand, but not all of them are necessary to make a tasty meal.
 

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I like to make it with a rotisserie chicken or just chicken tenders I cooked up. You can certainly skip the meat if you want to keep it vegetarian.

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Southwest Chicken Pasta

Here is a delicious weekday dinner that you can cook all in one pot. Surely a crowd pleaser.

Course Main Course

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 6 servings

Ingredients

• 1 Rotisserie chicken or 6 Chicken tenders cooked
• 1 lb pasta
• 1 small onion
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 1 can black beans drained
• 1 can diced tomatoes drained
• 1 can corn drained
• 1 jar alfredo sauce
• 2 Tbsp taco seasoning
• 1 4.5 oz green chiles optional
• 1 red bell pepper optional
• 1 green bell pepper optional

Instructions

1. Cook pasta until tender and drain in colander.

2. In pot, (while pasta is draining), add onion and garlic. Cook onions until see translucent.

   
   

3. Add in tomatoes, black beans, corn, stir.

   
   

4. Add in alfredo and taco seasoning and stir thoroughly.

   
   

5. Add chicken and heat until warm.

   
   

6. Add pasta and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

I used reduced sodium for the black beans, and taco seasoning to avoid it being too salty. You can always add extra salt later. 

Notes:

• I used no salt added diced tomatoes and less sodium taco seasoning to cut back on the salt. However, regular taco seasoning works just fine.
• You can use either yellow or red onion. Red onion gives a much more potent flavor of onion. I used yellow because that is usually what I have on hand.
• You can omit the chicken to keep it vegetarian friendly and can add green and/or red bell peppers as well. You can also add green chiles to give an extra little kick.
• You can choose your choice on pasta. I have used penne and no yolk noodles. Both have worked well.
• You can use frozen corn, it will just extend your cook time.

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