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County Fairs are great and the classic country fare sold at them couldn't be fresher, but here's a couple of recipes that'll shake up the country ladies and gents a bit! It's got flavor the folks will be talking about from 2 counties over!
Ingredients
- 1 pound macaroni elbows or cavatappi corkscrew shaped hollow pasta
- Salt
- 1 cup frozen corn, defrosted
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 small red onion, chopped
- 4 ribs celery, chopped
- Black pepper
- 8-ounce brick Monterey pepper jack cheese, diced
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar, eyeball it
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball it
- 1 cup store bought tomatillo salsa (mild, green) or chipotle salsa (hot, smoky red)
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves or flat-leaf parsley
Directions
Bring water to a boil, salt it and add pasta.
While pasta water is coming up to a boil and cooking, combine corn, pepper, onion and celery in a bowl with pepper Jack cheese. Season the veggies with salt and pepper.
Run pasta under cold water to cool it and drain it well. Add pasta to vegetables and cheese.
Place vinegar in a small bowl and whisk in extra-virgin olive oil, then fold in salsa. Pour sauce over salad and toss to coat evenly. Garnish salad with cilantro or parsley and serve.
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By huckfelix_11199251
eugene, OR
on July 05, 2011
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Made this for the 4th of July BBQ, added tomato's and fresh jalapeno's .Nice change for macaroni salad!!!
By moates
on June 30, 2011
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This is one of my familys favorite salads. I like it becauase it is super easy to put together.
By mrosebud458_6025954
West Wareham, MA
on May 31, 2011
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I like pasta salads without mayo and found this one one of the best. Bought plain jack cheese by mistake so I added a couple of shakes of tobasco sause to the dressing. One pound of elbow maccaroni is quite a lot. Made double the recipe for the dressing and used lime juice instead of red wine vinegar, made more sence to me for the tex-mex flavor. not crazy for celantro but used small amount and liked it. Will make this type of salad a number of times this summer and change some vegies to make different.
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