If you love tacos and pasta, you will love this taco pasta salad with beef. It is an easy Mexican-style pasta salad packed with flavour and good ingredients. The pasta is tossed with taco-spiced beef, fresh vegetables, beans and cheddar, and everything is coated in a creamy salsa dressing made with crème fraîche, mayonnaise, salsa and lime.
This main-course salad is perfect for dinner, lunch or a packed lunch. It is filling and full of flavour, yet very easy to make. The taco pasta salad combines the best of Mexican food with the comfort of a hearty pasta salad – the perfect main-course salad for when you want something a little messy and full of flavour that is still simple to put together.
Creamy taco pasta salad
Recipe for a satisfying main-course salad – taco pasta salad with beef and vegetables.
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Ingredients
- 300 g pasta
- 1 tin black beans or kidney beans approx. 400 g tin, drained and rinsed
- 1 red pepper, diced
- 1 small red onion, cut into thin strips
- 140 g sweetcorn, thawed if frozen
- 150 g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 small romaine (cos) lettuce, shredded
- 100 g cheddar, coarsely grated
Taco-spiced beef
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 400 g beef mince
- 1 sachet taco seasoning
Salsa dressing
- 150 g crème fraîche
- 100 g mayonnaise
- 230 g salsa, medium or hot
- 1/2-1 lime, juice of
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
To serve
- Tortilla chips
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Method
Taco-spiced beef
- Heat a splash of oil in a frying pan and cook the onion until soft and translucent.
- Add the mince and brown it well, then stir in the taco seasoning. Set aside.
Salsa dressing
- Mix all the dressing ingredients together and season to taste with fresh lime juice, salt and freshly ground pepper. Keep chilled until ready to serve.
Assembling the salad
- Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions, then rinse it under plenty of cold water. Leave it to drain in a sieve.
- Put the pasta, vegetables, beans, beef and cheddar in a large bowl. Pour over the dressing and toss everything together well. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Divide the salad between 4 bowls and serve, if you like, with a few crushed tortilla chips on top.
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Lækker pasta salat Nem og tage med på arbejde
Hej Lone
Ihhh hvor godt at høre – tak for din dejlige feedback:)
Warm wishes, Dianna
Den er virkelig god også varm
Hejsa
Det er jeg så glad for at høre – tusind tak 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Taco pastaretten er lækker! Min dreng på 10 er helt tosset med den.
Retten er super at tage med ud til arrangementer ved at den er kold.
Hej Niki
Åhhh hvor gør det mig glad at høre – skønt når man også Kian ramme plet hos det yngre publikum 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Yndlings og børnene elsker den