I got this recipe out of our local paper. It originally uses an already cooked chicken which you can do. You could also make this with rice or just add more vegetables or no meat but the barbecue sauce is still essential for the flavor.
All Flags Fourth of July Chicken Pasta Salad
8 oz Barilla Rotini
1 C frozen peas
1/2 C frozen fresh corn kernels
1 medium carrot, cut in small matchstick pieces
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 medium red onion, chopped
4 tomatillos, chopped and drained
1-1 lb. chicken breast
2 T barbecue rub
1 T EVOO
1/2 C cilantro leaves
sauces:
#1
3/4 C tart plain yogurt
1-3 T EVOO
2-3 T fresh lime juice
3/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
sea salt to taste (reserve until the end)
#2
3/4 C barbecue sauce
1-1 1/2 tsp tabasco
Serves 6
Have everything cut and ready.
Cook pasta and add peas, corn and carrots in the last 3 minutes. Drain and place on a screen to dry.
Rub chicken breast with the barbecue rub and drizzle with oil. Cook at 375 until browned and done (about 30-45 minutes). Let rest for 20 minutes.
Mix up both sauces separately.
Toss pasta and vegetables with the yogurt sauce. Dice the chicken breast and toss with the barbecue/tabasco sauce. Let sit for 20 or so minutes. Mix together. At the last, add the cilantro. Refrigerate overnight and add salt, if needed or add more seasonings to your taste.
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Lime, cilantro and yogurt: mmmm!
I just read a recipe for buttermilk “fried” chicken (sans skin) that I’m going to try next weekend – and I’m unwilling to buy the cookbook that the recipe’s in, but saw something called a Tex-Mex cobbler that, from all appearances, looks to be close to a somewhat healthy (somewhat being the operative word
) tamale pie.
omg! Tamale pie! My secret, most deepest darkest, sinfulest desire! :troll
I’m having a lovely 4th. I always stay home on the 4th protecting the pups from all the explosions, but it’s been raining, which has ruined all the juvenile delinquents’ evil plans to explode everything they can find. The pups and I are hoping the rain lasts through the planned fireworks extravaganza later this evening.
:troll
Good for you and us! We are staying home with hose in hand. People are crazy that fireworks are patriotic. What returning three tour vet wants to hear “bombs bursting in air” all evening?
The 4th of July is about freedom, not military might and chest thumping. More music and goofy parades and less fireworks!
I have a really good buttermilk chicken recipe from a Dallas restaurant, I’ll dig it out and post it.
Please pass the recipe on! I actually have WEEKENDS now, so as soon as I get caught up, I’m looking forward to real live cooking again. Let me put it this way – I haven’t hardly opened my mail in months. I started going through it last weekend, and just now got all the way through it. Found a $10 gift card in it, too.
I made pork cutlets with a chipotle salsa for dinner, and we’re getting ready to wacth Mongol.
And it appears an absolutely gigantic storm is headed this way and might just arrive right about the time the big fireworks show is supposed to begin … :troll
My very large ferocious dogs are complete cowards. I took them out last night for the last-outies-before-bedtime and some kid in the next block set off a string of firecrackers. Both dogs were in the house and under the bed so fast I looked around for the transporter.
We had at least seven houses in our medium to small town set on fire due to fireworks Saturday night. It’s sad. What do these idiots think about the Iraqi vets reliving combat during their chest thumping fireworks noise? Needless all the animals like your dogs and our coyotes and eagles and hawks that leave the area for at least two weeks after. I like the parades and the picnics, but…..
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