Tropical Pasta Salad

Prep: 20min
| Servings: 2 | Cook: 15min
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A tropical pasta salad with chicken, mango and papaya. The fruitiest chicken-pasta salad ever: papaya and mango bring exotic freshness.

Ingredients

  • 175 g whole wheat pasta (horned noodles)
  • Salt
  • 150 g small mango (0.5 small mangoes)
  • 150 g small papaya (0.5 small papayas)
  • 2 shallots
  • 3 stalks Thai basil
  • 100 g sliced poultry
  • 0.5 lime
  • 1 tsp red curry paste
  • 150 g Yogurt (0.3% fat)
  • 2 tbsp Sour cream
  • Pepper

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Cook pasta according to package instructions in plenty of boiling salted water until al dente, drain in a colander, rinse briefly with cold water and let drain well.

  2. 2.

    Meanwhile peel the mango, cut the flesh into slices from the pit and dice 1 cm cubes.

  3. 3.

    Peel and seed the papaya. Also cut into 1 cm cubes.

  4. 4.

    Peel the shallots and slice very thinly.

  5. 5.

    Wash Thai basil, shake dry, pluck the leaves and roughly chop.

  6. 6.

    Slice the poultry into fine strips and mix with mango, papaya, shallots and basil in a bowl.

  7. 7.

    Squeeze 1 tbsp lime juice from the lime. Whisk together curry paste, yogurt and sour cream. Season with salt, pepper and lime juice.

  8. 8.

    Add the curry sauce and pasta to the fruit mixture, stir well and season with salt and pepper. Let rest for 10 minutes and adjust seasoning before serving.