Tropical Pasta Salad
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
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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.
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2.
Meanwhile peel the mango, cut the flesh into slices from the pit and dice 1 cm cubes.
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3.
Peel and seed the papaya. Also cut into 1 cm cubes.
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4.
Peel the shallots and slice very thinly.
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5.
Wash Thai basil, shake dry, pluck the leaves and roughly chop.
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6.
Slice the poultry into fine strips and mix with mango, papaya, shallots and basil in a bowl.
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7.
Squeeze 1 tbsp lime juice from the lime. Whisk together curry paste, yogurt and sour cream. Season with salt, pepper and lime juice.
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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.