Tex-Mex Rotini

Recipes / Meat

South of the border meets Italian countryside in this spiced-just-right toss of corkscrew pasta, marinara, chilies, chipotle, and ground turkey.

Recipe «Tex-Mex Rotini» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author WomanWorld would need: 8 oz. rotini pasta, 8 oz. ground turkey, 1 onion chopped, 2 tsp. chili powder, 24 oz. jar marinara pasta sauce , 1 c. shredded Monterey Jack cheese 4 oz., 1/4 c. chopped cilantro + cilantro sprigs, 1/2 c. sour cream .

Ingredients:

  • 8 oz. rotini pasta 
  • 8 oz. ground turkey 
  • 1 onion chopped 
  • 2 tsp. chili powder 
  • 24 oz. jar marinara pasta sauce 
  • 1 c. shredded Monterey Jack cheese 4 oz. 
  • 1/4 c. chopped cilantro + cilantro sprigs 
  • 1/2 c. sour cream 

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain; reserve. 
  2. Coat same pot with cooking spray; heat over medium heat. Add turkey, onion and chili powder; cook, stirring occasionally, until turkey is no longer pink, 10 min.   
  3. Add sauce and tomatoes with their liquid; bring to boil. Reduce heat to low. Cover; cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender, 15 min.   
  4. Stir in reserved pasta; cook until heated through, about 1 min. Remove from heat; stir in cheese and chopped cilantro. Garnish with sour cream and, if desired, cilantro sprigs.