Southwestern Chicken Pasta Salad

Total Time: 8 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (16 ounce) box wagon wheel macaroni
• 1 (30 ounce) jar mayonnaise, use approx (3/4 of jar or the whole thing)
• 1/4 cup chili powder, less (to taste)
• kosher salt (to taste)
• fresh coarse ground black pepper (to taste)
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 3 fresh jalapenos, diced (optional)
• 2 green bell peppers, diced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1 orange bell pepper, diced
• 2 (12 ounce) cans and yellow corn, drained
• 2 (12 ounce) cans red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 2 (2 1/4 ounce) cans sliced black olives (early california)
• 3 (6 ounce) packages oscar mayer pre-cooked chicken strips (oven roasted)

Recipe

• 1 season the chicken strips with cayenne red pepper (to taste) or mrs. dash southwest chipotle seasoning (to taste) - set aside.
• 2 cook pasta 'al dente' - drain and rinse well with cold water.
• 3 in large bowl combine pasta, peppers, corn, beans and onion.
• 4 next add the chicken, seasonings and mayo. fold together (pasta and kidney beans can fall apart if you mix too hard).
• 5 add more seasonings to taste if needed.
• 6 chill overnight.