Grilled Southwestern Pasta Salad

Submitted by gailanng

"Not your everyday salad. From "Woman's Day: Tuesday Night is Pasta Night""

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 8 ounces multigrain penne pasta or 8 ounces whole wheat penne
• 8 ounces lean boneless sirloin steaks
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 3 medium poblano chiles, halved and seeded
• 1 ear of corn, husked
• 1 medium sweet onion, sliced 1/2 in. thick
• nonstick cooking spray
• 2 large ripe tomatoes, cut in bite-size chunks
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1⁄4 cup lime juice
• 1⁄2 cup chopped cilantro

directions

1. Cook pasta in a large pot of lightly salted water as package directs. Drain; rinse under cold water and drain again. Transfer to a large serving bowl.
2. Heat outdoor grill. Rub steak with 1/4 tsp each of the cumin, salt and pepper. Coat steak, peppers, corn and onion with nonstick spray.
3. Grill steak 4 to 6 minutes, turning once, for medium-rare. Remove to cutting board; let stand 5 minutes. Grill peppers, corn and onion 8 to 10 minutes, turning as needed until lightly charred and tender.
4. Cut peppers and onion into bite-size pieces and cut corn off cob; add to bowl with pasta. Slice steak thinly against the grain and add to bowl.
5. Add remaining cumin, salt and pepper and remaining ingredients to bowl; toss to mix and coat.