Curry Shrimp Pasta Salad

photo by Sandi From CA

- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
27
ingredients
- 1 lb bacon, crisply cooked and chopped (save drippings)
- 2 (19 ounce) bags frozen cheese tortellini (the smaller the tortillini the better)
- 1 head broccoli floret, chopped bite size
- 1 small red onion, chopped bite size
- 1 red pepper, chopped bite size
- 1 (30 -40 count) bag frozen cooked shrimp, approx 30-40 in a bag (thawed and tails removed)
- 1 cup frozen peas (thawed)
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons milk (depending how thin you want dressing you can add more milk)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 -4 tablespoons mild curry powder, if you wish (or more)
directions
- Boil pasta till al dente about 7 minutes.
- drain, rinse, and put in large bowl.
- also put all veggies, shrimp and bacon in bowl as well.
- In another bowl add mayo, milk, lemon juice,curry and bacon drippings mix well and pour over salad toss to coat chill (overnight is better for all the flavors to soak in.).
- If the next day your pasta is a liitle dry then just add some more mayo and milk combo and it will freshen it up. Sometimes the pasta will suck up all the dressing over night.
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Reviews
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This is a colorful, delicious, full-of-flavor pasta salad that's sure to please all palates as there's something for everyone here. The dressing is truly lovely. I halved the recipe and used half curry powder, half Patak's curry paste. I also used half regular and half low-fat mayo to cut calories. It's terrific, thanks for posting, Szakacs!
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