Chicken Fusilli Pasta Recipe (with Feta)

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A delicious chicken fusilli pasta recipe with feta, a quick dish for busy days using six ingredients and ready in less than 30 minutes.

Pasta, tender chicken pieces, and feta cheese… this chicken fusilli recipe has the potential of becoming a family favorite. More cheesy pasta dishes? Check out this delicious Ham and Cheese Paste Bake, or the Feta Pasta Salad – Greek-Style.

Why will you love this recipe?

• Quick: Perfect for a busy weeknight, it takes less than half an hour to cook.
• Cheap: You will need only 6 ingredients, and they are all budget-friendly.
• Kids-friendly: It is one of the dishes I used to cook very often when my kids were small; they never complained.
• A refreshing, light dish perfect in any season.

Best tips

• Use feta from a block of cheese packed in brine, not the pre-crumbled type. The brined feta is in any possible way superior: it’s moister, it has more flavor, and it takes just a few seconds to crumble with your hand directly into the pot.
• Vacuum-packed is fine as well, way better than pre-crumbled, but brined cheese is the best.
• Some types of feta are saltier than others; make sure you adjust the salt accordingly.

Recipe ingredients

You will probably not even have to go shopping to make this delicious chicken fusilli pasta dish. Most people have some breast in the freezer, noodles are a staple in every household, and I cannot even remember the last time when I didn’t have feta and green onions in the fridge.

Chicken breast:

• Skinless, boneless pieces.
• You can replace it with the same amount of skinless, boneless thighs.

Pasta:

• Fusilli is the standard for this recipe, at least in our house. My kids got so used to having this chicken dish with fusilli, so I never buy anything else to make it.
• But, rest assured, you can cook this chicken feta pasta dish with any other sort of noodles you happen to have, including whole wheat or spelt.

Feta cheese:

• You can use either Greek, Bulgarian, Turkish, or French feta, whatever you happen to have. Some sorts are saltier than others; adjust the salt accordingly.
• Full-fat is the creamiest, but low-fat feta is fine as well.

Green onions and chives:

• If you don’t have green onions, you can replace them with leeks (which you can always buy frozen) or use more chives (they freeze well, so you might happen to have them in the freezer).

Single cream. You can use half-and-half or heavy cream as well.

Recipe steps

• Cook fusilli in salted water according to the package instructions. Drain well.
• Chicken: While the pasta cooks, cut the meat into small cubes. Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the cubes, often stirring, until golden on all sides, it will take about 4-5 minutes (1).
• Onions: In the meantime, slice the green onions. Add them to the pan and cook for two more minutes, stirring occasionally (2).
• Check that the meat pieces are cooked through, cut one in the middle, it should be white, not pink.

• Add single cream, crumble the cheese over the ingredients in the pan and stir to combine (3).
• Stir gently on very low heat for about 2 minutes until the cheese melts and the mixture thickens slightly (4).

• Add most of the chives and freshly ground black pepper, stir (5).
• Combine with the drained pasta. I do that either directly in the pan (if the pan is large enough) or in the pot I’ve just used for cooking the fusilli (6).
• Adjust the taste with salt and pepper.
• Sprinkle with the remaining chives before serving.

Recipe FAQ

Serving suggestions

Serve the chicken fusilli with a green salad with Yogurt Dressing, roasted, boiled, or steamed vegetables, tomato and cucumber salad, Tomato and Avocado Salad, fresh Homemade Yeast Rolls.

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