# Hot Honey Feta Pasta Salad

An easy-to-make pasta salad that is perfect for summer and takes about 10 minutes to prepare.

- Total time: 10 min
- Cuisine: Greek
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 lb short pasta (cavatappi or fusilli)
- 12 oz crumbled feta
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp hot honey, for the sauce
- 2 tbsp hot honey, for drizzling on top
- 1 medium lemon
- 2.5 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
- 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes
- 0.5 cup shelled pistachios
- 0.5 tsp garlic powder
- 0.5 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 0.5 cup fresh basil or mint
- pinch salt

## Instructions

1. Bring a big pot of heavily salted water to a boil.
2. Add the pasta and cook 1 minute longer than the box says.
3. While the pasta boils, dump the whole tub of feta into a big mixing bowl.
4. Add the olive oil, 3 tbsp hot honey, garlic powder, oregano, and black pepper to the bowl.
5. Grate the yellow skin of the lemon over the bowl, then squeeze in all the juice.
6. Mash with a fork for about 30 seconds until the feta breaks down and mixes with the oil.
7. Before draining the pasta, scoop out 1 cup of the cloudy pasta water and set it aside.
8. Drain the pasta in a colander.
9. Dump the hot pasta into the bowl with 2 tbsp of pasta water and toss hard for about a minute.
10. Add more pasta water 2 tbsp at a time until the sauce is glossy and creamy.
11. Stir in the shredded chicken while everything is still warm so it soaks up the sauce.
12. Taste, and add a pinch of salt or more lemon if flat.
13. Run the cherry tomatoes through the grape cutter to quarter them, then stir them in.
14. Spoon the salad into your serving bowl.
15. Drizzle the last 2 tbsp hot honey over the top in a pretty ribbon.
16. Scatter the pistachios, tear the basil or mint over everything, and finish with more black pepper.

## Equipment

- big pot
- colander
- big mixing bowl
- fork
- grape cutter
- serving bowl

## Tips

- Mash the feta with a fork until it breaks down and mixes with the oil, it should look chunky, not smooth.
- Add pasta water 2 tbsp at a time until the sauce is glossy and creamy.
- Stir in shredded chicken while everything is warm to soak up the sauce.
- Taste and add a pinch of salt or more lemon if flat.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18ZghydSdE/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a844b430-d998-4e92-8690-0f4fd341f51f
- Extracted: 2026-06-07

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