Boiled chicken with pasta, halloumi and mint
Standard portion: 648 kcal and 54 g protein. In the app the grams change so that the dish fits the calories of your own meal.
What is in the dish
The standard portion, before the app adjusts it to your calories.
How to make it
Boil pasta in the chicken stock and drain. Sprinkle with grated halloumi and dried mint. Serve with boiled chicken on the side. Serve with salad and lemon.
The recipe for the whole pot: Boiled chicken
4 servings · 60 minutes
- Skinless chicken legs1 kg on the bone · 700 g
- Onion1 medium · 110 g
- Carrot1 · 60 g
- Celery1 stick · 40 g
- Salt⅓ teaspoon · 2 g
Seasoning: pepper, bay leaf
- Put the chicken in a pan with 2½ litres of water, the onion, the carrot, the celery and the salt.
- Boil for 50–60 minutes, skimming the surface, until the chicken is fully cooked.
- Take the chicken out and keep the stock for the pasta.
- Boil the pasta in the stock for the time given on the packet and drain.
Weight of the chicken without the bones. The pasta and the halloumi are counted separately.
This recipe is based on: Mitsides, Village pasta, 60 years (2025): «cooked in the chicken stock and served with grated halloumi and mint, together with the boiled chicken» · Gastronomy in Cyprus (Γαστρονομία εν Κύπρω), Cyprus Ministry of Agriculture, 2025 (grated halloumi on pasta)
