Creamy Chicken Potjie Recipe with Pasta
This creamy chicken noodle potjie is a rich pasta potjie recipe made with cheese, vegetables and white wine, slow cooked over coals.
Chicken Noodle Potjie Recipe (Creamy Chicken Pasta Potjie)
A rich and creamy chicken noodle potjie with pasta, cheese, and vegetables, slow cooked to perfection on coals.
This creamy chicken pasta potjie recipe is the perfect comfort meal cooked slowly over coals, combining tender chicken, noodles, vegetables, and melted cheese into one rich and satisfying dish. Also known as a chicken noodle potjie, this recipe brings together the best of a traditional South African potjie with a creamy pasta twist.
Whether you’re making it for a weekend braai, camping trip, or family gathering, this chicken potjie recipe is easy to prepare and full of flavor from mushrooms, peppers, herbs, and a touch of white wine. The slow simmering method allows all the ingredients to cook gently without stirring, creating layers of delicious taste in every bite. Any pasta of your choice will be fine. Find more ideas 👉🏻Grill Braai or Barbecue Dinner recipes.
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What is the secret to a potjie pot?
The secret to a potjie is to have a good few coals that are ready to replace the ones that are finishing under the potjie. You need to keep the pot on a simmer, as it cooks for and hour and half about. Therefore you have to watch the coals and leave the pots lid on to steam cook over the coals.
The image below shows the coals under the potjie and some new wood burning to coals. That what you have to do. Replacing the coals to just keep the pot on simmer.
How do you prepare a potjie for the first time?
- wash out with hot soapy water and steel wool, dry thoroughly.
- coat the inside of the cast iron pot with any type of cooking oil and heat until oil begins to smoke.
- allow to cool.
- wipe out with a paper towel.
- repeat until the paper towel comes out clean.
Ingredients for Chicken Pasta Potjie
The images below show you a few of the ingredients needed for this tasty chicken potjie pot.
- chicken 🍗
- tomato and bell peppers 🍅🫑
- onions and mushrooms 🧅
- salt pepper and olive oil
- grated cheese 🧀
- broken pieces of pasta
- dry white wine
For all your amounts needed and the full instructions for a potjie pot with chicken cooked on warm coals outside, follow the recipe attached . It can be downloaded or printed and even used online with the cook mode. Simple! 😉
How to Make Chicken Noodle Potjie on Coals
- Please follow the recipe attached for the method of how to properly slow cook this potjie, step by step.
- Simmering the chicken and noodle and vegetables with herb and spices slowly will make this amazing potjie just so delicious.
What is the difference between a potjie and a stew?
This “potjiekos” is a South African recipe that is traditionally Afrikaner. The difference is this food is cooked in a cast iron pot, that had three little legs to keep it over the coals of a medium heat. The food is layered in the potjie and is never stirred and is cooked slowly with the lid on. For a certain amount of time.
Why don’t you stir a potjie.
The food closer to the bottom of the pot is closer to the heat, and should take longer to cook. You never stir a potjie as it allows the flavor to stew with the lid on as well. The idea is to layer the ingredients in strategically. (longer cooking time ones first) You normally place the coals outside of the legs and leave the heat to do its magic to cook the potjie pot.
FAQs for Creamy Chicken Pasta Potjie ❓
A chicken noodle potjie is a traditional potjie cooked over coals, made with chicken, vegetables, and noodles or pasta. This version is often turned into a creamy chicken pasta potjie by adding cheese, cream, or a rich sauce.
Yes, pasta works very well in a potjie and is often called a pasta potjie. It’s usually added toward the end of cooking so it doesn’t become too soft or mushy.
A creamy chicken potjie is made by adding ingredients like cream, cheese, or a creamy sauce. In this recipe, the richness comes from cheese, mushrooms, and a flavorful liquid base.
No, a traditional chicken potjie recipe should not be stirred. The ingredients cook in layers, allowing the flavors to develop slowly over the coals.
A chicken pasta potjie typically takes about 1.5 to 2 hours to cook over medium coals, depending on the heat and size of the pot.
Yes, you can substitute the wine with chicken stock or broth. The potjie will still be rich and flavorful.
Short pasta like macaroni, penne, or broken spaghetti works best in a chicken noodle potjie, as it cooks evenly and absorbs the sauce well.
Tips for the Best Creamy Chicken Potjie 🔥
- Use medium, steady coals. Too much heat will burn the bottom. A slow, even heat is key to a perfect chicken potjie recipe.
- Layer your ingredients properly. Start with oil, then chicken, followed by vegetables, and finally liquids. This helps create the rich, layered flavor potjies are known for.
- Don’t stir the potjie. Keeping the layers intact is what makes a potjie different from a stew. Let it cook undisturbed.
- Add pasta at the right time. For a perfect pasta potjie, add the noodles in the last 20–30 minutes to avoid overcooking.
- Keep it creamy but balanced. Add cheese or cream toward the end so your creamy chicken pasta potjie recipe stays smooth and doesn’t split.
- Use a tight-fitting lid. This locks in moisture and helps the potjie cook evenly without drying out.
- Adjust seasoning at the end. Flavors intensify as the potjie cooks, so taste before adding extra salt or spices.
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PrintCreamy Chicken Potjie Recipe with Pasta
This creamy chicken noodle potjie is a rich pasta potjie recipe made with cheese, vegetables and white wine, slow cooked over coals.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 1 hr 20 min
- Total Time: 1 hr 35 min.
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Braai, Meals supper or lunch
- Method: open fire
- Cuisine: South african
Ingredients
- 8 Chicken Breasts
- 30 ml olive oil
- Salt and Pepper
- 4 cloves of garlic cut and chopped
- 2 celery sticks chopped
- 2 tomatoes sliced
- 1 green bell pepper cut length wise
- 250 g whole button mushrooms
- 250 ml spring onions chopped
- 15 ml of chopped parsley
- 2 teaspoons mixed herbs
- 500 g uncooked pasta shells (or noodles)
- 1 teaspoon of whole black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon of dried rosemary
- 200 ml dry white wine
- 250 g grated cheese
Instructions
- On the fire made leave the wood or charcoals to go to hot coals.
- Place the oil in the potjie pot and salt and pepper the chicken pieces. Place the chicken pieces in the pot and leave to cook. until golden brown.
- Layer the vegetables as per order in the ingredients listed. Sprinkling the salt and pepper and herbs over the vegetables.
- Add the pasta shells and sprinkle the peppers and rosemary over them, before you pour the wine over the shells and the rest of the ingredients.
- Cover the pot with a lid and allow to simmer on medium coals for at least an hour.
- Once that is cooked sprinkle the cheese over and leave to simmer for another 20 minutes.
- Open and dish up for meal time. Serves 4
Notes
When making or cooking a potjie pot. It must only simmer on coals, and not flames. You will keep a stack of coals simmering to continue supplying the pot that is simmering once the other coals die out. Keep and eye on the coals and not the potjie. leave covered.
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