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Pasta Chips #98 · snacks · italian Host: Feel Good Foodie · Pasta Chips → TikTok → web writeups Online recipe (as published / commonly shared) 4 servings · Prep 10 min · Cook 20 min · Total 30 min We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card. Boiled pasta air-fried into crunchy chips, served with a whipped feta dip. Make the Pasta Chips. Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. Cook al dente according to package directions and drain: 8 ounces rigatoni pasta Toss the pasta with: 1 tablespoon olive oil 3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning ½ teaspoon garlic powder Kosher salt black pepper Air fry at 400°F for 12–15 minutes, tossing a couple of times. Make the Dip. Add to a food processor and pulse to create small crumbs: 4 ounces crumbled feta cheese Add: 2 ounces Greek yogurt 1 garlic clove Process while streaming in until the feta is creamy, 4–5 minutes, scraping down the sides as necessary: 2 tablespoons olive oil Serve the pasta chips with the whipped feta dip. Source: Feel Good Foodie · Pasta Chip Recipe tags: pasta,oil,parmesan · popularity: spike · meat: no	Fried Pasta Crunches Book: Amazing Food Hacks by Peggy Wang (2014) crumb: boiled pasta fried crisp with Parmesan, eaten like chips Amazing Food Hacks includes “Fried Pasta Crunches”. Peggy Wang wrote it (2014). BuzzFeed editor Peggy Wang wrote this book of shortcut recipes and kitchen tricks. It includes fried bow-tie pasta 'crunches' eaten like chips. Differences: Popular internet pasta chips boil rigatoni and toss it with oil, Parmesan and seasoning. They air-fry it crisp and eat it with a whipped feta dip. The ancestor is fried pasta crunches. The book part-boils bow-tie pasta and fries it crisp in oil. It then tosses it with lemon juice and grated Parmesan. It serves it in place of chips. It is the same idea of boiled pasta crisped and eaten like chips. The online version air-fries instead of deep-frying. It uses rigatoni and adds a feta dip.

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Pasta Chips
#98 · snacks · italian
Host: Feel Good Foodie · Pasta Chips → TikTok → web writeups

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)

4 servings · Prep 10 min · Cook 20 min · Total 30 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Boiled pasta air-fried into crunchy chips, served with a whipped feta dip.

Make the Pasta Chips. Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. Cook al dente according to package directions and drain:

8 ounces rigatoni pasta

Toss the pasta with:

1 tablespoon olive oil

3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese

½ teaspoon Italian seasoning

½ teaspoon garlic powder

Kosher salt

black pepper

Air fry at 400°F for 12–15 minutes, tossing a couple of times.

Make the Dip. Add to a food processor and pulse to create small crumbs:

4 ounces crumbled feta cheese

Add:

2 ounces Greek yogurt

1 garlic clove

Process while streaming in until the feta is creamy, 4–5 minutes, scraping down the sides as necessary:

2 tablespoons olive oil

Serve the pasta chips with the whipped feta dip.

Source: Feel Good Foodie · Pasta Chip Recipe

tags: pasta,oil,parmesan · popularity: spike · meat: no

Fried Pasta Crunches
Book: Amazing Food Hacks by Peggy Wang (2014)

crumb: boiled pasta fried crisp with Parmesan, eaten like chips

Amazing Food Hacks includes “Fried Pasta Crunches”. Peggy Wang wrote it (2014). BuzzFeed editor Peggy Wang wrote this book of shortcut recipes and kitchen tricks. It includes fried bow-tie pasta 'crunches' eaten like chips.

Differences:

Popular internet pasta chips boil rigatoni and toss it with oil, Parmesan and seasoning. They air-fry it crisp and eat it with a whipped feta dip. The ancestor is fried pasta crunches. The book part-boils bow-tie pasta and fries it crisp in oil. It then tosses it with lemon juice and grated Parmesan. It serves it in place of chips. It is the same idea of boiled pasta crisped and eaten like chips. The online version air-fries instead of deep-frying. It uses rigatoni and adds a feta dip.

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Pasta Chips

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)
4 servings · Prep 10 min · Cook 20 min · Total 30 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Boiled pasta air-fried into crunchy chips, served with a whipped feta dip.

Make the Pasta Chips. Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. Cook al dente according to package directions and drain:
8 ounces rigatoni pasta

Toss the pasta with:
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
½ teaspoon garlic powder
Kosher salt
black pepper

Air fry at 400°F for 12–15 minutes, tossing a couple of times.

Make the Dip. Add to a food processor and pulse to create small crumbs:
4 ounces crumbled feta cheese

Add:
2 ounces Greek yogurt
1 garlic clove

Process while streaming in until the feta is creamy, 4–5 minutes, scraping down the sides as necessary:
2 tablespoons olive oil

Serve the pasta chips with the whipped feta dip.

Citations
- Feel Good Foodie · Pasta Chip Recipe: https://feelgoodfoodie.net/recipe/pasta-chips/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=Pasta+Chips
- web writeups: https://www.google.com/search?q=Pasta+Chips+recipe

Cookbook ancestor
- Affiliate: buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/077043441X?tag=recipeancesto-20
- Reference: Amazing Food Hacks by Peggy Wang (2014). Publisher: Clarkson Potter, 2014 edition, board book, ISBN 978-0770434410.

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Dish: Pasta Chips
Match: Somewhat close
Ancestor: Fried Pasta Crunches
Source: Amazing Food Hacks by Peggy Wang (2014)
Differences: Popular internet pasta chips boil rigatoni and toss it with oil, Parmesan and seasoning. They air-fry it crisp and eat it with a whipped feta dip. The ancestor is fried pasta crunches. The book part-boils bow-tie pasta and fries it crisp in oil. It then tosses it with lemon juice and grated Parmesan. It serves it in place of chips. It is the same idea of boiled pasta crisped and eaten like chips. The online version air-fries instead of deep-frying. It uses rigatoni and adds a feta dip.
Book recipe: We do not offer this for print or share because it is not public domain. Buy or borrow the book.
Online sources: Feel Good Foodie · Pasta Chips (https://feelgoodfoodie.net/recipe/pasta-chips/)
TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=Pasta+Chips)
web writeups (https://www.google.com/search?q=Pasta+Chips+recipe)
Date: Sep 2026

Source: what this book is
Amazing Food Hacks by Peggy Wang (2014).
BuzzFeed editor Peggy Wang wrote this book of shortcut recipes and kitchen tricks. It includes fried bow-tie pasta 'crunches' eaten like chips.

Affiliate: buy the book

Reference: Amazing Food Hacks by Peggy Wang (2014). Publisher: Clarkson Potter, 2014 edition, board book, ISBN 978-0770434410.

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