Skip's Chicken Tetrazzini

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 16 ounces spaghetti or 16 ounces vermicelli, cooked and drained
• 1 teaspoon broth seasonings
• 5 cups chicken stock
• 2 cups cooked chicken, boned
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 cup celery, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup onion, chopped
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 1 cup mushroom, sliced or chopped
• 1 (2 ounce) jar pimientos, chopped
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 1/2 cup cheese, grated parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup breadcrumbs, dried
• 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped or 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 for two cups of chicken, use about 4 legs or 3 thighs and 1.
• 2 large ½ breast, bone in, with skin. boil chicken in 5 cups.
• 3 of "seasoned water"* until done. remove chicken from liquid,.
• 4 set aside to cool.
• 5 add enough water to remaining broth to make 5 cups. bring.
• 6 broth to rolling boil and add the spaghetti. cook spaghetti.
• 7 in broth about 10 minutes. (al denté).
• 8 sauté green pepper, pimientos, mushrooms, celery, and onions.
• 9 in 2 teaspoons of olive oil until tender. remove from heat and.
• 10 add salt, garlic powder and any other desired spices.
• 11 debone chicken, remove skin and fat. chop to desired size.
• 12 in a large bowl, combine spaghetti, chicken, the creamed.
• 13 soups, parmesan cheese and sautéed items. put mixture in a.
• 14 3 x 9 casserole dish, spread the breadcrumbs evenly over the.
• 15 mixture and top it off with the cheddar cheese and parsley.
• 16 place in a 400 degree oven. remove when cheese has melted.
• 17 and breadcrumbs are lightly browned.
• 18 *to make "broth seasonings", i use 1 teaspoons of a mixture of.
• 19 herbs and spices i make out of just about everything in my.
• 20 spice rack, and so can you. i use the following, all ground.
• 21 up by my coffee grinder:.
• 22 basil, bay leaf, black pepper.
• 23 cayenne pepper, celery seed, clove, fennel, garlic powder.
• 24 marjoram, oregano, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme. no.
• 25 measures, i did it to a desired aroma.