Chicken spaghetti recipe?

[becoming]

Does anyone have a tried & true chicken spaghetti recipe that doesn't use cream of junk soups & processed "cheese food"?

[mommy212]

it depends what kind of dish you want... I have often made spaghetti with regular tomato sauce and then made chicken parmesan, which I make my dipping the chicken into an egg/milk mixture and then into a bread crumb/parmesan mixture and frying til done, but you can also bake it for 30-45 minutes in the oven. I have also made chicken alfredo by making fettucine alfredo and putting grilled or blackened (with spaces ) chicken on it, which is also really good

[californiajenn]

I've made chicken spaghetti with pasta, chicken, tons of sautee'd veggies, all tossed with garlic and lots of butter. Yum.

[becoming]

These both sound great, but I am looking for something like the traditional Southern cheesy, creamy chicken spaghetti, only without all the processed junk that is normally in the dish. My husband & kids love chicken spaghetti, but I'm not willing to cook it that way anymore. Wondering if anyone has made a whole foods or semi whole foods version of the dish.

[425lisamarie]

you mean like a creamy sauce mixed with pasta, cheese and baked?

ETA: I can give you a few ways to make a good one. What is the recipe you use now like? Is it like the kind that has cheddar, can of cream of something soup, cooked chicken and noodles?

I make a "roux" based sauce, and one using mascarpone which is a favorite of my kids. With this you can just cook the pasta, and I use boneless skinless thighs, diced and sauted wiht other stuff and then you can just mix everything in the dish and bake without having to make a sauce in a separate pan.

I'll type it out if you can tell me what kind you are looking for

[LaughingHyena]

We're having chicken and broccoli pasta tonight.

I cut the chicken into smallish pieces and fry till they are nearly cooked. Then I add a couple of tablespoons of flour to the pan and slowly add milk until I get a creamy sauce. I usually add some dried herbs and pepper while I am frying the chicken. You could add cheese at this stage if you want a cheesy sauce. DH and the kids like to grate cheese over theirs at the table, I prefer mine plain.

I steam the broccoli over the pasta pan, then when they are cooked stir both into the sauce.

It does makes a pretty good pasta bake too. Just pour into a dish and top with cheese and maybe breadcrumbs and put in the oven till the cheese is bubbly.

ETA I also make this with leftover chicken, in which case make the sauce first and add the chicken a couple of minutes before the pasta is done

[BetsyS]

I make tettrazini a good bit, which isn't the same, but is similar.

Cook spaghetti, cook chicken, cut into little pieces. Saute 8 oz mushrooms (one package) and onions together in butter. Add flour to the frying pan with the veggies and cook into a roux. Add a splash of white wine, then make a white sauce with half chicken broth and half milk. Add a good handful of parm cheese. So, you've got a cheese sauce with veggies in it. Add the spaghetti and chicken to this. If it's too thick, I add some of the pasta water to thin it out some. Bake in the oven until golden brown.

It turns out really well, and it's a family favorite.

It would be more "chicken spaghetti-y" if you did less mushrooms (maybe 4 oz), cut them really small, and added onion, bell pepper, and maybe pimentos to the veggies. Don't add the white wine, just make the white sauce with broth and milk. Instead of parm cheese, add cheddar. And, instead of adding and stirring while the white sauce is hot (to make the cheese melt), wait a few minutes, so that the cheese is more distinct and not melted into the sauce. And a layer of cheese on top, too.

[StrawberryFields]

Originally Posted by becoming

Does anyone have a tried & true chicken spaghetti recipe that doesn't use cream of junk soups & processed "cheese food"?

Funny I stumbled on this because we are having chicken spaghetti tonight! When recipes call for cream of soup I use this:

2 c. nonfat milk powder
3/4 c. cornstarch
1/4 c. instant chicken bouillon granules
2 tbsp. dried onion flakes
1 tsp. basil
1 tsp. thyme
1/2 tsp. pepper

Combine all ingredients. Store in airtight container. Equals 9 cans of soup. TO USE:

1/3 c. mix
1 1/4 c. cold water

and I use regular shredded cheddar in chicken spaghetti.

[becoming]

The chicken tetrazinni sounds great, and lisamarie, I would love your recipe as well.

StrawberryFields, thanks so much for that cream of soup recipe! That sounds so easy. I'm definitely going to keep this on hand.