Italian Chicken Tetrazzini Recipes

Steps:

• In a saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Add soups and mushrooms. Stir until well blended. Remove from the heat; add pimientos, chicken, spaghetti and sour cream. , Pour mixture into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and paprika. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Spread 1 tablespoon of butter over a 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking dish. Melt 1 tablespoon each of butter and oil in a deep large nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Add the chicken to the hot pan and cook until pale golden and just cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer the chicken to a plate to cool slightly. Coarsely shred the chicken into bite-size pieces and into a large bowl.
• Meanwhile, add 1 tablespoon each of butter and oil to the same pan. Add the mushrooms and saute over medium-high heat until the liquid from the mushrooms evaporates and the mushrooms become pale golden, about 12 minutes. Add the onion, garlic, and thyme, and saute until the onion is translucent, about 8 minutes. Add the wine and simmer until it evaporates, about 2 minutes. Transfer the mushroom mixture to the bowl with the chicken.
• Melt 3 more tablespoons butter in the same pan over medium-low heat. Add the flour and whisk for 2 minutes. Whisk in the milk, cream, broth, nutmeg, remaining 1 3/4 teaspoons salt, and remaining 3/4 teaspoon pepper. Increase the heat to high. Cover and bring to a boil. Simmer, uncovered, until the sauce thickens slightly, whisking often, about 10 minutes.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the linguine and cook until it is tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 9 minutes. Drain. Add the linguine, sauce, peas, and parsley to the chicken mixture. Toss until the sauce coats the pasta and the mixture is well blended.
• Transfer the pasta mixture to the prepared baking dish. Stir the cheese and breadcrumbs in a small bowl to blend. Sprinkle the cheese mixture over the pasta. Dot with the remaining 3 tablespoons of butter. Bake, uncovered, until golden brown on top and the sauce bubbles, about 25 minutes.

Steps:

• Melt 3 tbsp butter in medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Add garlic and cook 30 seconds.
• Add flour and cook stirring for 1 minute.
• Gradually whisk in broth, cream, ¼ tsp each salt and pepper, and pinch of nutmeg until smooth.
• Bring to a boil, whisking constantly and set aside.
• Heat oven to 450 degrees.
• Cook noodles in boiling salted water until barely tender about 8 minutes.
• Drain and place in bowl.
• Stir in 1½ cups prepared sauce.
• Melt remaining 1 tbsp butter in large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add shallots and cook stirring 1 minute.
• Add shitake and white mushrooms, thyme, remaining ½ tsp salt and pepper and pinch of nutmeg.
• Cook stirring, until mushrooms are tender and liquid has evaporated about 5 minutes.
• Add sherry and boil for 1 more minute.
• Spoon half of noodles with ½ cup peas in shallow 2½-quart baking dish.
• Top with half of chicken the half of mushroom mixture.
• Repeat layering with remaining noodles, peas chicken and mushrooms.
• Pour remaining sauce evenly over top and sprinkle with Parmesan.
• Bake 15 minutes until golden and bubbly.

Steps:

• Remove the meat from the chicken, discard bones and skin and cut chicken into bite size.
• pieces. Cut the peppers into dice.
• Make a veloute sauce: Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan, then stir in the flour. When it is cooked and bubbling, stir in the chicken stock gradually, continuing to stir until the sauce is thickened.
• Add the cream, and season with the salt, pepper, Tabasco and wine.
• Put the chicken and diced peppers in the sauce, and hold over low heat while you cook and drain the spaghetti. Stir the cooked and drained spaghetti into the chicken mixture, and pour into a prepared greased baking dish.
• Cover the top with the breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese and almonds.
• Dot with butter and place in 475º oven for a few minutes until the topping is glazed and bubbling.