Cheesy Chicken Tetrazzini

Name: Cheesy Chicken Tetrazzini
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1/2 pound mushrooms, sliced; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 1/4 cup all-purpose flour; 2 cups chicken broth; 1 cup half and half; 4 cups (16 oz) shredded medium cheddar cheese; 1/2 pound spaghetti noodles, cooked and drained; 4 cups cooked chicken, shredded or cut into a small dice

Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes ★★★★★ 2 Reviews Jump to Recipe

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Cheesy, rich and comforting, this Cheesy Chicken Tetrazzini is a dinner recipe that everyone will love. This baked chicken spaghetti casserole is made from scratch and comes together quickly by using cooked chicken.

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This is a funny time of year as a blogger. I typically blog mostly dinner recipes. Because as much as I love to bake, I usually only bake once a week. But dinner? Yep, you have to prepare for that one every night.

But here’s the thing – I’m not thinking about dinner recipes when November and December are around. It’s all about the Thanksgiving pie, the Christmas cookies and the New Years appetizers. But then my kids keep reminding me that I have to actually feed them.

So I’ve been posting a lot of side dishes and desserts lately, but I’m still going to sneak in a few dinner recipes when I can, because we all have to eat. And this Cheesy Chicken Tetrazzini is perfect since it works well with leftover Thanksgiving turkey instead of the chicken.

What is Chicken Tetrazzini

I actually had to look this one up, because in my head, I was thinking this was an Italian dish. But I was wrong. Chicken Tetrazzini was invented in the early 1900s by a chef at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. He made this dish for opera star Louisa Tetrazzini. Chicken Tetrazzini has spaghetti (or a similar long and skinny pasta) that is coated in a creamy cheese sauce. There are a lot of variations out there. Most of them use a cream of something soup. But this recipe is from scratch! I have no problem with canned cream soup, but I personally just don’t really like them. But really, it takes so little time to make it all from scratch, you won’t even miss the ease of the canned soup.

How to Make Chicken Tetrazzini

To make this Chicken Tetrazzini recipe, you start by making your creamy sauce. Melt some butter and cook the mushrooms until they are soft.
Stir in the flour, and after it has cooked for a minute or two, start stirring in the chicken broth and the half and half. Let this sauce thicken up a little bit.
Remove the pan from the stove and stir in 3/4 of the shredded cheddar cheese. Then stir in your cooked noodles and your shredded chicken.

More Can’t Miss Easy Chicken dinner recipes:

Cheesy Sour Cream Chicken
Easy Chicken Divan Recipe
Chicken Pot Pie Ragu
Creamy Crunchy Chicken
Chicken and Gnocchi Soup

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