Chicken spaghetti is a popular dish made with chunky tomatos, vegetables, and Italian seasoning, and of course spaghetti pasta and chicken.
This tasty recipe of chicken spaghetti is no ordinary dish; it is a cheesy, creamy, easy chicken dish that will give you more comfort than a homemade casserole.
Chicken spaghetti is popular not only because the recipe is customizable but also because it is similar to tetrazzini, an American dish usually made with turkey and cream sauce or béchamel.
Chicken spaghetti is a real delicacy, and I am sure you’ll thank us after giving this recipe a try.
Health Benefits
Chicken is hailed as one of the healthier meats; it contains plenty of protein and considerably less amounts of fat when compared to red meat. Chicken is also a source of essential vitamins and minerals.
Pasta can give you a good carb fix on days you feel exhausted. Pasts digests easily and also contains fiber from durum wheat.
Chicken spaghetti is loaded with cheese and tomato sauce. Cheese is yet another rich source of protein and tomato sauce provides your body with vitamins K and B6, folate, pantothenic acid, magnesium, phosphorus, and riboflavin.
Ingredients
spaghetti: 8 oz
boneless and skinless chicken breasts: 3
chopped tomatoes and green chilli pepper: 1 can
condensed chicken soup cream: 1 can
processed cheese, such as Velveeta: 1 lb
Garlic powder: ½ tsp
Pepper and salt for seasoning
How To Make Chicken Spaghetti
- In a medium pot, add salt and then boil chicken. When it is properly done, remove from the hot pot and keep broth/water at a boil. Gently shred chicken and keep aside.
- In boiling chicken broth, put spaghetti and cook for about 10 mins, or until al dente. Drain broth when spaghetti is done.
- On a low flame, put the pot with spaghetti back on the stove. Add shredded chicken, chopped tomatoes with chilli peppers, soup, and cheese. To season, add pepper, garlic powder and salt to taste.
- Cook until cheese is melted and transfer to serving plate.
Trivia
The word spaghetti is the plural of “spaghetto” in Italian language, which is derived from spago, meaning ‘twine’ or “thin string”.