Chicken Tetrazzini

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3/4 lb spaghetti
• 1/4 lb butter
• 1 lb mushroom, sliced
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 4 tablespoons dry sherry or 4 tablespoons wine
• 1/2 cup swiss cheese, grated
• 4 cups cooked chicken (or turkey)
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 cook spaghetti 1- 2 minutes less than package directions.
• 2 melt half the butter in skillet and sauté sliced mushrooms for 5 minute.
• 3 melt remaining butter in a saucepan.
• 4 stir in flour until smooth.
• 5 gradually add chicken broth and cream, stirring constantly, until it reaches boiling point.
• 6 cook on low heat for 10 minutes.
• 7 stir in salt, pepper, nutmeg, wine and swiss cheese until cheese melts.
• 8 mix 1/2 of the sauce with the mushrooms and spaghetti.
• 9 mix remaining half of the sauce with the chicken.
• 10 layer in a large casserole (or in two 2 1/2 quart casseroles and freeze one).
• 11 sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• 12 bake in a 350°f oven for 25 minutes or until heated through and browned.
• 13 to cook when frozen:.
• 14 place covered in preheated 325°f oven for 20 minutes.
• 15 remove cover and sprinkle with 1/4 cup parmesan cheese.
• 16 raise oven temperature to 350°f and bake for 20 minutes or until browned.