Chicken Tetrazzini - Comfort Food To The Max!
What to do with left over chicken from last night? It would be great to get another meal out of it but there's only about 2 cups of chicken meat. It's a chilly, rainy spring day so I want something warm and comforting. A CASSEROLE....it's the perfect food for a dreary day like this. After scanning the fridge and the cupboards, I have a plan and that plan is Chicken Tetrazzini. Easy to make and really tasty, it will fill the Bill (meaning my dear hubby, Bill) and have some left to freeze for another meal. This recipe works well with leftover turkey so I always make it after Thanksgiving to use up the copious amounts of turkey left from the holiday.
Chicken Tetrazzini Casserole Recipe
Perfect way to use up leftover poultry meat!
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 50 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 mins
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Casserole
- Cuisine: American - Italian
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 package (8 - 12 oz.) egg noodles
- 1 stick butter
- 6 tablespoons flour
- 2 c. chicken stock
- ¾ tsp. celery salt
- 1 ½ tsp. kosher salt
- ¼ tsp. freshly ground pepper
- 1 c. heavy cream
- 1 6 oz. can sliced mushrooms
- 3 tbs. finely chopped Italian parsley
- 2 c. chicken meat, cut into 1" pieces
- ¾ c. freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Cook noodles according to package. Drain and set aside.
- Melt butter in a saute pan, add flour while stirring with a whisk to make a roux.
- Add stock and celery salt, salt, and pepper. Cook over low heat while stirring constantly to thicken sauce.
- Remove sauce from heat and add cream while stirring slowly.
- Add mushrooms, and parsley. Stir to blend these in.
- Grease a 3 qt. casserole dish.
- Starting with a layer of noodles, then chicken, and then mushroom sauce, alternate layers till ingredients are used up.
- Top with the grated cheese. Be sure to use freshly grated cheese and not packaged grated parm which resembles sawdust. It makes a lot of difference!
- Bake at 350F, uncovered, for 45-50 minutes.
Echo says
Always a classic! Thank you for sharing this at the #SmallVictoriesSundayLinkup!
Gina says
Looks so good! Always looking for new chicken recipes!! Thanks for sharing on the #ShareTheWealthSunday blog hop... hope to see you back next week!
Heaven says
This sounds wonderful and easy. Stopping by from Inspiration 2.
Julie V. (Somebody's Dinner) says
This looks really yummy, and not hard. Pinning. Thanks for sharing.
Mary Stogsdill says
My Mam was the best cook and hee receipt was close to all these. We would bake the chicken then make a roué but we used canned milk then added a hunch of velvet a cheese and a can of mushroom soup .. We all loved the taste!
Stephanie says
Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
Patti says
This looks sooo good! I have to give it a try, I've been looking for something different, this is just the ticket! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe.
Hugs,
Patti
Karren Haller says
This recipe sounds wonderful, I love any kind of casserole. I always appreciate a good recipe. Thanks for visiting this week, I am now following all your social media, hope you can do the same.
Have a great week, Karren
Stephanie says
WOW this looks awesome, I can't wait to make it, I made chicken tetrazzini a while ago but lost the recipe so I'll take this one 😉 I loveeeee casseroles, and this one just looks perfect, thanks so much for sharing!
Lori Hart says
Casseroles are a favorite comfort food and this cheesy chicken is pinned!! Found your recipe over at Tuesdays with a Twist and it looks incredible. We just launched a new recipe link-up party, Tickle My TasteBuds, that goes live every Tuesday. I would love for you to link this delicious recipe to our inaugural party. Here is the link —> http://bit.ly/1oNxekf
Jess says
This looks like Heaven and I so want to dive in!
Thanks for joining the Link Up this week!
Elizabeth says
You just reminded me of chicken tetrazzini that I used to make. I must dig out that recipe and see how close it is to yours!! Fun! What a great post. Thanks for the reminder!