Too much cheese but here is some thing I will do if requested.
Take a whole fryer chicken, or a couple breast, or some legs or even thighs
or a combination of all of them. What ever trips your trigger. for always
remember the kitchen is yours.
Now get the water boiling in a pot and boil that chicken or pieces or
whatever until done.
Pull the chicken out of the water and let it cool.
Now the fun part, strip the meat off the bone. Maybe I didn't tell you, but
chicken with the bone taste better if boiling it. (just my opinion)
Now grab two cups of the chicken broth out of the pot and set a side.
remember it is your kitchen, and if some one doesn't like what you are
doing, let them cook for their self. This usually will get the pest out of
the kitchen..
Now we have a couple cups of chicken pieces off the bone and a couple cup of
broth. The rest of the broth is still in the pan, so might as well cook the
spaghetti. For this I will use either a #9 spaghetti or egg noodles. it is
like making tuna casserole, but chicken instead. I won't eat either. Well
unless my wife is threaten me with a cast iron skillet, than I might
consider the chicken.
Now where were we. Oh yes! about ready to cook the spaghetti. Break the
spaghetti up into 2 to 3 inch pieces. about a 1/3 to 1/2 pound will do. Put
it in the boiling water or I should have said broth. Cook until al dente, or
a little on the firm side, for you are going to bake it and you don't want
mush. Now get out a large bowl and let's get to work. Throw in the spaghetti
or noodles, your choice. Now the chicken. You did chopped a red sweet pepper
and onion I hope. Cut it up as small or as large as you like. I cut my
pepper this way. Chop off the head, cut off the bottom, clean that sucker
out as soon as you cut it in half. Now cut the pepper halves into thin strip
and turn them 90 degrees and cut them again. For the onion. I will take my
chef knife and cut it in half from the stem to the root of the onion. Than
cut up a little from the root side and peel off the skin. Than a cross the
grain of the onion, turn it 90 degrees and cut it again., sure beat mincing
the onion .
Put the pepper and onion in the bowl with the spaghetti. Get out the
shredded cheese of your choice and as much or as little as you like or none
at all. Open some cream soup, It can be mushroom, cream of chicken, cream of
celery or a combination of any two cans. Add it to the bowl. Now the part
using the broth you set a side. Add just enough to be able to mix in the
soup, but don't add too much to make it like soup, In other words, leave it
a little on the thick side.
Now grind in some black pepper to taste, and even some salt, if you must.
Now that you have everything mixed well, get out a casserole dish, I like
the foil throw away. spray a little oil in the dish and add the bowl's
contents to it. Add more of that shredded cheese over the top and pop it in
a 350 F degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
Lay a piece of foil over the top for the first twenty minutes than remove.
RJ
P. S. A little cayenne does wonders to the dish and even a small can of
chopped hot peppers or both. Just don't tell my wife, or I am in trouble.
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