Shredded Chicken & Spaghetti Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 chicken thighs or 6 chicken breasts
• olive oil
• butter
• 1 small onions, diced small or 8 pearl onions
• 2 garlic cloves, diced
• salt
• pepper
• 1 (10 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 4 whole tomatoes (diced)
• 1/4 cup chopped bell pepper (optional)
• 2 teaspoons parsley (optional)
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 1/2 cups cheese (parmesan , asiago and mozarella)
• 1 (10 ounce) bag frozen peas, partially thawed
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 12 ounces spaghetti, broken in half (& cooked for 6-7 minutes)

Recipe

• 1 first:.
• 2 thaw chicken.
• 3 butter (or oil) a large glass baking dish.
• 4 place chicken in dish.
• 5 melt 1/3 cup butter (or substitute margarine or oil) and slather on chicken.
• 6 dash salt and pepper on to taste.
• 7 sprinkle uncooked garlic and onion over chicken to taste.
• 8 bake on 425 for 20 minutes (while you’re cooking everything else).
• 9 while the chicken cooks:.
• 10 in a large pot, start water boiling for spaghetti, add a dash of salt and oil (cover for faster boiling).
• 11 add pasta and cook for 6 minutes, drain & rinse with cold water, set aside.
• 12 in a sauce pan (or skillet), sautee onions and garlic in oil until slightly browned.
• 13 add cream of mushroom soup, stir.
• 14 add tomatoes, bell pepper, parsley, and green peas.
• 15 add tomato sauce, stir.
• 16 cook for 2-3 minutes.
• 17 add shredded italian cheese, stir until melted.
• 18 add flour, stir.
• 19 cover, cook until thickened (4-6 minutes) stirring often.
• 20 once chicken is done cooking:.
• 21 bring chicken out of oven, set aside in separate dish to cool.
• 22 set aside dish to cool (& while you’re cooking, clean the baking dish, re-butter/oil it and use it for your casserole).
• 23 once chicken cools, tear it off the bone and shred it to the consistency of your liking.
• 24 mix chicken, sauce, and spaghetti together in casserole dish.
• 25 top with parmesan.
• 26 bake on 425 for 45 minutes.