{"id":17,"date":"2013-09-30T20:13:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T03:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=17"},"modified":"2014-07-09T19:56:54","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T02:56:54","slug":"whats-for-dinner-chicken-spaghetti-casserole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=17","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s for Dinner? {Chicken Spaghetti Casserole}"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;m sharing another casserole. \u00a0I was <i>so <\/i>excited when I found this recipe from Plain Chicken, a food blog with <i>lots <\/i>of yummy recipes. \u00a0Find the original recipe for cheesy chicken spaghetti casserole <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plainchicken.com\/2013\/05\/cheesy-chicken-spaghetti-casserole.html#more\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t follow the original recipe exactly, because I didn&#8217;t have everything it called for. \u00a0I want people to not be discouraged when they find a delicious recipe where they have most of the ingredients but not all&#8211; chances are you can substitute, or maybe even leave it out (depending on what it is) and still have a delicious dinner!<\/p>\n<p>Now, the reason I was so excited for this recipe was because it involves spaghetti. \u00a0We buy our spaghetti from Costco, so we usually have a lot of spaghetti noodles at home. \u00a0This recipe gave me something to do with it other than your typical spaghetti with red sauce.<\/p>\n<p>Since we are right at the end of September and getting ready to say hello to October, this is the perfect meal for a fall night. \u00a0It&#8217;s a warm and home-y, delicious casserole. \u00a0 I made it on a chilly overcast weeknight. \u00a0I had an apple-pumpkin candle burning, and once I whipped up the casserole and put it in the oven&#8211; I whipped up some apple bread so it was ready to go into the oven when the casserole came out. \u00a0It really was a perfect fall evening.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-hksGpxIo9b8\/UkpHCTlsP7I\/AAAAAAAAAx8\/WHAjiJvbUi0\/s1600\/IMG_6026c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-hksGpxIo9b8\/UkpHCTlsP7I\/AAAAAAAAAx8\/WHAjiJvbUi0\/s640\/IMG_6026c.jpg\" width=\"492\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Yum.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Okay, so I provided the link above to the original recipe&#8211; so I will just share what I did differently. \u00a0The great thing about this casserole is that most of the ingredients are things I have on hand consistently. \u00a0Here is an ingredient breakdown:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>4 cups cooked, chopped chicken <b>(I just used four small tenderloins and it was plenty)<\/b><\/li>\n<li>12 oz spaghetti, cooked and drained <b>(I eyeballed it- since the package comes in 16 oz<\/b>)<\/li>\n<li>2 cans cream of chicken<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup chicken broth <b>(I didn&#8217;t have this, surprisingly, but I <i>did <\/i>have beef broth. \u00a0It worked perfectly.)<\/b><\/li>\n<li>16 oz sour cream <b>(I could not imagine putting a whole container of sour cream in a dish so I just used about half, so 8 oz. \u00a0Again, the dish turned out delicious so this adjustment was fine!)<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1 stick of butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp cayenne pepper <b>(I eyeballed it for this and all of the remaining seasonings)<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup dried parsley<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp Italian seasoning<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup Parmesan cheese <b>(I <i>love\u00a0<\/i>Parmesan\u00a0cheese, so I didn&#8217;t measure and probably ending up using a tad more than a 1\/2 cup!)<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 to 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese <b>(I didn&#8217;t have this on hand so I simply left it out. \u00a0I&#8217;m sure it adds a very delicious part to the meal, but I didn&#8217;t feel like the dish was lacking anything without it.)<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1 cup Italian breadcrumbs<\/li>\n<li><b>(I added chopped onion to mine, although this is not in the original recipe)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-_wAVChVUILE\/UkpJwiD8wLI\/AAAAAAAAAyI\/0hacu2pV9oE\/s1600\/IMG_6028c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-_wAVChVUILE\/UkpJwiD8wLI\/AAAAAAAAAyI\/0hacu2pV9oE\/s640\/IMG_6028c.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"396\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>I love a versatile dish, and this is definitely one. \u00a0I&#8217;m thinking I will add veggies next time. \u00a0Broccoli, bell pepper, and mushrooms. \u00a0Yum. \u00a0If you don&#8217;t have cream of chicken, I&#8217;m sure any cream soup would do. \u00a0{This recipe is husband-approved.}<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WSVrLAzGqB0\/UkpKYUOFmFI\/AAAAAAAAAyQ\/CD3mQfFGk4I\/s1600\/IMG_6030c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WSVrLAzGqB0\/UkpKYUOFmFI\/AAAAAAAAAyQ\/CD3mQfFGk4I\/s640\/IMG_6030c.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Thank you Steph from Plain Chicken, for giving me a delicious casserole to add to my collection!<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>If you have a lot of the ingredients above, give this recipe a try!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;m sharing another casserole. \u00a0I was so excited when I found this recipe from Plain Chicken, a food blog with lots of yummy recipes. \u00a0Find the original recipe for cheesy chicken spaghetti casserole here. 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