Gourmet Chicken Spaghetti

Serves: 8-10

This particular recipe comes from the Best of the Best from Texas Cookbook. It is a favorite in the Texas Early house.

ingredients

3 lbs chicken 1/8 cup lemon juice
8 oz thin spaghetti 1/3 cup white wine
4 Tbls butter
1/2 tsp garlic powder
4 Tbls flour
1/2 tsp cayenne
1 cup cream
1 tsp dry mustard
1 cup chicken broth
1 tsp salt
1 cup mayonnaise
8 oz fresh mushrooms
1 cup sour cream
4 Tbls butter
1 cup Parmesan cheese

directions

Boil and bone chicken. Break spaghetti into thirds and boil in chicken stock. Make basic white sauce. Melt butter; add flour and cook until bubbly. Add cream and chicken broth, stirring and cooking until thickened. Add mayonnaise, sour cream, Parmesan, lemon juice, wine and seasonings. Sauté mushrooms in butter. Place mushrooms, chicken and spaghetti in flat 3-quart casserole. Add sauce and mix well. Sprinkle paprika and additional Parmesan on top. Bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes. May be made ahead of time and frozen.

notes

Note from Fran: I had never heard of chicken spaghetti before I moved to Texas but everyone here grew up eating it. Once I had it I realized that it is the same thing as Chicken Tetrazzini!

Source: Fran & Tom Early