Thanks to Jan for finding more recipes to give me because I was getting a little stuck on the recipes I had. This one is definitely an old recipe. You'll see why.
Chicken (Turkey) Tetrazinni
1 hen (or about 3 cups turkey)
2 pounds spaghetti
4 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 cup chopped celery
2 green peppers, chopped
4 small cloves garlic (or garlic powder)
4 medium onions, chopped
1/2 cup chopped almonds (optional)
Boil hen until tender. Cut in chunks. Cook spaghetti in broth until tender. Tenderize vegetables in a little oil. Add to the spaghetti. Add the meat and mushroom soup. Add the almonds and salt and pepper to taste. Pour into casserole. Cover with grated cheese. Bake in moderate oven 30-40 minutes.
PS what is a moderate oven? I guessed at 350.
(Don't drain all of spaghetti--it's better when it is moist.)
Serves 8-10 with seconds. Makes a big batch--I freeze half and serve another time.
Submitted by Rena Roberts.
Well, no that I have thoroughly read the recipe I have discovered I didn't quite make the recipe correctly. I guess that is what happens when you get stranded in town after finishing grocery shopping because the brakes on your car lock up. Oh well. It still tasted ok. Though the Little Chubber decided it was more fun to fling the spaghetti around on his fork than it was to eat it.
Our biggest complaint was that it was bland. But, since I forgot to add the garlic and didn't read the part about salt and pepper to taste I think that might be why it was bland. I also opted to not include the almonds. I don't care for nuts in casseroles. Big Chubb also said that the celery seemed to give it a strange taste. I have used other recipes for this before, and we both agreed it was a better recipe.
I also halved the recipe. Big Chubb is a BIG eater, but I knew that even he couldn't make a dent on the whole recipe. Plus, a whole hen? 4 medium onions? 4 cans of cream of mushroom? One 9x13 was plenty more than enough for us. In fact, it will conveniently be served for dinner again tonight. Glad dinner is done (minus a veggie).
Rena Roberts lived in Fargo. Janet thinks she went through all the recipes, but there are more. And this sounds like exactly the bland kind of thing I like to eat right now.
ReplyDeleteExcept there are onions. It may have been a stretch on the amount of onion (plus I used some green onions to get them out of the fridge).
ReplyDeleteYeah, minus the onions.
ReplyDeleteSounds weird. And old. I have a turkey tetrazzini recipe from the MN state fair that I've been meaning to make. When I cook the turkey in the freezer maybe I'll make it. You guys have been cooking up a storm lately.
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