Spaghetti is a favourite in this house, both the for delicious taste and for the ease on those busy nights. Usually I made spaghetti with {red} meat sauce or meatballs – yet I wanted to try a new variety. You know, keep with the same family-favourite yet jazz it up a little to make it new?!
Baked Chicken Spaghetti is a hearty and delicious meal that became one of our favourites at the very first bite. With a white mushroom-based sauce, this recipe is so full of flavour thanks to the peppers, cheese and spices.
We are a family of 5, and pretty much everyone took another scoopful for seconds and had a bit left over to use as a side the next day. So if you have less members in your family, you could easily take this recipe and just freeze half for later.
In fact, we made this before our Spring trip to Beaches Turks and Caicos. I froze half and on the day we returned, all tired and lazy – this was the perfect meal to take out of the freezer and enjoy.
I also love that the pasta doesn’t get all mushy when baking, nor when re-heating, thanks to how the cheese keeps its crisp. Usually we don’t have spaghetti as leftovers for this reason, yet this one is the exception and I love this recipe for that.
Chicken and Pasta with crispy baked cheese – c’mon, is there really anything better?
- 1/2 onion finely diced
- 1/2 bell pepper red, green or yellow - I use yellow, finely diced
- 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts cooked and shredded
- 3 +1 cups shredded cheese I used marble
- 2 cans Cream of Mushroom Soup
- 12 oz spaghetti {you will cook *only* to al dente}
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
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Heat your oven to 350 degrees.
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Boil water for pasta and cook *only* to al dente. Any more and your baked pasta will be mushy.
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Using a pan on the stove and your choice of oil or spray, heat pan to medium heat. Add the onion and pepper and saute the vegetables for five minutes or until they are tender.
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Add the shredded cooked chicken until heated through.
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Add salt, pepper and garlic powder and mix.
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Remove pan from heat and set aside.
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Place your drained, al dente spaghetti into a large bowl and add the soup and 3 cups of cheese then mix.
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Next, add the chicken mixture to the bowl as well and mix again.
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Pour the mixture into a greased pan {you could use two pans if yours are smaller, you judge}
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Sprinkle the reserved 1 cup of remaining cheese over the mixture that is in the pan {or sprinkle on both if you separated into 2 pans. And if so, this is the time to cover and freeze one of the batches}
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Bake covered for 45 minutes and then take off the cover and bake for an additional 15 minutes to get everything nice and crispy-like.
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Once done, enjoy!
Winner winner chicken dinner! Here are more chicken recipe suggestions:
- Jamaican Jerk Chicken
- Chicken, Kale, Tomato and Feta Pasta
- Lemon-Thyme Chicken
- Lean Green Chicken Salad
- Chicken Zoodle Soup
- Baked Chicken Marinara
- Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Chicken
- Chicken And Spinach Cannelloni Rolls
- Chicken and Spinach Pasta Casserole
- Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup
Follow Tammi Roy’s board Best Chicken Recipes on Pinterest.
We are a family of spaghetti lovers and with eat it anyway even in soups,this looks like a great recipe and I look forward to trying it.Thanks
You are very welcome Kathy!
I’d never think to freeze spaghetti — genius!
This freezes wonderfully!
Your picture……..I am drooling. This sounds amazing. Thanks once again for another keeper
Awe, thank you so much!
That sounds really, really good! I bet my boys would gobble this up!
If they are like my girls, they will!
This is so perfect for me! I am planning on baking a few things this weekend for baby time!
Would work perfectly for you – sending all my best!!
Oh yum, this looks like a great comfort meal! I never thought to freeze spaghetti!
Sometimes it doesn’t work so well, depending on the recipe – make sure to cook ONLY to al dente and it’ll be fine.
This sounds really good,always looking for new pasta meals to try out. This will definitely be going on the meal plan for this fall/winter.
Thanks Judy, enjoy!
Chicken is one ingredient I’ve never used to incorporate into a spaghetti dish. I do love chicken parmesan with fettuccine alfredo though. Thanks for sharing your recipe. It looks yummy!
You need to try this then!
Mmmm! This looks super yummy. I think it would be a big hit with my family.
I hope so Julie!
Pasta, my comfort food, yum
Me too Darlene!
this looks fantastic. and easy to do- which is a key element for me!
Same here – a must!
This looks absolutely delicious! We only have one real baked pasta recipe, and we all love it, so we’ll have to try this!
Oh please share!! Always looking for new ones!
I’ve never made baked pasta, but I’ve had baked ravioli, so I bet I’d really like this. I can’t believe how simple it sound to make, too!
Give it a try and let me know what you think! 🙂
Oh that baked chicken spaghetti looks delicious! That is something I might be able to get my kids to eat! Yum!
Kid approved in this house! 🙂
This is actually one of my favorite recipes! I have never made it with the peppers and I bet that adds a great flavor to it. I have not made it in a while, so I am going to try it your way!
Hope it adds that extra special something! 🙂
This sounds delicious. I love spaghetti, so I’ll be making this soon.
Mmm, me too!
I’ll have to make this this weekend. My daughter loves spaghetti.
I love this recipe. This is just the kind of dish I look for to feed my house full!
Thanks Stacie!!
This sounds delicious! I can’t wait to give this a try over the weekend.
Perfect, let me know what you think when you do! 🙂
sounds good. I do a baked spaghetti with cubes of mozza cheese on it then I put it in dough and have garlic butter brushed on it. so good.
Ohhhh, I’m drooling!!!
Baked? That sounds really delicious and a very unique way to eat pasta, yum!
Yep – and it’s soooo good! 🙂
Thanks for sharing this recipe. It looks absolutely delicious! I had no idea that you could freeze spaghetti.
Yes! This one freezes wonderfully!
LOVE MY SPAGHETTI
Me too Garry!
This sounds delicious!
Wait until you try it!!
This recipe sounds really good! I never though of chicken in spaghetti!!
Such a great addition!
you are right…..there is nothing better we had this for dinner last night and it was so good
YAY!!!!
This looks really good!
So good Athena, looks good and tastes divine!
Easy and Hearty. Thanks for links for the other recipes. I keep meaning to try the Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup
Oh gosh – yes! I haven’t made that since last winter – I need too!!!
A unique way to eat spaghetti besides using a tomato sauce!
Exactly! 🙂
Looks and sounds delicious!
You need to make it Sandy – getting lots of messages saying it’s a hit with many. Makes me happy!
yumm! We do a variation on this – love the ease and the fact everyone likes it!
Would love to hear your ideas for changing this one up!
This sounds delicious. Very kid friendly.
Yes!
uch an easy recipe, great for those days we are running behind on schedule and yummy too!
Exactly! 🙂
yummy! gonna have to try this one!
Let me know what you think when you do! 🙂
This is a great recipe for my back-to-school arsenal. Thanks for sharing it!
You are very welcome Heidi!
I love spaghetti and I love chicken. I never thought to put them together.
You need to – perfect combination!
Sounds amazing ! I am going to try this recipe this week !
YAY!
This sounds really awesome & easy! I love the sounds of a baked pasta dish that you can re-heat without it getting soggy! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Exactly!!
This sounds delicious! What a great change from our usual spaghetti and red sauce! Thanks for the post!
Thanks Jodi, enjoy!
This dish looks delicious, my family loves pasta. This recipe is a definite must-try.
wow that looks delicious.. thanks for sharing the recipe
This is for my husband – he like his spaghetti and chicken
This sounds yummy . I love meals that you can freeze and reheat.
Just saw this in my facebook feed! Was looking for a recipe for dinner tonight and going to give it a try. Thank you so much for sharing.