BEST CREAMY CHICKEN SPAGHETTI
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Best Creamy Chicken Spaghetti is creamy, saucy, comfort food. This easy casserole recipe will quickly become a family favorite!
I think there’s an unwritten rule that you can’t be a food blog unless you have a Chicken Spaghetti recipe. 😉 Therefore, here’s mine.
If you want an easy casserole recipe that your family will love, this is it. You probably already the ingredients for this recipe in your pantry and freezer.
My chicken spaghetti is a little different than a lot of them. I don’t use tomatoes with green chiles (Rotel); instead, I use pimentos. Additionally, I use cheddar cheese instead of Velveeta. Creamy chicken with sun-dried tomatoes and spinach is another chicken spaghetti recipe that everyone loves. It’s great for potlucks too.
What you’ll need to get started
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- 4 large chicken breast or a whole, small chicken OR 2 cups shredded rotisserie or leftover chicken
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup onion chopped
- 1/4 cup green bell pepper diced
- 2 cans cream of chicken soup
- 4 -ounces pimentos diced
- 1 teaspoon celery seeds
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 cups cheddar cheese shredded
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- 16 -ounces spaghetti noodles
Best Creamy Chicken Spaghetti
You have options for the chicken in this recipe. You can boil, broil, or grill the chicken or use leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken. Rotisserie chicken is my go-to for so many recipes. It makes cooking quick and effortless.
One tip, when I boil my chicken, I also boil my pasta in that water, now broth. It just adds a little bit more flavor.
What to serve with Chicken Spaghetti
I like to serve a salad or green vegetable and bread. Pomegranate Broccoli Salad, Sweet and Sour Marinated English Pea and Corn Salad, or Tangy Vinegar Based Slaw are good options. For the bread, We love 10 Minute Rolls, Fluffy Yeast Rolls, or Blue Cheese Biscuits.
Can I freeze Best Creamy Chicken Spaghetti?
Absolutely, it freezes beautifully. Line your dish with parchment paper, pour the chicken spaghetti into the dish, don’t bake it, and cover the casserole dish tightly. Allow it to freeze solid, then remove the parchment paper and casserole and transfer to a large freezer bag. That way you don’t have to tie up your casserole dish for months. The chicken spaghetti is pre-formed for the dish, so all you have to do is slide it back in when you’re ready to reheat. OR, freeze in a disposable casserole dish.
To reheat, cover with foil or oven-safe lid and bake at 375° for 50 to 60 minutes or until hot in the center.
Here are more of our family favorite quick meals
- Southwest Chicken Wraps
- 20 Minute Tortellini Pasta Carbonara
- Skinny Turkey Meatball Tortellini Soup
- 20 Minute Stovetop Sun-Dried Tomato Broccoli Pesto Pasta
- Two Pesto Chicken Pizza
- chicken casserole
- You can also find great recipes at Recipe Index
Best Creamy Chicken Spaghetti
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Ingredients
- 4 large chicken breasts or a whole, small chicken OR 2 cups shredded rotisserie or leftover chicken
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup white onion chopped
- 1/4 cup green bell pepper diced
- 2 cans cream of chicken
- 4 -ounces pimentos diced
- 1 teaspoon celery seeds
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 cups cheddar cheese shredded
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- 16 -ounces dried spaghetti pasta
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Cook spaghetti al dente and drain well.
- Boil chicken, cool, and shred. (or use your rotisserie or leftover chicken)
- Cook onion and bell pepper in oil until tender. (I cook this is a large enough skillet that will hold all the ingredients to keep from dirtying a bowl.)
- To the onions and peppers, add pimentos, cream of chicken soup, and cream cheese. Heat until cream cheese melts. Remove from heat, add parmesan cheese and 1 cup cheddar. Mix until smooth and melted.
- Season with celery seeds, salt, cayenne pepper, and black pepper.
- Combine spaghetti, chicken, and cream sauce. Mix well. Spread in a greased 9×13 dish. Top with remaining cheddar cheese and bake 25-30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
- Allow to cool 5 minutes to set before serving.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
I served it with salad the other night and everybody loved it! Great idea to boil the pasta in that chicken broth, I saw the added flavor. I’ll be making it again for sure.
This recipe was so creamy! It was a big hit with my dad that is pretty fussy about his pasta dishes 😉
This is the best chicken spaghetti recipe I have ever tried. The pimentos and cheese are pure Southern comfort flavors. Thanks for the great recipe. I will definitely be making it again soon.
Wow, we just made this Creamy Chicken Spaghetti for dinner, and it was a huge hit! The use of pimentos instead of tomatoes added a unique twist! Definitely making this again!+++
This recipe is comfort food at its finest. The creamy texture and the subtle kick from the pimentos make it a standout. Will make this again for dinner next weekend. Thanks!
When you say Parmesan cheese do you mean the powder kind in a shaker jar or the fresh you get at the cheese counter?
the fresh block – it’s so much better
This a really good recipe, get lots of compliments on the dish. I would use less spaghetti, 16oz is wayyy too much and I’ve also used other types of pasta noodles, whatever I have on hand. I’ll switch up the color of peppers and add black olives. The main ingredients really allows for many different customizations so don’t be afraid to switch things up, depending on the ingredients you have on hand (types of shredded cheese, olives, peppers, noodles…etc.)
Do you need to cook the spaghettis before you add to the sauce?
yes, step 1