Healthy Chicken Tetrazzini Recipe. I don't think I've seen more beautiful words. Tender chicken, sweet peas, and savory mushrooms all twirled with noodles and smothered with a creamy, cheese-laced sauce. If that's not heaven, I don't know what it.
1 1/4 cups warm or hot low-sodium chicken stock or broth
1/4 tsp freshly cracked black pepper
1 lb whole-wheat linguine
1 1/2 cups shredded 2% milk sharp cheddar cheese
Categories
Main Course
Cuisine
American
Steps
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 9x9 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Bring a large stock pot filled with water to a rolling boil. Add a generous handful of salt. It should taste almost as salty as the sea.
Heat a large skillet with high sides (about two-three inches), to medium heat. Add one tablespoon of butter. Season chicken tenders generously with salt and pepepr on both sides. Once the butter has melted, add the chicken. Cook until seared on both sides and cooked through, about 2-3 minutes per side. Remove from the pan, cool and cut into bite-sized pieces.
Add the remaining two tablespoons butter to the pan. Add mushrooms, stir and then cook without touching for 2-3 minutes until brown. Stir with a wooden spoon and cook a little bit more until the other side is brown, about 1-2 minutes. Add onion and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Continue to cook until onion is soft and fragrant, another 2-3 minutes. Add garlic, stir and cook another minute.
Stir in dry sherry. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Simmer until reduced by half. Whisk in flour. Cook for one minute. Remove from the heat and slowly whisk in WARM chicken stock, making sure there are no lumps. Slowly whisk in milk, and remaining salt along with freshly cracked black pepper. Return to the heat, bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Simmer until thickened, about 5-7 minutes.
Once the sauce has simmered for a few minutes and has started to thicken, drop the pasta into the boiling water. Cook until just UNDER aldente. It should have a good bite to it. Drain.
When the sauce has thickened. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add the pasta, 1 cup of the shredded cheese and chopped chicken. Use tongs to combine everything together. Season to taste again with salt and pepper.
Transfer to prepared baking dish. Cover with remaining 1/2 cup of cheese. Bake uncovered until hot, bubbly and the cheese has melted, about 20 minutes. Let sit for 2-3 minutes before serving.
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 287 kcal
Carbohydrates: 12 g
Protein: 28 g
Fat: 12 g
Saturated Fat: 6 g
Cholesterol: 76 mg
Sodium: 901 mg
Sugar: 5 g
Reviews
Jason Sansbury on 2022-09-13 (1 stars): Nutritional information is WAY off. Calorie count should be double what this states.
Jason Sansbury on 2022-09-07 (1 stars): This dish likely tastes fine. But it would be hard to call it healthy. However, the nutritional information on this recipe is WAY, WAY off. Using MyFitnessPal and entering all the ingredients, the nutritional numbers are more like below:
Nutrition Facts
Servings 6.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 541
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 7 g 10 %
Saturated Fat 3 g 16 %
Monounsaturated Fat 1 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 60 mg 20 %
Sodium 820 mg 34 %
Potassium 553 mg 16 %
Total Carbohydrate 72 g 24 %
Dietary Fiber 4 g 18 %
Sugars 11 g
Protein 31 g 62 %
Vitamin A 4 %
Vitamin C 8 %
Calcium 4 %
Iron 20 %
Isaac Guindi on 2022-01-20 (5 stars): Thank you for this delicious recipe.
Rani K on 2021-11-17 (5 stars): This is an excellent recipe for a lighter version of a family fave chicken and pasta bake. I read the recipe a few times and don't see where the peas are added so for future readers, I added ½ cup frozen peas when I combined all the component together before baking. I never have sherry in the house but Chardonnay and sherry start with the same 'sh' sound. hahaha I used a chard b/c it's a more full-bodied and sweeter than a dry white and I like that flavor in this type of sauce. I don't eat pasta so this was a dish for The Fam but I couldn't resist and snuck a bite. It's mighty hard to resist!
loriO on 2020-12-22 (5 stars): Definitely one to add to your routine, not a fast recipe for a weeknight but worth it! the recipe makes enough so that if you are cooking for two you can get three good sized meals out of it. by the time I finished combining all the ingredients I had enough for a much larger pan.
Michele Shoemaker on 2020-04-01 (5 stars): Just made this for dinner!! It was so good and creamy.!!
Ghulam Mohyudin on 2020-03-26 (5 stars): It was perfect the first time. I learn so much from you as well! Keep it up great post.
