Chicken Tetrazini

You're frantically searching through the pantry, fridge, and freezer. You have ingredients but nothing that looks like it could actually create anything your family will actually eat.... then through the mist emerges..... Chicken Tetrazini. Yay! It saved the day! Dinner without the last minute scramble to the grocery store. Victory!

This recipe comes from my mother in-law who always has good "whatever you got will do" kind of recipes and honestly, those are my favorite because I hate running to the grocery after all the other running I do all day.

Ingredients

• 5 Chicken Breasts (or Tyson Grilled N'Ready Chicken or left over chicken from a previous meal)
• 1 Can Cream of Mushroom Soup
• 2 Cans Cream of Chicken Soup
• 1 Cup Chicken Broth
• 1 Tablespoon Curry Powder (I promise, even my friends who hate Curry love this recipe)
• 1 Package of Spaghetti (or thin spaghetti or angel hair or whatever long pasta you have just sitting around)
• 2 Cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees
• Boil Chicken and cut-up (or if it's Tyson Grilled N'Ready just throw it in the skillet for a few minutes)
• Combine soups and curry powder in medium saucepan and heat on medium-low
• Prepare pasta according to package directions
• Put cooked pasta in baking dish, cover with chicken, and pour soups over the entire thing
• Top with cheese and bake for 20 minutes uncovered

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Chicken Tater Bake

If planned correctly this meal can be made for super-duper cheap. I will usually make this the day after we have fried chicken so I can use the left-overs or I will buy a rotisserie chicken from Wal-Mart because they are also pretty cheap. If all of those avenues are unavailable then I use the Tyson Grill'N Ready Chicken (or whatever its called, it's just cooked, frozen chicken). I actually have this in the oven as I am typing this. :)

Ingredients

• 1 Can Cream of Chicken
• 1/8 Cup Butter
• 3/4 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
• 1/4 Cup Milk
• 1 1/2 Cups Cubed Cooked Chicken
• 1 Package of Frozen Tater Tots

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees 
• Combine soup, milk, and butter in saucepan. Cook over medium heat until heated through
• Stir in chicken and 1/2 cup cheese
• Transfer to a greased 8" square baking dish, top with tater tots and sprinkle with remaining cheese
• Cover and bake for 35 minutes
• Uncover; bake 5 to 10 minutes longer

Tara's Sidenote: Stretch this sucker as far as possible. If you serve it over rice then you can seriously get 2 days of meals out of it. I know what you're thinking, "Rice with tater tots? Come on Tara that's just crazy talk." Just trust me, Shae loves it with the rice and so do the kids. I of course love it because the whole meal together has usually cost me maybe $5.

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