Chicken or Turkey Tetrazzini

Ingredients:

Topping Ingredients:
½ c. Italian bread crumbs
½ stick butter
Topping Directions:
Melt butter in sauce pan and add bread crumbs.  Cook and stir over medium heat until crumbs have absorbed the butter.  Add more crumbs if necessary, you want the crumbs for topping so they should not be soupy, they should be slightly dry but still hold together.  When finished, set aside and continue with recipe. 

 Ingredients:
1 ½ lbs chicken or turkey breast
3 cans chicken or turkey broth
1 lb fresh mushrooms
1 lb spaghetti
1½ sticks butter
8 T. flour
1 c. white wine
1 c. heavy whipping cream
Parmesan cheese
Sea salt and pepper

Directions:

Wash chicken or turkey pieces thoroughly and place in Dutch oven or other large pot.  Cover with broth.  Add or additional broth if not enough to cover breast pieces.  Bring to a boil, then lower heat and cook for about 20 minutes or until breast pieces are done and fork tender. 

While cooking, wash and slice mushrooms; set aside.  When poultry is done cooking, remove from broth and set aside to cool, cover with foil to keep moist.  Do not discard broth.

Cook spaghetti. 

While spaghetti is cooking, melt 2 T butter in large skillet and add mushrooms.  Sauté lightly; do not overcook.   Drain excess liquid and set aside.

In saucepan, melt remaining butter.  Remove from heat and add flour.  Stir with fork or whisk to dissolve flour so that a smooth paste forms.  Add to this 3 cups of the reserved stock from cooking the chicken or turkey.  Add slowly without putting over heat, stirring carefully after each addition of liquid to prevent lumps from forming.  Return to heat and cook and stir until sauce begins to boil and thicken (5-8 minutes).  Add wine, heavy cream and mushrooms.  Cook another 3-5 minutes on medium heat, stir with wooden spoon to prevent sticking.  When nice and thick, remove from heat and stir in ¼ c. Parmesan cheese.  Stir to melt cheese and set aside.

Drain cooked spaghetti and place in 9x13 glass baking dish.  Sprinkle liberally with parmesan cheese and stir to spread evenly.  Remove chicken or turkey from bones and chop into bite-size pieces.  Spread over spaghetti.  Pour sauce over spaghetti.  Top with prepared bread crumbs.

Bake uncovered for 15-18 minutes at 350 degrees or until nice and bubbly. 

Serve with green salad or scalloped apples, a crusty bread and white wine.