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Chicken & mushroom pasta bake (Spaghetti tetrazzini)
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Chicken & mushroom pasta bake (Spaghetti tetrazzini)

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Chicken & mushroom pasta bake (Spaghetti tetrazzini)

I remember meeting a lovely old couple outside my parents' pub and when they heard I was going to Italy they told me to make sure I cooked turkey tetrazzini – I hadn't a clue what they were talking about and then, by chance, I saw a recipe for chicken tetrazzini in an old Italian cookbook and it's great – really tacky but gorgeous! Here's my version...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

518
Calories
46g
Protein
31g
Fat
11g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Parmesan Cheese 1 oz (28g) 110
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Mushrooms 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Porcini not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 20 g dried porcini mushrooms
  • olive oil
  • 4 higher-welfare chicken thighs, boned, skinned and cut into bite-sized pieces
  • sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely sliced
  • 350 g mixed fresh mushrooms, cleaned and torn
  • 200 ml white wine
  • 320 g dried spaghetti
  • 300 ml single cream
  • 150 g Parmesan cheese, grated
  • 1 sprig of fresh basil, leaves picked

Directions

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By jamieoliver · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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