I have been wanting to make this recipe for quite sometime. You know I’ve only ever had Chicken Spaghetti once in my life and that was in college . We went to my roommate Kelly’s cousin’s house and her mom made it. I remember it being delicious! So, as I was perusing the Pioneer Woman’s website I came across not one but TWO Chicken Spaghetti recipes. I passed on the one with mushrooms and olives because…I’m not really a fan of either of those and went with this recipe.
Since this recipe involves cooking a whole chicken and then picking the meat off the bones, I decided I should make this over the weekend…until I read that it freezes beautifully at the end of her post. Loved this!!
The recipes calls for a whole fryer, and since I’d been thinking about making this, I already had one in the freezer…go me! I followed the Pioneer Woman’s recipe to a T and have decided next time I am going to do things a little differently. First of all…the pimentos, I’m not really a fan but they didn’t really do anything for me in this recipe. Also, I like my food more on the spicy side so when she said 1/8 – 1/4 teaspoon of crushed red pepper, I went with the 1/4 teaspoon and I barely tasted it. So, the things I would change up next time would be, ditch the pimento, the green bell pepper and crushed red pepper and replaced them with a can of Rotel, drained. I think that would make it spicier and cut down on the chopping time, so win-win! 
In an attempt to make it somewhat healthier, I opted for whole wheat spaghetti instead of regular spaghetti noodles.
Don’t get me wrong, aside from my complaint that this dish had little to no spice, I thought it was delicious and got rave reviews from my taste testers. Thanks Beth & Brent!
Before putting it in the oven to cook, I decided to put one serving in a dish and freeze it and see what happened. I always forget how slowly things defrost. It’s amazing the freeze in no time but take hours to thaw! Once it had defrosted, I topped it with cheese and cooked it. It turned out just as great as if it hadn’t been ever been frozen. So this would be a great prepare ahead meal that could be kept in the freezer.
I have also taken this to lunch and reheated it and it is still delicious! Following the recipe this would easily make 6 servings, maybe even 7. Do have a Chicken Spaghetti recipe? If so post it below, I want to see!
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