Ranch Tetrazzini Food

TURKEY TETRAZZINI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat and add the garlic.
• Throw in the mushrooms, wine, salt and pepper, and cook them, stirring occasionally, until the liquid reduces by half, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Sprinkle the flour all over, then stir to combine.
• Pour in the broth, stir and continue to cook until the sauce is nice and thick, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add the cream cheese and stir until it mixes in. (Don't worry if it seems a little lumpy at first. That will go away!)
• Add the turkey, peas, Monterey Jack, olives, Parmesan and bacon.
• Stir until everything is well combined, then add salt and pepper to taste.
• Add the spaghetti and stir to combine. If the mixture is too thick, splash in 1/2 cup of broth.
• Pour the whole shebang into a large casserole dish and even out the surface.
• Sprinkle on the panko breadcrumbs and bake it until the crumbs are golden brown and the casserole is bubbly, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Serve it to hearty appetites!

CHICKEN TETRAZZINI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Spread 1 tablespoon of butter over a 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking dish. Melt 1 tablespoon each of butter and oil in a deep large nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Add the chicken to the hot pan and cook until pale golden and just cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer the chicken to a plate to cool slightly. Coarsely shred the chicken into bite-size pieces and into a large bowl.
• Meanwhile, add 1 tablespoon each of butter and oil to the same pan. Add the mushrooms and saute over medium-high heat until the liquid from the mushrooms evaporates and the mushrooms become pale golden, about 12 minutes. Add the onion, garlic, and thyme, and saute until the onion is translucent, about 8 minutes. Add the wine and simmer until it evaporates, about 2 minutes. Transfer the mushroom mixture to the bowl with the chicken.
• Melt 3 more tablespoons butter in the same pan over medium-low heat. Add the flour and whisk for 2 minutes. Whisk in the milk, cream, broth, nutmeg, remaining 1 3/4 teaspoons salt, and remaining 3/4 teaspoon pepper. Increase the heat to high. Cover and bring to a boil. Simmer, uncovered, until the sauce thickens slightly, whisking often, about 10 minutes.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the linguine and cook until it is tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 9 minutes. Drain. Add the linguine, sauce, peas, and parsley to the chicken mixture. Toss until the sauce coats the pasta and the mixture is well blended.
• Transfer the pasta mixture to the prepared baking dish. Stir the cheese and breadcrumbs in a small bowl to blend. Sprinkle the cheese mixture over the pasta. Dot with the remaining 3 tablespoons of butter. Bake, uncovered, until golden brown on top and the sauce bubbles, about 25 minutes.

DUTCH MEAT CROQUETTES

Steps:

• Saute onion in butter (or broth) until tender.
• Add crumbs (or bread or mashed potatoes) to onion.
• Add seasonings, aroma and parsley to mixture.
• Add meat.
• Add broth or water if too dry.
• The mixture should be firm and stick together to form and hold shape.
• Form into 8 cylinder, balls, or pattie shaped croquettes.
• Coat with bread crumbs, then dip in the egg white, then in the bread crumbs again.
• Cook quickly in preheated hot oil until the outside is brown and the croquette is heated/cooked throughout.
• Serve hot with french fries and salad.

RANCH TETRAZZINI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix spaghetti, chicken, broth, soup and ranch mix in a 2 quart casserole dish.
• Sprinkle cheese and bread crumbs over the top.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

SEAFOOD TETRAZZINI

Steps:

• In a 3-quart saucepan, melt butter or margarine; add onion, green pepper and mushrooms. Cook over medium heat until onion is soft; stir in flour, salt and pepper.
• Add cream of shrimp soup and then add milk gradually; cook stirring constantly until thickened.
• Stir in cheese, lemon juice, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and liquid from mushrooms; cook until cheese melts.
• Break lobster and crab into pieces. Add lobster, crab and shrimp to sauce.
• Meanwhile, cook spaghetti according to package directions and drain.
• Pour cooked pasta into a shallow ovenproof casserole dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
• Pour seafood mixture over pasta. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
• Bake at 350° 15 minutes, then put under the broiler until the cheese browns slightly.

CHICKEN CAESAR TETRAZZINI

Steps:

• Cook spaghetti according to package directions.
• (I cut out a step here and just mix it all in the cassarole dish).
• Drain and combine with chicken, broth, dressing and mushrooms in a large mixing bowl.
• Place mixture in a 2-quart cassarole.
• Mix together parmesan cheese and bread crumbs; sprinkle over spaghetti mixture.
• Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until cassarole is hot and bubbly.

VEGGIE TETRAZZINI

Steps:

• Cook spaghetti until al dente and drain.
• While spaghetti is cooking, saute the veggies and vegan chik'n in olive oil until tender.
• While veggies are cooking bring broth to a boil, wisk in flour (I usually turn the flour into a slurry first to avoid lumps) add the vegan cream cheese and nutrional yeast. Stir and heat throughly. Salt and pepper to taste.
• When everything is all cooked, stir everything together and pack into a greased 9x9 pan.
• Bake for 25 minutes.
• Let cool for 5-10 minutes to set up.
• Enjoy with some garlic bread!