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Grandma’s chicken spaghetti {Tallarines con pollo}
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Grandma’s chicken spaghetti {Tallarines con pollo}

Grandma’s chicken spaghetti combines tender chicken cooked in a homemade broth with spaghetti, olives, mushrooms, and a tomato-based sauce flavored with onions, peppers, celery, and chili powder. The dish is cooked in one pot until the pasta is tender and is served garnished with grated cheese, fresh basil, and scallions for added aroma and taste.

Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
2 hrs
Total Time
2 hrs 30 mins
Servings: 8 - 10
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Fusion, American, International

Ingredients

For the chicken:
  • 1 4-5 lb chicken whole
  • 1 white onion diced
  • 2 carrot peeled and sliced
  • 4 celery cut into slices, stalks
  • 5 garlic crushed, cloves
  • 10-12 cups of water
For the spaghetti:
  • 2 tbs olive oil
  • ½ white onion diced
  • 1 green bell pepper diced
  • 3 celery sliced, stalks
  • 1 garlic crushed, head
  • 4 oz tomato paste canned
  • 8 cups chicken broth reserved from cooking the chicken
  • 2 cups olives sliced
  • 2 cups mushroom sliced
  • 1 bay leaf
  • chili powder or more to taste, dash
  • 2 oz spaghetti
  • black pepper to taste
  • salt to taste
To serve:
  • scallions fresh basil, and grated cheese (can use parmesan, mozzarella, cheddar, etc, chopped

Instructions

For the chicken:
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  1. Place the whole chicken, onions, carrots, celery, garlic, salt, pepper and water in a large stockpot and bring to a boil, cook until the chicken is tender.
  2. Drain the chicken and reserve 8 cups of chicken broth for later use.
  3. Debone the chicken, I got about 4 cups of chicken meat.
For the chicken spaghetti:
  1. Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a large stockpot; add the onions, green pepper, celery and garlic. Cook until the onions soften, about 5 minutes.
  2. Mix in the tomato paste and add the reserved chicken broth, bring to a boil.
  3. Add the olives, mushrooms, bay leaf, chili powder and spaghetti.
  4. Cook until the spaghetti is tender or done to desired level of tenderness, about 12-15 minutes.
  5. Add the chicken meat and stir well, add salt and pepper to taste.
  6. Serve with grated cheese, fresh basil and chopped scallions.

Notes

  • Use leftover or store-bought shredded chicken and prepared chicken stock to save time.