Grandma’s chicken spaghetti {Tallarines con pollo}
Homemade chicken spaghetti recipe prepared with chicken, onion, peppers, celery, garlic, tomato paste, chicken broth, olives, mushrooms and spices.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Fusion, International
Keyword Chicken spaghetti, Pasta
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 2 hourshours
Total Time 2 hourshours30 minutesminutes
Servings 8- 10
Ingredients
For the chicken:
1 4-5lbwhole chicken
1white oniondiced
2carrotspeeled and sliced
4celery stalkscut into slices
5garlic clovescrushed
10-12cupsof water
For the spaghetti:
2tbsolive oil
½white oniondiced
1green bell pepperdiced
3celery stalkssliced
1head of garliccrushed
46 ozcans of tomato paste
8cupschicken brothreserved from cooking the chicken
2cupssliced olives
2cupssliced mushrooms
1bay leaf
Dash of chili powderor more to taste
2 16 ozpack of spaghetti
Salt and pepper to taste
To serve:
Chopped scallionsfresh basil, and grated cheese (can use parmesan, mozzarella, cheddar, etc)
Instructions
For the chicken:
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.
Drain the chicken and reserve 8 cups of chicken broth for later use.
Debone the chicken, I got about 4 cups of chicken meat.
For the chicken spaghetti:
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.
Mix in the tomato paste and add the reserved chicken broth, bring to a boil.
Add the olives, mushrooms, bay leaf, chili powder and spaghetti.
Cook until the spaghetti is tender or done to desired level of tenderness, about 12-15 minutes.
Add the chicken meat and stir well, add salt and pepper to taste.
Serve with grated cheese, fresh basil and chopped scallions.
Notes
For a shortcut version of this recipe, you can use leftover or store bought shredded chicken with store bought chicken stock.