Creamy Dreamy Chicken and Spirals Casserole

Name: Creamy Dreamy Chicken and Spirals Casserole
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons butter, melted; 10 buttery round crackers, crushed; 473 milliliters chopped cooked chicken; 227 grams package cream cheese, cubed; 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 3 pinches ground nutmeg; 414 milliliters milk; 2 Tbsps grated Parmesan cheese; 473 milliliters rotini pasta; 1 teaspoons salt; 710 milliliters shredded Cheddar cheese; 1 Tbsp spicy brown mustard; 59 milliliters white wine

Creamy Dreamy Chicken and Spirals Casserole might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 8 servings with 486 calories, 25g of protein, and 33g of fat each. A mixture of rotini pasta, cheddar cheese, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the ground nutmeg you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Nutmeg Cake as a dessert. It will be a hit at your Autumn event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly spray a 9x13-inch pan with cooking spray and set aside. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.

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Cooking Spray

Water

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Frying Pan

Pot

Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.

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Pasta

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat.

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Butter

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Sauce Pan

Add flour a tablespoon at a time and stir until smooth. Gradually stir in milk. Bring to a low boil, and cook for one minute, stirring constantly.

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All Purpose Flour

Milk

Remove from heat and stir in cheddar cheese until melted. Stir in cream cheese and until melted.

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Cheddar Cheese

Cream Cheese

Add wine, and season with mustard, nutmeg and salt.

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Mustard

Nutmeg

Salt

Wine

Pour cooked noodles in pan.

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Cooked Pasta

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Frying Pan

Layer chicken pieces over the noodles.

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Chicken Pieces

Pasta

Pour sauce over the chicken. In a small bowl, mix the cracker crumbs, parmesan cheese and butter, and sprinkle over the sauce.

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Parmesan

Cracker Crumbs

Whole Chicken

Butter

Sauce

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Bowl

Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until edges of casserole are bubbling.

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Remove from oven, and stir to thoroughly coat pasta and chicken and to keep top of casserole from hardening. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving.

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Whole Chicken

Pasta

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Oven