This Skinny Chicken Tetrazzini is a classic comfort food casserole dish! Filled with chicken, peas, mushrooms, and covered in a rich creamy cheese sauce!

Makes 8 (1 1/4 cup) servings

What is Chicken Tetrazzini?

This dish is named after the Italian opera star Luisa Tetrazzini-believed to have been invented circa 1908–1910 by Ernest Arbogast, the chef at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California. It is a dish consists of spaghetti covered with creamed chicken, mushrooms, Parmesan and Mozzarella cheese. I love bulking this dish up by adding mushrooms and gives this dish some added color. 

What makes this a Skinny Chicken Tetrazzini?

The key to keeping this recipe low in points is using the Barilla Protein Plus Spaghetti. It’s packed with protein and lower in points than most regular pasta noodles.

Most Chicken Tetrazzini recipes are loaded with full fat sour cream and full fat cheese to create a creamy base sauce for this dish. I use non fat plain yogurt in the cream sauce which makes this sauce lower in points and adds more protein to the recipe. If you aren’t a huge fan of Greek yogurt- don’t worry-you will not even know it’s in the sauce. You can’t even taste it with all the other delicious flavors that the dish has in it. 

 The sherry cooking wine adds a distinct ( somewhat nutty & sweet) flavor to this dish. However, you can substitute that for 1 Tbsp of light butter to cook the mushrooms in or if you choose you can omit the mushrooms altogether.

How do I make this Skinny Chicken Tetrazzini?

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Cook pasta as directed on back of the package for only 10 minutes. Drain. Set aside.

Meanwhile, cook sliced mushrooms with 2 Tbsp sherry cooking wine or light butter in a skillet on medium heat for 2 minutes.

Remove from heat, and set aside. 

In a large mixing bowl bowl combine, nonfat plain yogurt, garlic powder, Parmesan cheese, cream of mushroom or chicken soup, 

chicken broth, salt and pepper.

Mix until well combined. Fold in cooked chicken, cooked mushrooms,

and thawed peas. Toss until well combined. 

Gently add the cooked spaghetti 

and stir until well combined.

Spray a 13×9 baking dish with non stick cooking spray. 

Sprinkle mozzarella cheese evenly on top of pasta.

Bake for 25-30 minutes or until bubbly. 

 

Ingredients:

• 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast or rotisserie chicken, cooked, shredded or cut into bite size pieces
• 12 oz. Barilla protein plus spaghetti or 12 oz. Barilla whole wheat spaghetti– if you have whole grain pasta as a zero point food item
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp salt 
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 8 oz. sliced mushrooms, optional
• 1 ( 10 1/2 oz.) can Healthy Request cream of mushroom soup or cream of chicken soup
• 1 cup low sodium chicken broth
• 2 Tbsp sherry cooking wine or light butter 
• 1 cup non fat plain or Greek yogurt 
• 2 cups frozen peas, thawed
• 1/2 cup light shredded mozzarella cheese ( I use Market Pantry from Target) 
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cook pasta as directed on back of the package for only 10 minutes. Drain. Set aside.
3. Meanwhile, cook sliced mushrooms with 2 Tbsp sherry cooking wine or light butter in a skillet on medium heat for 2 minutes. Remove from heat, and set aside. 
4. In a large mixing bowl bowl combine, nonfat plain yogurt, garlic powder,Parmesan cheese, cream of mushroom or chicken soup, chicken broth, salt and pepper.
5. Mix until well combined. Fold in cooked chicken, cooked mushrooms, thawed peas. Toss until well combined. 
6. Gently add the cooked spaghetti and stir until well combined.
7. Spray a 13×9 baking dish with non stick cooking spray. 
8. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese evenly on top of pasta.
9. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until bubbly. 

Makes 8 (1 and 1/4 cup) servings

5-6 Points® per serving depending on what brand of pasta you use.

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