Dairy Princess Recipe: Chicken Tetrazzini

Hello, I am Denae Hershberger, and as the Pennsylvania Alternate Dairy Princess, I want to share a delicious dinner option for you.

Milk contains nine essential nutrients that assist in keeping the body working at full capacity. For instance, dairy is the number one source of calcium in the American diet; this calcium reduces the likelihood for stress fractures to occur and strengthens against osteoporosis development later in life!

This dish includes several of the dairy products that you need to obtain maximum health. It uses butter, sour cream, and two types of cheese.

Chicken Tetrazzini

16 oz. linguini, cooked

1/2 cup butter, softened

4 chicken breasts, cooked, diced or 2 cans chunk chicken breasts

2 cans cream of chicken soup

2 cups sour cream

1/2 tsp. pepper

1/2 cup chicken broth

2 Tbsp. parmesan cheese

2 cup shredded cheese, usually mozzarella

Cook noodles and set aside. In a medium bowl, combine butter, chicken, soup, sour cream, pepper, and broth. Mix well and then add cooked noodles. Spray a 9x13 pan and pour in the noodle mixture. Sprinkle cheeses on top. Cover with foil and bake at 300 degrees for 45 minutes. Remove foil and bake 15 more minutes.

*This makes a large meal. Cut all the ingredients in half for a smaller family.