i'm making one of my favorite comfort food casseroles chicken spaghetti and it's my husband's favorite my kids favorite so it's going to work out well for me i start chicken spaghetti by boiling a chicken i just put a whole cut up chicken in a pot brought it to a boil then reduced the heat and simmered it for 25 minutes now the chicken is really tender it's falling off the bone so i'll let that cool for a second now for the casserole recipe i'll need some chicken broth so i just use the broth that was created by cooking the chicken this is such a simple dish and one of the things that makes this casserole so great is that it's easy to eat and part of the reason for that is i break the spaghetti into pieces so i just do it right over the pot and i cook the spaghetti right in the broth that i cook the chicken in so it gives the spaghetti great flavor this is about a pound of spaghetti pieces okay now while the spaghetti is cooking i'll get the chicken ready it's cool enough to handle so i'm just going to hold it over the bowl that i'll mix the casserole in take off the skin as i go and then i'm just grabbing the chicken and shredding it with my fingers i've got a diced onion and diced green and red bell pepper now most of this casserole recipe is from scratch but there's one ingredient i just can't reproduce and that's canned cream of mushroom soup so i'll just go ahead and add in the salt and pepper and then i add just a little bit of seasoned salt it gives it some great flavor just about a half a teaspoon or so now this is also optional but i like to give the chicken spaghetti a little kick and i add some cayenne pepper just probably four or five little sprinkles now i'll just give this a stir and i think the spaghetti should be ready by now so i'll just make it easy and just pull it right out save myself a long trip to the sink to drain this stuff got the spaghetti in there so i'll just give it a stir start introducing all the ingredients then the broth goes in i'll start with about a cup of the broth that i reserved and then at the very end i'll check and see what the consistency is like and i can always splash in more all right now i'm going to grate some cheese i use sharp cheddar cheese because it's particularly delicious in this casserole when it all melts and i'll just throw two cups right into the bowl with the spaghetti mixture okay now this is where i check the consistency and it does look like it needs a little more liquid because it's baking in the oven you want it to be a little bit liquidy when it goes in then it won't get thick and gloopy okay now i'll just pour it into a casserole dish all that yumminess in there and then i have more cheese left and it just goes over the top if this casserole is wrong i don't want to be right all right now this just needs to go into a 350 degree oven for about 35 or 40 minutes you guys hungry for lunch yes starbucks so who's the hungriest josh oh josh you're gonna get a big ol helpin here josh you can serve some salad