This is one recipe for those weight watchers. This easy chicken tetrazzini recipe is less on calories but big in flavor. Try this when you want a main dish that is delicious and light.

When you’re craving pasta but don’t want a meal that will put you to sleep, make this high-protein recipe. It’s creamy, tasty, and extremely easy! Serve this pasta dish with some glazed carrots for a healthy dinner.

A generous portion of tetrazzini served on a green plate, surrounded by a plaid tea towel and salt and pepper shakers

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What Is Tetrazzini?

There are a bunch of different ways to make tetrazzini. Most recipes are made with diced chicken or seafood that’s combined with thin pasta and tossed in a rich cream sauce.

This recipe is one you can make for the entire family and customize to match your family’s tastes. Diced chicken thighs, alfredo sauce, sherry, and delicate vermicelli noodles are baked to perfection. The result is a hearty and comforting dinner everyone loves.

This is the perfect way to use leftover lemon chicken, too!

Aerial view of tetrazzini past served in a mint green pasta bowl

Kitchen Tools

These are the kitchen tools and gadgets you’ll be using:

Ingredients

This is what you’ll need from the store. The exact amounts are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.

Chopped cooked chicken
Parmesan cheese
Cream of mushroom soup undiluted, 10 3/4-ounce
Vermicelli, cooked
Refrigerated Alfredo sauce, 10-ounce
Freshly ground pepper
Sliced mushrooms, drained
Dry sherry
Slivered almonds toasted
Chicken broth

Step By Step Pictures

Here are the photos showing you how I made this creamy chicken casserole. I’ll share some tips a little further below.

Adding creamy soup to chicken to make tetrazzini pasta

Dice The Chicken Into Small Pieces

The first step is to mix the chicken, sauce, creamed soup, and other ingredients in a bowl together. Before you do that, make sure the chicken is cut up into bite-sized pieces. Use a chopper or kitchen shears to make this go faster and easier.

This is a fantastic way to use leftover cooked chicken from earlier in the week. Or speed up the prep time and chop up

Mixing the ingredients to make tetrazzini pasta

Make Fresh Chicken

The easiest way to make this recipe is to use rotisserie chicken. However, you can also bake your own – we recommend using boneless, skinless chicken thighs and covering them in olive oil and baking in 400 degrees for about 30 minutes.

This will make them juicy and tender, and you can shred/cut it into small pieces for the tetrazzini.

Adding tetrazzini into a large baking dish for baking

Grease the Baking Dish

This recipe is very cheasy and uses lots of dairy, so make sure that you grease the dish. Otherwise, it might stick and give you a hard time when you clean it.

Best Pasta for Tetrazzini

In the recipe, we indicate vermicelli noodles, which is a very thin pasta. Alternatively, you can also use angel food hair or other thin noodles. In fact, for our photos, we decided to go with rice vermicelli, which is most commonly used in Asian cuisine but worked splendidly with this recipe!

Make It Extra Cheesy

Feel free to add more cheese than indicated, including your favorite hard cheeses (just make sure that it’s shredded), like extra cheddar.

Storing It

The great thing about this recipe is that it makes a lot – so it’s great for leftovers. Once the dish has cooled down, scoop it into an airtight food container and refrigerate for up to 3 days.

A fork goes straight into a helping of tetrazzini pasta bake

What To Eat With Tetrazzini

Serve this creamy chicken noodle casserole with your favorite sides. It’ll taste delicious with some mashed sweet potatoes, green bean salad, and oven roasted asparagus. Then, add some dinner rolls to the table and dinner is ready!

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