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Pantry Chicken Spaghetti

Pantry Chicken Spaghetti on a plate with garlic toast.

This Pantry Chicken Spaghetti is a great meal to prepare for your family and all the ingredients can be kept in the pantry. It is creamy and full of flavor and your family will love it . This is a great quick dish if you are in a pinch or trying to clean out your pantry.  Necessity is the mother of invention and I have learned  to keep my pantry stocked and know how to use the goods when needed.  Living on the Gulf Coast my entire life and having survived a few natural disasters has taught me a lot.  I always keep a rotating stock of canned goods of all varieties . This Pantry Chicken Spaghetti is a great example but another is my basic Tuna Casserole .

What is great about making meals from your pantry is you can change things up a bit. This recipe calls for Rotel tomatoes but if you don’t like the spice replace it with a can of diced tomatoes. Also the creamed soup combination can be changed up to what you have on hand.  Mushrooms are always optional , we all love them in my family and I always have them in my pantry.  This is also a great dish to make if you have leftover chicken that needs used.

Pantry Chicken Spaghetti on a plate with garlic toast.

As you can see these ingredients are all canned and everything  here I generally always have in my pantry. Other items I always have in my pantry are:

  • Canned meats like tuna and salmon
  • Peanut Butter or other nut butters
  • Canned vegetables and tomatoes
  • Boxed pasta dishes
  • crackers
  • variety of pastas
  • variety of soups
  • canned and dry beans
  • powdered and canned milk

Pantry ingredients

Start by boiling your pasta according to the packages directions .

cooked spaghetti

While the pasta is boiling in a medium pan on low heat combine the soups, rotel, chicken and mushrooms. Then stir in spices .

Combined soups and spices

Continue to warm until the noodles are done.

Allowing soup combination to warm

Stir in hot pasta .

Chicken Spaghetti combined in pot

Serve with what you may have on hand. I made garlic toast from sandwich bread. Canned vegetables are another great option for serving.

Chicken Spaghetti on a plate next to the pot

Pantry Chicken Spaghetti

This Pantry Chicken Spaghetti is a great family meal prepared with only pantry items. Perfect for anytime but also for emergency situations.
4.07 from 45 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories

Ingredients
  

  • 12.5 oz Canned Chicken -drained *see notes
  • 10.5 oz Cheddar Cheese Soup
  • 10.5 oz Cream of Mushroom Soup
  • 10 oz Rotel Tomato-undrained
  • 4 oz Canned Mushrooms optional
  • 1 Teaspoons Italian Seasoning
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Garlic Powder
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Onion Powder
  • 12 oz package Spaghetti

Instructions
 

  • Cook Spaghetti according to packages directions
  • While Pasta is cooking in a medium pot combine soups, Rotel tomatoes, mushrooms, chicken and seasoning over low heat until combined
  • Mix in hot drained pasta to the soup mixture

Notes

Serve with what you have on hand like a canned vegetable 
Garlic toast made with sandwich bread
I developed this recipe during a shut down and was trying to cook with items on hand. The canned chicken can be replaced with a couple cups of cooked and shredded chicken. 
Keyword chicken spaghetti, easy chicken spaghetti, easy recipes, pantry recipes
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IFortuna
IFortuna
4 years ago

Canned chicken is good for this recipe. We always have soup in our house so this is an easy time saving recipe and delicious. Thanks for posting.

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Scott Feston
Scott Feston
3 years ago

Just noticed that in the written instructions it does not say to add the chicken.

Instructions

1. Cook Spaghetti according to packages directions
2. While Pasta is cooking in a medium pot combine soups, Rotel tomatoes, mushrooms and seasoning
over low heat until combined
3. Mix in hot drained pasta to the soup mixture

Terry
Terry
2 years ago
Reply to  Scott Feston

Lollollollol guess it was assumed we all would know. There is nothing like leaving out the main item in a recipe especially when it’s in the title. Like oatmeal cookies….. I was 9 when that happened.

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Chelsea
Chelsea
3 years ago

The only cheese I have is nacho cheddar cheese would that be ok?

Sidney
Sidney
2 years ago

I’d never used cheese soup. Velveeta is the key to good chicken spaghetti. I think it’s better to
Leave out the Italian seasoning, too. Then you have perfect chicken spaghetti.

Andrea Pratt
Andrea Pratt
2 years ago

I plan on using Rotisserie Chicken in this recipe.

Laura
Laura
1 year ago

5 stars
Thanks for this good and easy recipe. Followed the recipe as written, and my husband, two kids and I really liked it. I had a salad and breadsticks with it, and I think it was about $10 give or take for the whole meal, so I thought that was pretty good. Will make this again. Thank you!

name*
name*
8 months ago

4 stars
So simple and really good! Added some breadsticks for the perfect meal!

Colleen K Mc Clelland
Colleen K Mc Clelland
2 months ago

This may be a great recipe but I’m salt restricted so I try to avoid canned soups because of their high sodium content.