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CREAMY CHICKEN SPAGHETTI CASSEROLE Delicious Easy Weeknight Meal
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Recipe: https://catherinesplates.com/monterey-chicken-spaghetti-casserole/
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Hello everyone. Welcome back. Today we
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are going to make creamy chicken and
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spaghetti casserole that's going to have
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a Monterey flare to it. It is really
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easy to put together. It's very tasty.
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Your family or even just yourself will
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love this recipe. We're starting in a
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large pot and I'm just bringing water to
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a boil. We're going to salt that. give
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it some flavor so we can flavor the
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spaghetti.
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About one tablespoon cuz we got a lot of
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spaghetti going in.
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16 oz.
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And while that's cooking, we got other
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things that we can get ready because
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this is all going to happen together.
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So, we're going to be multitasking. Push
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all that in. Stir it around a little bit
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to keep it from sticking. We're going to
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cook this per the directions on the back
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of the package till it's all dente
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because it will finish cooking in the
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oven as a casserole. All right, you
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guys. This will take, as it says, 10 to
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11 minutes. Another component to this
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dish is a fully cooked chicken. You want
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about three cups if you can get that.
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I'm using a rotisserie chicken cuz it's
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fully cooked. It's got nice flavor to
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it. This is a mosquite flavor. So, I'm
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just going to go ahead and take this
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out. I've had it in the refrigerator for
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a little bit, so it is kind of jellied
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in there. Now, I'm not going to let you
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watch this whole thing, but I'm going to
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take this chicken and we're going to
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shred it, dice it, whatever you can get.
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Now, what's great about this recipe is
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you don't have to use a rotisserie
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chicken. You can bake your chicken. You
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can boil your chicken. You can cook it
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in the crock pot the day before or the
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morning before. Have it ready. Shred it
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and dice it. Whatever you want. Just
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give it some flavor, you guys. That's
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all I'm asking. All right, here we go. I
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have it all chopped up. I chopped it up
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pretty small. That way it can distribute
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throughout the casserole pretty well and
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everybody gets chicken. All right, let's
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talk about the next component, which is
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spinach.
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Now I am using one box which is 10
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ounces of frozen chopped spinach. I
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thawed this out in my refrigerator and
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then I drained it really well. I just
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wrapped some paper towels around the
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spinach, squeezed it out really well and
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then that way I have nice chopped
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spinach here. You don't want it wet
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because it'll drown out your casserole.
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So this will be just perfect right here.
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In a large mixing bowl, we're going to
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place our cooked diced chicken.
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We're going to add in our drained
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chopped spinach.
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We're going to add in two cans of cream
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of chicken soup. These are 10 oz each.
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One and two. Get those in.
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We're going to add in 16 oz sour cream.
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Sour cream will add a nice tanginess to
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the dish. Use my can scraper here.
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There we go. All right, you guys.
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I did grate up 16 ounces of Monterey
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Jack cheese.
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Y'all just didn't see that part cuz I
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did not videotape it.
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Anyway, this is what it looks like. I
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gave it a little taste, which I'm going
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to do again. Why not?
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It's nice and creamy. I love the flavor
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of it. So, what we're going to do is put
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half of that into our mixing bowl with
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the soup, sour cream, spinach, and the
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chicken. All right, just half because we
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are going to use the other half for the
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top of the casserole. Oh, look at that.
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Doesn't that look delicious?
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Set that off to the side.
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All right, we're going to add in a few
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teaspoons of minced garlic or whatever
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you like. Right into the bowl, y'all.
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This is a great bowl right here.
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We're putting it all in there. We're
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going to open up one can of diced
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tomatoes with green chilies. I'm only
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going to use half of this. This is a 10
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oz can, but I'm going to use 5 oz. Now,
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generally I put in like roasted red bell
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peppers and dice them up. Or you can put
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in sundried tomatoes and dice those up.
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I don't have either one,
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but I am going to do this here. It's
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going to add a little flavor to it with
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the green chilies. You don't have to do
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that. There we go. Right there. I'm
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going to drain this because I don't want
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all that juice in there. Let's put some
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of those in there.
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It'll be like adding the sundried
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tomatoes or the roasted red bell
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peppers, which I really love in this
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dish. We're going to put a crazy amount
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of black pepper or whatever you like.
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I'm just going to cover the top a little
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bit here with it.
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Here we go. This is one of my favorite
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dishes to make
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and pass off half of this to Joseph.
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Now, his wife has never had this recipe
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before, so they're going to enjoy half
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of this together because half of this is
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going to stay here in the house. But
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we'll take it over to them, leave it at
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their doorfront. We're going to give
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this a good mix until it's well combined
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and well distributed. All those
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ingredients in there. I made this for
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you guys three years ago. I looked it
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up. I'm like, "Oh, there it was." It's
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been a while.
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Okay. When you see those colors do that,
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you see when you put the red in there
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with the green. Yeah,
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it's really nice looking.
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I'm going to bring over my cooked
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drained spaghetti. I just used my
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strainer here that attaches to my pot.
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And then what you want to do,
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add this mixture into our spaghetti.
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It'll be easier that way.
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And then we'll mix it all together.
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We still got some stuff to do. The easy
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stuff, you guys. You can't tell me this
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wasn't easy, right?
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Get that all blended together.
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Dig deep. Pull up. Yeah.
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If you have any questions about this
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recipe, you can go to my recipe blog,
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katherine'splates.com,
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and you can find the recipe there for
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this.
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I'll bring it up there for you. There's
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also an older video that's linked to it
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also. All right, you guys, go bring over
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your 9 by13 baking dish. Make sure it's
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deep enough.
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Spray it first. Woo! Let's do that so
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the spaghetti doesn't stick. found a way
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to make it all natural. You guys use
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these bottles right here. In my recipe
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blog, kathern'splates.com, I do have a
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link to my Amazon store where you can
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find all of these tools and dishes and
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pots and anything else that I use. I'm
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just going to take a brush and get that
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all up in there.
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I don't want to spray it too much. My
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dog's down there on the floor licking
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everything.
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Does that surprise you with a beagle?
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All right, let's fill it up. There's my
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oven preheated. We'll talk about that
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here in just a minute.
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There we go.
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All right.
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Oh my goodness.
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Spread it out nice and even.
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You know what they say, nice and even.
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And it cooks nice and even, right? Oh,
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look at that spaghetti in there. Yeah,
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Joseph's going to be very happy.
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I hope Megan will be, too.
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I make them lots of things.
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And Rihanna, too.
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We're going to take the remaining eight
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ounces of that shredded Monterey Jack
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cheese. Place it right on top. Nice and
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evenly.
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You can't beat shredding your own
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cheese. However you do it, shred your
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own.
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It melts beautifully. Gives it a nice
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color.
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All right. I have one more ingredient.
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Y'all know what it is.
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French's fried onions. These are crispy
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fried onions.
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I'm going to add a nice flavor and
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texture to the dish. All right, you
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guys.
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There we go. Salty goodness. I can smell
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the garlic in there. And it smells
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delicious.
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All right, we're just going to put these
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right across the top.
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All right, that looks good.
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M. All right, we're going to place this
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in the oven that I've preheated at 350°.
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We're going to bake this between 40 to
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50 minutes till that cheese is nice and
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melted and kind of a golden color.
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Everything is heated through. I'll be
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back. I'm going to serve this up. Give
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it a try for you
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y'all. Look at that. Oh my gosh. Doesn't
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that look delicious? That cheese is nice
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and melted, golden brown across the top.
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And the little onions nice and crispy.
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Mhm. We're going to decorate this a
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little bit with some You can put chives,
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green onions, some fresh parsley,
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whatever you got to give it a pop of
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color.
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And then we're going to dive in. That
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green onion, another layer of flavor on
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there. All right, you guys. Let's grab a
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spoon.
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Oh,
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look in there.
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This is our easy weekn night meal. What
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do you think? My creamy chicken
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spaghetti with a Monterey flare
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casserole.
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All right, I'm super excited. Here's my
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bite.
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I love that cheese on top.
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Got some hidden vegetables in there.
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That spinach.
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Woo! Those things stay crunchy, too.
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All right, you guys.
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Let me know what you think.
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