Creamy Chicken & Noodles

I found this recipe via Campbell's website. It's really simple and easy to make but I amped it up by adding a couple of my own ingredients (I can't handle following recipes exactly :-P).

All you really need for this recipe is chicken, noodles, soup, cheese and about 30 minutes.

What you will need:

about 30 minutes
1 10 and 3/4 oz cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup of milk does not matter what fat content
1/8 tsp black pepper (I used 1/4 tsp)
1/3 cup fresh Parmesan cheese grated (I used about a cup)
2 cups cubed cooked chicken or turkey breast meat (you can use more if you like or less)
1/3 of a 12 oz package of egg noodles but I think you could use whatever noodles you would like
one small onion
5 cloves of garlic
garlic salt
black pepper
salt
olive oil
Fresh Button Mushrooms (optional, I was told that it needed mushrooms)
If you decide to add mushrooms I would half them or quarter them then lightly saute in some butter and garlic.

Tools:
large pot to boil noodles and mix ingredients (just have one pot and I recommend non-stick)
cutting board
large kitchen knife
measuring cup and measuring spoons
strainer
a medium saute pan
micro planer or a fine cheese grater
mixing spoon

For this recipe I recommend good mise en place which mean to have everything in it's place and ready to go. In other words have your :
onion diced into quarter inch pieces
dice your garlic
 grate your cheese
 get your pot of water ready on the stove with salt to taste (this is your only opportunity to flavor your noodles)
 and finally dice your chicken into bite sized pieces.

Have your water started for your noodles and put your saute pan on the burner a little higher up than medium. If it's an electric stove, mine is about a six.

Let the pan heat up for about a minute and add about a TBLS of olive oil to cook the chicken in. Lightly season the chicken with the garlic salt and pepper. Your chicken will cook about 5-10 minutes or at least till there is no pink in the middle and the temp is 165.

While your chicken was cooking you should've had time to add your noodles in. Egg noodle's take about 7-8 minutes to cook but check the makers instructions first.

Set your chicken aside in a bowl or plate and wipe the pan out with paper towels. Place the pan back on the heat add about another TBLS or two of olive oil and add chopped onions. Don't add the garlic yet it cooks faster than the onion. You'll want to cook the oinion in the pan till the pieces becoming a little translucent. Not see through but not white like you had originally had them.

Once the onions reach that point add your garlic. If your garlic gets a little brown don't worry it won't change the flavor if you burned it you'll probably want to start over.

Set the onions and garlic aside with the chicken.

Measure out your milk and open your can of soup. Pour your strained noodles in to the pan you cooked them in. Add the chicken and noodles. Pour in milk and soup. Add pepper. Also add the mushrooms if you made them.

After you get those ingredients mixed together well add the cheese. Keep the pot of ingredients over medium heat and cook till hot and bubbling stirring occasionally so as to avoid burning.

And VOILA'! Yummy warm and amazingly filling chicken and noodle. If you want you can make garlic bread from scratch or buy a store brand to go along with it.

Oh and because I wouldn't want to get hit for any copy right stuff and you might like the original recipe here is the link http://www.campbellskitchen.com/RecipeDetail.aspx?recipeId=24414&ref=%2fSearchRecipeTypeResult.aspx%3fRecipeTypeSearchId%3d5%26fMainIngredient%3d355%26RecipeType%3d5%26Cuisine%3d29%26TotalTime%3d%26fbid%3ddgwnfFj3UVt%26page%3d3&fbid=dgwnfFj3UVt