What Do You Feed A crowd of 50 plus People - Chicken Linguine

What do you you feed a crowd of 50 plus people?   Something that can be made ahead?  Kids will actually each it?   

This dish is yummy just for a family dinner and leaves plenty of extra for our family of 8.  It can be made to look fancy or just your basic Tuesday night dinner.  The good news is that it can be made ahead.


Chichen Linguine

12 oz flat linguine
1/2 cup butter
4 1/2 cups diced cooked chicken *
9 Tbsp Flour
1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese
4 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 1/2 cups half and half
diced green pepper
mushrooms
1 1/2 cups grated Parmesan



Precook both the chicken and the noodles.
I like to season chicken with garlic, salt and pepper, pan fry a bunch of it so it is browned on each side - then play on a tray and bake at 350 until cooked thru.  ( mass produce this and bag and have on hand for salads, wraps, whatever)

Melt the butter in a saucepan and blend in the flour.  Let cook for a few moments.  

Add Chicken broth, half and half,salt and pepper, green peppers and mushrooms.   Whisk the sauce to make sure all of the lumps are out.

Add all to the pot except for the mozzarella

Layer in 9x13 pan just as you would lasagna - the cream and noodle mixture, then some mozzarella.   End it all with some cheese.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until bubbly.


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X 9 = 50 plus people

I usually do 1 and 1/2 boxes of noodles for every sauce recipe

8lb bag of mozzarela is enough

1 costco plastic jug of shredded parmesan 

   jugs of 1/2 and 1/2