Discover the delightful taste of Gluten Free Greek Red Spaghetti that shaped my childhood. A perfect blend of tradition and health!
Discover the Deliciousness of Traditional Greek Cuisine Without the Gluten!
Growing up with traditional recipes passed down through generations can create a deep connection to one’s cultural heritage. In this case, a family recipe was taught from grandmother to mother and then to the next generation. This continuity not only preserves culinary traditions but also strengthens family bonds as loved ones gather to share meals made with care and history.
For those busy nights when time is scarce, there are convenient alternatives to traditional cooking methods. Utilizing modern kitchen appliances, such as the Ninja Foodi Possible Cooker Pro, allows for the preparation of beloved recipes without compromising on taste or authenticity. This method provides a practical solution for individuals seeking to enjoy homemade meals while managing a hectic schedule, all while maintaining the flavors and techniques learned from family traditions.
Discovering the Flavors of My Childhood: A Delicious Journey into Gluten-Free Greek Red Spaghetti!
hey everyone my name is Amanda and thank you for watching my Channel today I made a meal that I grew up on as a child and we called it Greek red spaghetti not sure of the real Greek traditional name for it but we’re going to make it in my ninja foodie posable cooker pro and we’re going to be using two cans of.
Italian style PE diced tomatoes with garlic basil and oregano two chicken broth cans five chicken thighs and it’s okay they have bones in it you can use boneless if you’d like one can of tomato paste one mediumsized yellow onion basil parsley.
Oregano and cinnamon so let’s go ahead and get started because it is so delicious first we’re going to go ahead and start by dicing our mediumsized yellow onion we are actually going to go ahead and saute them up right directly in the Ninja foodie possible cooker pro if you do not have a ninja foodie possible.
Cooker pro you can just go ahead and saute them directly on the stove and then just put them into your crock pot now I have made a video on this in the past using my Dutch oven and I have finally started doing it in my ninja foodie possible H girl Pro for when I have those busy days but we definitely need this nice tasty warm meal that just.
Makes you feel really good when it’s one of those cold days go ahead and remove the lid and then we’re going to go ahead and turn it on and we’re going to change it to sear saute we’re going to leave it on high and we’re going to hit start we’re going to go ahead and add about 1 to 2 tspoons of olive oil and then we’re going to go.
Ahead and just directly put in our onions we’re not going to wait for the dial to say add food because it’s going to start gradually heating up and we actually want to sauté our onions to where it’s really nice and soft and it’ll make such a huge difference for this dish we’re going to go ahead and add 1.
Tablespoon of Basil into the small white bowl you will need 1 tbsp of parsley you will need 1 tbspoon of oregano and you will also need 1 tbsp of cinnamon now we’re going to go ahead and stir these all together until it’s nicely mixed I know it may seem like a lot but trust me it’s going to make it.
Taste so amazing now that we have our herbs and our cinnamon all mixed together we’re going to just set that aside for the time being and just check on how our onions are sautéing up and making sure that they’re getting to where we want them to be nice and soft and I forgot to mention that this is gluten-free and you.
Can serve it over rice or pasta now I will make wheat pasta for my husband and my kids because they’re not gluten-free but I will make gluten-free pasta for myself and it’s so tasty the onions are perfect they’re right where I want them to be and I love how the dial will tell you you know okay so say that was a minute and 42 seconds.
Where it said add food but we started the onions when we turned it on for the sear sauté so it’s perfect and I’m going to go ahead and add the chicken in cuz we want to sear that as well and you’re not going to sear it for long and while you’re searing the chicken it’s going to cook the onions a little bit more and that’s perfectly fine so we’re just.
Going to sear it for like a good 30 seconds on this side and then we’ll flip it over and sear the other side so it’s been about a good 30 seconds now we’re going to go ahead and flip it so we can see the other side for a good 30 seconds as you can see by the color of the chicken we definitely did not sear this very long and that’s.
Perfectly fine because we are going to be using the slow cooker setting to cook this now that the 30 seconds are up we’re going to go ahead and take our seasoning mixture and we’re going to just pour it all over top of the chicken and the chicken will still uh be searing as well because we still have it on the sear sauté setting and that’s fine now.
That we have that we’re going to go ahead and dump in our Tomatoes The Italian style petite diced tomatoes with garlic basil and oregano dump the entire thing do not drain it and we’re going to add the other one as well both of those cans are 14.5 oz now we’re going to go ahead and add two cans of the Swanson chicken broth.
It’s 14.5 oz and we’re going to add two of them this one is gluten-free always make sure that your chicken broth is gluten-free if you are gluten-free the other one that I really like to use a lot as well is from Aldi’s and that’s an organic one and it’s gluten-free and you know I always watch when they go on sale and when they do that’s when I like.
To stock up and these ones I like to get from Costco when they go on sale because it’s such a great deal I love having chicken broth on hand in my pantry because I feel like this is such a big staple in my house and it’s easy to whip something up especially this meal this is perfect to have on hand the diced tomatoes I mean it’s it’s such a simple.
Recipe but it tastes amazing and it’s so perfect for when you’re not feeling well or it’s a really cold day and you just want something that’s so full of flavor and tasty now we’re going to add the entire can of the tomato paste and it’s 6 oz I like getting these from um Costco it’s a great price there for the amount that you get and these I like to have on.
Hand in my pantry as well now that I have that all in there we’re going to go ahead and mix this all together and when I mix things in my ninja foodie possible cooker pro I like to either use the ladle that comes with it or I really absolutely love using silicone spatulas or spoons that are silicone because I don’t want to scratch.
Up the inside of my um pot and I have noticed there are some scratches on it so I definitely want to really try to take very good care of it as much as I can so definitely using the silicone um spatulas are perfect now go ahead and put the lid on top and that took 6 minutes and 16 seconds and we’re going to go ahead and hit stop.
And we’re going to go ahead and put it on the slow cook setting on low for 6 hours and we’re going to hit start but I know it took more than 6 minutes and 16 seconds because we added the onions right on in when we turned it onto the sear sauté setting so I’d say probably a good like 8 to 9 minutes maybe but it’s not that bad and look how awesome that.
Looks looks you know we’re going to let this cook for the 6 hours and it’s going to smell amazing while it’s cooking there’s 19 minutes left on the ninja and it smells so good in my house right now just definitely when you take the lid off just drain the liquid out into it so that way it doesn’t splatter onto the side but we’re going to go ah and pull.
The chicken out and then we’re going to let it cool so it’s not so hot when I’m shredding it with my fingers now that we have all the chicken out out we’re going to go ahead and put the lid back on so that way it keeps everything else warm inside but we’re going to let it cool for a good 5 to 10 minutes until it’s cool to the finger.
Touch you don’t want to burn your fingers when you are shredding the chicken off the bone but look how tasty that looks I’m going to go ahead and remove just the skin from it so that way it’ll help it cool down a little bit faster my kids are hungry they are ready to eat so I definitely want to try to get this all shredded up as soon as.
Possible and then put it back into the ninja I’m going to go ahead and throw the skin away we don’t need that in this dish but it just helps enhance the flavor when you are cooking it so we don’t need the skin you can just discard that it’s been about a good 8 minutes that I was letting it cool down we’re going to go ahead and pull the meat off.
The bones and we’re going to throw the bones away now you can Shad this up into very small pieces or you can make it different sizes on how big you want the chicken to be I’m making mine various in sizes some small and some large because my children like when the chicken is smaller so it all varies on you know how you would like to present it this meal.
Freezes so nicely as well I love having leftovers of it and then freezing up a container and then that way I have it for a night where I’m so busy and I need something just to pull out and heat up in the microwave it’s perfect it’s good for up to 3 months in the freezer and sometimes I like to double this recipe so that way then I can freeze more.
Containers especially when it’s it’s flu season and this just feels so nice and warm on your throat now that the chicken is how I want it to be in the bite sizes tread it up I’m going to go ahead and put it all back into the ninja so that we’ll keep it all nice and warm and I’m actually going to make some pasta with it I had originally made rice to go with.
It but everyone loves pasta with it and I was out of the pasta that I like to use for it so my husband picked some up after work which was so awesome of him because it is such a big with pasta so I’m going to make some medium shell size pasta and then some gluten-free Penna pasta that way you know you definitely know that it’s one’s gluten-free and.
One’s wheat so we’re going to go ahead and get the water boiling and then just make the pasta and then we can serve it and have it and enjoy it here’s what I’m using for gluten-free pasta tonight definitely make sure you cook it all the way through that way it’s nice and soft definitely test it before you drain it to make sure that it.
Is soft cooking gluten-free pasta is very different than cooking regular pasta I like to when the water is heated up and it’s boiling then add the pasta in turn it down just a little bit and stir it right away if you don’t then the pasta just wants to stick right closely together also if you’re gluten-free in you’re cooking for a family that there’s.
Maybe just one or two people gluten-free in your household and every everyone else is not gluten-free I like to strain my gluten-free pasta first and then I will strain the wheat pasta that way I don’t have to wash so many things and I’m not making my gluten-free pasta cross contaminated so it’s definitely a thought process on how you’re doing it.
Now that I have pasta and everyone’s bowls it is time to go ahead and start putting the Greek red spaghetti sauce on top it smells so so good I really love this recipe I grew up on it it’s so tasty it’s it’s something you have to try it’s really good anyways look how tasty that looks you can add as much sauce on top as you would like and also.
I grew up putting American sliced cheese in it I know it sounds crazy but it makes the flavor different um it is so good with it and without it it’s something definitely to try anyways you want the cheese to be smurged on the inside so that way it melts it’s really tasty my kids love it this way too it’s so cute.
Uh because I grew up having it that way as well anyways uh it’s so tasty and it’s really nice I can’t explain how tasty it is but the cinnamon in it it it’s just so different having the cinnamon in it and I’m actually adding a little bit more sauce to the top too this recipe is so easy it’s budget friendly it does not.
Cost a lot to make it and it makes a decent amount to for a family of five that’s good for about like 2 to three nights it’s perfect this meal is so full of flavor it’s amazing I am so glad my yaa taught my mom how to make it and my mom taught me how to make it and one day I’ll will be able to teach my daughter how to make it cuz it’s so good I hope.
You enjoyed what I made it’s so easy to make it tastes amazing you can cook it um in a dutch oven on the stove or in a crock pot or in the Ninja either one it’s easy and it’s so tasty but anyways I hope you guys enjoyed what I made I hope you guys try it I hope you guys have a great day and thank you for watching please subscribe have a great.
Night guys
