Corrine’s Chicken Spaghetti

Gammy with Mama Bou, Aunt Corrine, Aunt Agnes, Uncle TB & Aunt Violet

Kent’s mother, Grace Savoie (Gammy) is from Thibodeaux, Louisiana. Every summer she would pack up her seven children and travel by car or train to visit her mother, Virginia Boudreaux (Mama Bou). One summer she brought her mother-in-law, Emma Savoie (T-Maw) who only spoke French and rarely traveled away from Creole, Louisiana. Upon arriving at her mother’s home, they were greeted with a big pot of spaghetti. The next day they visited Gammy’s brother, Louis Boudreaux (Uncle TB) who also served them spaghetti. Next to visit was Aunt Corrine, Gammy’s sister in Houma, Louisiana and her husband and five children who had the table set for a large spaghetti dinner for as everyone knows, “Spaghetti goes a long way.” When the travelers returned to Sulphur, T-Maw told her son, Garfield, “Mon Dieu, tout ce mange est spaghetti!”

By Pat Savoie, originally by Corrine Williams

Ingredients

2 onion — chopped
2 cups celery — chopped
1/2 cup green onion — chopped
2 cups bell pepper — chopped
5 cloves garlic — minced
1 bay leaf
1/2 cup parsley
1 can tomato — diced
40 ounces tomato sauce
40 ounces chicken broth
3 cans tomato paste
1 teaspoon sugar
1 frying chicken

basil
oregano

Method

Season chicken and brown in a little oil. Pour off grease. Add water to cover chicken and simmer 45 minutes. Debone, reserve broth with fat removed.
Saute seasonings and add tomatoes and broth. Simmer 4 hours.. Add chicken when ready to serve. Serve over spaghetti and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.