Medium egg noodles, cooked in chicken stock or broth, then combined with cream soup and Velveeta.
Amish Wedding Noodles
At some point along the way, you've probably seen those viral TikTok Cafeteria or Buttered Noodles making the rounds on social media. I really don't know the origins of them, but by the name I am assuming that they came about from back in the day when school cafeterias actually served real food instead of the sad excuses that often grace the plates of kids today.
I personally don't remember a noodle dish at all, but I'll be honest. While I remember all of the food being homemade and tasty, the one thing that stands out the most from my school lunches are those awesome homemade yeast rolls!
I have heard from readers that there are some school districts around the country that actually control their own school cafeteria options and still serve those homemade meals! It'd be nice to see that make a comeback everywhere.
You may have also seen another noodle recipe around the web called Amish Wedding Noodles and that one has been around awhile.
Of course, as with everything else, there are always many variations among them, Amish Wedding Noodles and the TikTok Noodles are actually very similar to one another, so that's what I've done here, a sort of fusion between them!
TikTok-Style Viral Cafeteria Noodles:
-Generally do use an egg noodle.
-The noodles are cooked in chicken broth and often have an addition of chicken base or bouillon as well.
-Cream of chicken soup is pretty common.
-A couple tablespoons of butter are stirred in.
-It's cooked until most of the liquid is absorbed and a bit of black pepper and parsley are often added.
TikTok Buttered Noodles:
-Usually use a angel hair, thin spaghetti or linguine instead of egg noodle.
-Also uses chicken broth or water with bouillon to cook the noodles.
-The noodles are drained but some of the pasta water is reserved.
-A full stick of butter goes into the empty saucepan along with a full tablespoon of minced garlic.
-The drained pasta is added to the butter and tossed with a little of the reserved cooking water at a time.
-The dish is typically finished with Parmesan cheese, parsley and a mix of dried herbs.
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If you love rich and gooey, cheesy noodles, I think you'll love this version for sure.
Here's what you need to make my version of Amish Wedding Noodles:
- 12 ounce package medium egg noodles (#ad)
- 3 cups water
- 1 heaping tablespoon chicken base (#ad)
- 1 (10 ounce) can original cream of chicken or cream of mushroom
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper, or to taste
- 6 ounces Velveeta cheese, cubed
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
Here's how to make them.
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You can use chicken stock or broth or water with a base or bouillon for boiling the noodles. Today I'm using water with Mrs. Miller's soup base.
Bring water to a boil, stir in base.
I'm also using Mrs. Miller's homemade noodles (#ad). Y'all. I've talked about these here before, but I just really LOVE these noodles. It's the next best thing to making them yourself from scratch. The texture is just perfect! Most egg noodle packages range from 12 ounce to 16 ounce. Mrs. Miller's are 16 ounce, so I just used my kitchen scale to weigh out 12 ounces.
Add noodles to boiling broth and bring right back up to boiling.
Reduce heat to medium, cook for 15 minutes.
Continue cooking uncovered.
Until most of the liquid has cooked out.
Stir in cream soup. I do recommend the "original" version that once upon a time was called "Great for Cooking" but no longer is. The other version would work, but they are much more watery.
Stir in butter and black pepper.
Add cheese. While I think any kind of cheese would work, I'm using Velveeta because that seems to be most traditional due to the creaminess it provides. The TikTok buttered noodle version uses Parmesan.
Stir, turn off heat, cover and let rest on the burner for 20 minutes without disturbing.
Remove lid, stir, taste and adjust salt and pepper as needed. Add parsley.
Stir and serve. This makes a great side dish but it's also a great meal in itself for the Lenten season!
Garnish with a little additional parsley and enjoy!
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