#truckcooking

[sp00nless]

So tonight I made what I’m considering is my first successful truck casserole. This means that I prepared and cooked it entirely within the cab of my semi truck using precooked/canned food bought at Walmart/WinCo (see below photo) (except for the crispy straws which I forgot about till it was too late)

It needs a name still (edit: working title is now “Milwaukee Mushroom Chicken” since I was parked just outside Milwaukee when I made it), but it’s essentially a creamy chicken and mushroom pasta casserole

Anyways, ingredients are:

Half a 1lb? bag of bow tie pasta

1 can Campbell’s cream of chicken and mushroom

1 can of winco brand mushrooms, drained

1 bag of John Soules Foods precooked rotisserie seasoned chicken breast strips

1 cup ish or half ish a bag of shredded mozzarella

And less than a whole bottle of water but more than half

Materials(?) used:

1 8x8 foil cake tin tray thing

A can opener for the stupid mushrooms, Campbell’s had the pop tab. Why, WinCo?

And a single plastic spoon to mix with and then eventually eat it with

Oh yeah and my Oyster convection countertop oven, a crappy oven mitt, and my trusty wooden cutting board to slide the hot ass metal tin onto to let cool once it finishes cooking

Steps (TL;DR after photo):

1) Get everything out and make sure it’s all ready to go BEFORE you start cooking so you don’t realize you need a damn can opener AFTER you’ve started putting shit in tray and have to dig through everything to find it. (Note to self: find better spot for can opener)

2) Dump about half the bag of pasta into the foil tin, put remaining pasta into the gallon ziploc bag you had the smarts to leave out ahead of time

3) Pop open and plop in the cream of chicken and mushroom. Pour some water from the bottle you were supposed to finish by now into the can, realize it’s too thick to just swish off by itself, make a face and use your palm to seal the top and shaking the damn thing up till it’s mostly washed off the sides of the can and add it to the tin. Throw away can

4) Go to open can of mushrooms, start cussing because you didn’t think to check _this_ can for a pull top, spend 5 minutes still cussing while you search your cooking cabinet for the stupid can opener only to remember it’s in the stupid bin on the other side of the truck, knock a bunch of shit to the ground in order to grab it, open can of mushrooms, drain juice into trash, eh, that’s good enough, dump onto cream glob, throw away can

5) Start mixing things up a bit with one of the sturdier plastic spoons, decide there’s not enough water, so pour the rest of the bottle in. Hydration is overrated

6) Sprinkle a handful of shredded cheese over the mixture

7) Open the bag of chicken strips to discover they become slightly frozen, think about slicing them up into smaller chunks for a full thirty seconds shrug, and dump them on top as is

SKIP THIS STEP DO NOT DO THIS: Panic about the laying and cooking evenness or whatever and mix everything up - including bringing the pasta OUT of the gelatinous slush to the top so half of it can cook perfectly and the other half get nice and teeth-crackingly crispy

8) Sprinkle another few handful of cheese over everything, until about half the bag is left.

9) Carefully pick up (the foil tins lack structural integrity and can fold apart too easily) and slid into the oven on the middle rack. Set to 350° for 45 mins

10) Completely forget about the crispy straws until it’s too late

11) Put away the rest of the cheese, find a more intuitive spot for the can opener, and other cleanup shit

12) When timer goes off, use the oven mitt to slide the scaldingly hot metal tin onto the wooden cutting board and put back on tray to cool. Stare longingly at whole bragging to friends on social media. Ready to eat when it won’t scald your tongue

TL;DR: Place all ingredients into the foil tray, making sure pasta is on the bottom, cheese is on top, and the cream of has been thoroughly mixed with the water. Bake at 350° for 45 min

And so yeah. I think I may have added a little too much water, and am thinking about maybe adding some peas for the next one, but I’ve already eaten half the damn thing so I call that a success

Stay tuned for more truck/simple cooking recipes (mis)adventures, like my redneck bbq pulled pork casserole that did not go as planned

[18wheeler-travel-life]

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[encouragedlady]

#hotlogicmini #hotlogic #myhotlogic #truckcooking #truckdriver #cookintruck #travel #travelcooking I bought mine from the website www.hotlogic.com with the code “BigTruck” for a twenty percent discount and donation to St Christopher Trucker Charity but they’re also available here in Walcott Iowa at the TA. (at Iowa 80 - The World's Largest Truckstop)

[onegirltrucking]

Getting ready for trucking this week. Lentil & kale salad is on the menu. Recipe will be up on the onegirltrucking.com website in the morning. #food #recipe #salad #goodeats #foodie #onegirltrucking #truckfood #nottruckstopcrap #organic #fresh #nongmo #salad #fresh #truckcooking

[encouragedlady]

Tonight’s creation is “chicken chili” cooked in the Hot Logic in the semi truck. This is diced chicken, sausage, beans, corn, tomatoes, celery, chili seasoning. Sounds and looks terrible but tastes great! #truckcooking #truckdriver #healthyfood #trucking #eatwell #goodfood (at Road Ranger | Dixon, IL)

[encouragedlady]

It’s ready to eat! #hotlogicmini #trucking #cookinginsemitrucks #truckdriver #healthyfood #truckcooking

[onegirltrucking]

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[onegirltrucking]

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[onegirltrucking]

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[onegirltrucking]

This mornings #truck #breakfast of scrambled duck egg with left over mashed potato, and #green #chile #stew was better than any truck stop meal. Now after a short night, it's nap time. #truckcooking