chicken stuffed shells
This is one of my most requested recipes. I splurge when I make these and use heavy cream, but milk works just fine too. This is easily adjustable to make more or less shells, and to season per personal preference. (Forgive the bad picture, it is old and taken when I didn't know how to photograph food!)
yield
4 -6
prep time
30 Min
cook time
55 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For chicken stuffed shells
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2 lgchicken breasts, finely chopped (i do not like chunks of chicken in my shells -- if you do, feel free to leave them larger)
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18jumbo pasta shells, cooked per package directions
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1egg, lightly beaten
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15 ozricotta cheese
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1 Tbspdried parsley
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1 cgrated parmesan cheese, divided
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1/4 cbutter
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1/4 cflour
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3 cheavy cream
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salt and pepper to taste
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garlic powder, to taste
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3-4 cmozzarella cheese, divided
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1 cprepared marinara sauce
How To Make chicken stuffed shells
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1Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a baking/casserole dish with cooking spray. Cook shells according to package directions.
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2Mix chopped chicken, egg, ricotta, parsley, 1 1/2 cups mozzarella and 1/2 cup parmesan in bowl and set aside.
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3Make white sauce: Melt butter in saucepan, add flour. Cook a little, to get rid of the flour-y taste, but don't let butter brown. Whisk in cream, salt and pepper. Once thickened stir in parmesan cheese.
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4Spoon a little bit of sauce in each cooled shell and fill each with chicken mixture.
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5Spread half of the marinara on the bottom of your pan. Arrange shells in the pan and pour white sauce over the shells.
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6Drizzle the rest of the marinara over the top and sprinkle remaining mozzarella over all.
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7Cover and bake about 40 minutes until hot through out. Uncover and bake another 15 minutes until golden and bubbly.
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