Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, chicken alfredo stuffed shells. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have chicken alfredo stuffed shells using 15 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Alfredo Stuffed Shells:
- Make ready 1 box jumbo shells
- Get 1 1/2 lb chicken cut into cubes
- Make ready 2 tbsp olive oil, divided
- Prepare 2 cup fresh spinach (optional)
- Make ready 1/2 lb sliced mushrooms (optional)
- Prepare 1 egg, lightly beaten
- Get 1 cup ricotta cheese
- Prepare 2 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- Make ready 1 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- Prepare 1 tsp chopped parsley
- Make ready 3/4 tsp salt
- Take 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- Take 1/2 cup butter, cubed
- Prepare 2 clove minced garlic
- Prepare 2 cup heavy whipping cream
In a large bowl, mix alfredo, chicken, broccoli, and cheeses. Filled with ricotta and tender chicken-thigh meat, these stuffed shells are the best vessel for our beloved—and ultra-creamy—alfredo sauce yet! Fill each pasta shell with a spoonful of ricotta mixture. Chicken Alfredo Stuffed Shells is an easy family meal that is perfect for a those busy weeknights.
Steps to make Chicken Alfredo Stuffed Shells:
- Cook shells according to package. Drain and rinse pasta, set aside.
- Brown chicken in half the olive oil, remove and set aside.
- In the same pan saute mushrooms and spinach if using in remaining oil, remove and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a bowl combine egg, ricotta, 1 cup grated parmesan, 1 cup mozzarella and all seasonings.
- Grease a large baking dish.
- Stuff shells with cheese mixture and place in prepared baking dish.
- Top with chicken, mushrooms and spinach.
- In a large sauce pan melt butter over med heat, add garlic cook and stir 1 minute.
- Add cream to the butter and garlic sauce and cook 5 more minutes.
- Add 1 cup of grated parmesan cheese.
- Continue to cook and stir until sauce thickens.
- Pour sauce over the shells, chicken and mushrooms.
- Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese. Cover with foil.
- Bake for 30 minutes, uncover and bake another 10-15 minutes more.
- Serve with salad and some nice bread.
- If you really like parmesan you can increase the total amount to 3 1/4 cups using 1 1/2 cups in steps 5 and 11 instead of 1 cup.
Jumbo pasta shells are filled with shredded chicken, broccoli, and a creamy Alfredo sauce. Serve these chicken and broccoli shells with a side salad and garlic bread for a tasty dinner the entire. We've got these insanely delicious Chicken and Broccoli Stuffed Shells happenin' tonight! Once upon a time, in a faraway land, I made stuffed shells with my sister, Hope. We made alfredo-type sauces a lot.
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