Stuffed shells with chicken and broccoli. Yes, chicken and broccoli are pre cooked. You can use fresh or frozen broccoli , just needs to be cooked prior. In this dish, I usually just use frozen and I cook the chicken and add some spaghetti sauce to it and simmer it down.
You're going to want to make these soon.
Once upon a time, in a faraway land, I made stuffed shells with my sister, Hope.
We made alfredo-type sauces a lot.
You can have Stuffed shells with chicken and broccoli using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Stuffed shells with chicken and broccoli
- Prepare of Jumbo pasta shells.
- It's of chicken breasts.
- You need of great value frozen broccoli florets.
- Prepare of Preggo 22 oz. jar roasted garlic Parmesan sauce.
- You need of Mozzarella cheese (16 oz).
- It's of minced garlic.
- Prepare of shredded Parmesan cheese.
- It's of Basil.
- It's of Oregano.
- It's of Salt.
- It's of Pepper.
My sister is known for a lot- her smarts, her. Chicken, broccoli and mozzarella cheese fill the shells which are covered with alfredo sauce and baked. Bonus -the recipe makes enough to put some in the freezer. I don't know what happened to my ingredient picture.
Stuffed shells with chicken and broccoli step by step
- Cook jumbo pasta shells. Drain and rinse with cold water immediately to stop cooking process. Set aside.
- Cook 3 chicken breast and shred or chop the meat. Place in large bowl..
- Steam broccoli in microwave and chop. Add to bowl with the chicken..
- Add to the bowl of chicken and broccoli 6 cloves of minced garlic, oregano, basil, salt, pepper, 8 oz. mozzarella cheese, 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese and 1/2 of the jar of roasted garlic Parmesan sauce. Mix well.
- In a 9 x 13 stoneware or glass dish lightly cover bottom with some sauce or cooking spray..
- Take approximately 26 cooked shells and stuff with mixture from step 4. Line shells in dish..
- Cover with the rest of the roasted garlic Parmesan sauce and top with 8 oz. mozzarella cheese..
- Cover with tin foil and bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Uncover for the last 10 min. If you want the cheese to brown..
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