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 cook I made half the shells with chicken, half without as I'm a vegetarian.
Once upon a time, in a faraway land, I made stuffed shells with my sister, Hope.
We made alfredo-type sauces a lot.
My sister is known for a lot- her smarts, her.
You can cook Stuffed shells with chicken and broccoli using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Stuffed shells with chicken and broccoli
- You need of Jumbo pasta shells.
- Prepare 3 of chicken breasts.
- Prepare 1 bag of great value frozen broccoli florets.
- Prepare of Preggo 22 oz. jar roasted garlic Parmesan sauce.
- It's of Mozzarella cheese (16 oz).
- You need 6 cloves of minced garlic.
- You need 1/4 cup of shredded Parmesan cheese.
- You need of Basil.
- Prepare of Oregano.
- You need of Salt.
- It's of Pepper.
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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..
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. Flavorful chicken and broccoli are stuffed inside of tender pasta shells and smothered with cheese and a decadent cajun cream sauce. Stuff room temperature shells with chicken mixture and add to bottom of sauced baking pan.
