Creamy Chicken Manicotti
Recipe from Tyson® Grilled & Ready® Chicken


Creamy Chicken Manicotti

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Ingredients
  • 8 
    dried manicotti shells
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  • 1/4  cup
    finely chopped onion
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  • 1/4  cup
    butter
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  • 3  tablespoons
    all-purpose flour
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  • 1/4  teaspoon
    salt
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  • 2  cups
    whole milk
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  • 1  6-ounce package
    Tyson® Grilled & Ready® Refrigerated Chicken Breast Strips, finely chopped
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  • 1/2  cup
    chopped cooked ham
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  • 1 
    egg yolk
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  • 1/2  teaspoon
    ground nutmeg
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  • 1-1/4  cups
    grated Parmesan cheese
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  • 1  15-ounce container
    ricotta cheese
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    Freshly ground nutmeg (optional)
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    Snipped fresh flat-leaf parsley (optional)
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Directions
1.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water; drain and set aside.
2.
For sauce, in a medium saucepan cook onion in hot butter over medium heat 4 minutes or until tender but not brown. Stir in flour and salt. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Remove from heat; set aside.
3.
For filling, in a medium bowl combine Grilled & Ready® Chicken Breast Strips, ham, egg yolk, the 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, 1 cup of the Parmesan cheese, and the ricotta cheese. Pour about 1/2 cup of the sauce into a buttered 2-quart rectangular baking dish; spread in a thin layer over bottom of dish.
4.
Use a pastry tube fitted with the largest tip to pipe the filling into cooked manicotti. (Or carefully spoon about 1/3 cup of filling into each shell.) Arrange filled manicotti in baking dish in a single layer. Pour remaining sauce over manicotti. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese over the sauce.
5.
Bake, uncovered, 20 minutes or until manicotti are light golden and heated through. Let stand 5-10 minutes before serving. If desired, garnish with a sprinkling of ground nutmeg and parsley.

Serving Suggestion:
To make ahead: Prepare manicotti as directed through Step 4. Cover and refrigerate up to 24 hours. To serve, uncover and bake in a 400 degrees F oven 25-30 minutes or until manicotti are light golden and heated through. Let stand 5-10 minutes before serving. If desired, garnish with ground nutmeg and parsley.
Nutrition information
Calories 353, Total Fat 20 g, Saturated Fat 12 g, Cholesterol 100 mg, Sodium 614 mg, Carbohydrate 21 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 22 g, Calcium 33 mg. Daily Values: Vitamin A 13%, Vitamin C 1%. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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