Super-Easy Chicken Manicotti
Recipe from Betty Crocker

Super easy! No precooked noodles, just five ingredients and only three easy steps.


Super-Easy Chicken Manicotti

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Servings: 7 servings
Prep Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Related Categories: Chicken Breasts, Dinner, Easy and Quick Dinners
 
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Ingredients
  • 1   jar
    Muir Glen® organic pasta sauce (any variety; 25.5 ounces)
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  • 3/4   cup
    water
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  • 1   teaspoon
    garlic salt
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  • 1 1/2   pounds
    uncooked chicken breast tenders (not breaded)
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  • 14  
    uncooked manicotti shells (8 ounces)
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  • 2   cups
    shredded mozzarella cheese (8 ounces)
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    Chopped fresh basil leaves, if desired
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Directions
1.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. In medium bowl, mix pasta sauce and water. Spread about 1/3 of the pasta sauce mixture in ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish.
2.
Sprinkle garlic salt on chicken. Insert chicken into uncooked manicotti shells, stuffing from each end of shell to fill if necessary. Place shells on pasta sauce in baking dish. Pour remaining pasta sauce evenly over shells, covering completely. Cover with foil.
3.
Bake about 1 hour or until chicken is no longer pink in center and shells are tender. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake uncovered about 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with basil.
Nutrition information
Calories 370 (Calories from Fat 70); Total Fat 8g (Saturated Fat 4 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 60mg; Sodium 710mg; Total Carbohydrate 38g (Dietary Fiber 3g, Sugars 5g); Protein 35g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 15%; Vitamin C 4%; Calcium 25%; Iron 15%. Exchanges: 2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 4 Very Lean Meat; 1 Fat. Carbohydrate Choices: 2 1/2. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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