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Chicken Alfredo Stuffed Shells

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Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Bake35 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 450.2kcal
This is a great kid friendly, freeze safe, meal-prep comfort food recpie. The great thing with this dish is you can add whaever meat you want to it, you could do it with chicken, beef or turkey.

Equipment

  • 2 9x13 baking (ovensafe) dish

Ingredients

  • 18 to 20 jumbo pasta shells cooked to al dente
  • 1 tsp msg
  • 1 tsp Kinders Italian seasoning
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp Badia Complete seasoning
  • 1/4 tsp dried oregano
  • ¼ tsp dried parsley
  • 8 oz cottage cheese
  • 15 oz ricotta cheese
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/3 cup parmesan cheese shredded
  • 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 2 cups rotisserie chicken shredded
  • 30 ounces alfredo sauce 2 jars or 2 1/2 cups
  • 2 cups mozzarella cheese
  • 2 tablespoons dry parsley

Instructions

  • Cook the pasta shells according till al dente. (Mine took about 5 minutes.)
  • Put the cooked pasta in an ice bath to stop the cooking process. Set aside.
  • Preheat oven to 375°.
  • Prepare the stuffing for the shells by combing half the motzerella cheese, ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, egg, and chicken.
  • add in the seasoning to the stuffing.
  • place the stuffing mixture into a piping bag (or Ziploc bag with a hole cut into one of the corners).
  • Spoon a few spoonfulls of alredo sauce into the bottom of two 9x13 baking dishes and spread evenly.
  • Fill each shell with the chicken/cheese stuffing and place into the two baking dishes. Top the shells with the remaining alredo sauce and motzerella cheese.
  • Cover each baking dish with tinfoil. Place into the preheated oven (375°). Bake for 30 minutes.
  • Remove tinfoil and bake for an additional 3-6 minutes to brown the cheese.
  • Serve immediately and enjoy!

Notes

  • We use manicotti pasta tubes because we wanted to use what we have but you can use jumbo pasta shells as well. It's great with both.
  • We use Barilla Manicotti Pasta or Barilla Jumbo Pasta Shells
  • Personally, we love to add chicken to our dishes or a source of more protein to make this last longer. Also if you don't want to use Ricotta cheese you can substitute it with cottage cheese of your choice. 
  • Sams Club and Costco have excellent rotissery chicken but this recipe can also be done with boneless skinless chicken breasts for a healthy alternative.