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Mom's spinach chicken manicotti Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 lg onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
2 ½ c diced cooked chicken breast
1 10 oz pkg frozen, chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
¾ c diced fully cooked lean ham
¼ c grated parmesan cheese
2 egg whites
½ tsp dried basil
⅛ tsp black pepper
dash ground nutmeg
12 uncooked manicotti shells

Sauce

¾ c flour
3 c chicken broth
1 c milk
¼ tsp salt
⅛ tsp ground nutmeg
⅛ tsp black pepper
dash cayenne pepper
¼ c grated parmesan cheese
Directions:
Directions:
In a small skillet, sauté onion and garlic in oil until tender. In a large bowl, combine the onion mixture with the next 8 ingredients and set aside. Cook manicotti shells according to package directions. Meanwhile, for the sauce, combine flour and broth in a large saucepan until smooth. Stir in milk, salt, nutmeg, pepper and cayenne. Bring to boil over medium heat. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Spoon 1 c into the chicken mixture. add parmesan cheese to the remaining sauce. Spread 1 c sauce into the baking dish coated with nonstick cooking spray. Drain shells. Stuff with chicken mixture and arrange over sauce. Drizzle with remaining sauce. Cover and bake at 375º for 35 to 40 mins or until bubbly and heated through.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
6

 

 

 

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