CREAMY CHICKEN MANICOTTI

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With prepared grilled chicken strips, classic chicken manicotti filled with Parmesan cheese, ricotta, chopped chicken and more are baked in a creamy sauce for an easy and impressive dinner.

Provided by Tyson Chicken

Categories Trusted Brands: Recipes and Tips Tyson® Grilled & Ready®

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

8 dried manicotti shells
¼ cup finely chopped onion
¼ cup butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
2 cups whole milk
1 (6 ounce) package Tyson® Grilled and Ready® Fully Cooked Refrigerated Grilled Chicken Breast Strips, finely chopped
½ cup chopped cooked ham
1 egg yolk
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 ¼ cups grated Parmesan cheese
1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
1 pinch Ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon Fresh flat-leaf parsley

Steps:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water; drain and set aside.
For sauce, in a medium saucepan cook onion in hot butter over medium heat for 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.
For filling, in a medium bowl combine Grilled & Ready® Grilled 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.
Use a pastry tube fitted with the largest tip to pipe the filling into the cooked manicotti. (Or carefully spoon about 1/3 cup of the filling into each shell.) Arrange the filled manicotti in the baking dish in a single layer. Pour the remaining sauce over the manicotti. Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese over the sauce.
Bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until manicotti are light golden and heated through. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes before serving. If desired, garnish with a sprinkling of ground nutmeg and parsley.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 339.7 calories, Carbohydrate 21.1 g, Cholesterol 91.5 mg, Fat 18.4 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 22.3 g, SaturatedFat 10.6 g, Sodium 520 mg, Sugar 3.9 g