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Super-Easy Chicken Manicotti

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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Jul 6, 2009
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Super easy! No precooked noodles, just five ingredients and only three easy steps.

Super-Easy Chicken Manicotti

  • Prep Time 20 min
  • Total 1 hr 20 min
  • Servings 7
  • Ingredients 7
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Ingredients

  • 1 jar (25.5 oz) Muir Glen™ organic pasta sauce (any variety)
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1 1/2 lb uncooked chicken breast tenders (not breaded)
  • 14 uncooked manicotti shells (8 oz)
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 oz)
  • Chopped fresh basil leaves, if desired

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°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.
  • Step 
    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.
  • Step 
    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

370 Calories
8g Total Fat
35g Protein
38g Total Carbohydrate
5g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
370
Calories from Fat
70
Total Fat
8g
13%
Saturated Fat
4 1/2g
21%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
60mg
20%
Sodium
710mg
30%
Potassium
70mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
38g
13%
Dietary Fiber
3g
13%
Sugars
5g
Protein
35g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
15%
15%
Vitamin C
4%
4%
Calcium
25%
25%
Iron
15%
15%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 4 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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