Clever steps and easy ingredients, like prepared pesto and pre-cut chicken tenders, help you make perfect stuffed pasta in less time.
Pesto-Chicken Manicotti
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 15 min
- Servings 7
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 jar (16 oz) Alfredo pasta sauce
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 package (1 1/4 lb) uncooked chicken breast tenders (not breaded) (14 tenders)
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 14 uncooked manicotti pasta shells (8 oz)
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 oz)
- 1 large tomato, chopped (1 cup)
- 1/3 cup basil pesto
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, mix pasta sauce, water and garlic powder. In ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish, spread about one-third (1 cup) of the pasta sauce mixture.
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Step2In medium bowl, sprinkle chicken tenders with Italian seasoning. Stuff chicken into uncooked manicotti shells. Place shells on pasta sauce in baking dish. Pour remaining pasta sauce mixture evenly over shells, covering completely.
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Step3Cover with foil. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until shells are tender. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake uncovered 2 to 4 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with tomato. Serve with pesto.
Nutrition
600
Calories
34g
Total Fat
37g
Protein
35g
Total Carbohydrate
2g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 600
- Calories from Fat
- 310
- Total Fat
- 34g
- 53%
- Saturated Fat
- 18g
- 91%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 120mg
- 40%
- Sodium
- 610mg
- 25%
- Potassium
- 200mg
- 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 35g
- 12%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 9%
- Sugars
- 2g
- Protein
- 37g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 20%
- 20%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 40%
- 40%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
2 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 4 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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