RECIPE | Pesto Chicken Stuffed Shells & Link-Up!
I’ve been playing around with a lot of new recipes lately. I mentioned a few months ago that I’ve been busting out some of my old cookbooks and revisiting old recipes I’ve wanted to try but haven’t. I was trying to think of what to make the other night and I had some ricotta cheese that was about to go bad and some chicken I needed to use up and did some creative Googling and boom… found a recipe that gave me the inspiration to create this one.
It ended up turning out SO yummy and both John and I went back for seconds AND we had leftovers.
Hope you enjoy this one!
RECIPE | Pesto Chicken Stuffed Shells
Ingredients
- 12-16 jumbo pasta shells
- 8 oz. of ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese divided
- 1 cup of mozzarella cheese divided
- 2 cloves of minced garlic
- 1 lb. of chicken breast cubed
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 tablespoon of Italian seasoning
- 3-4 tablespoons of pesto
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
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In a large skillet, add the olive oil and garlic and bring to a simmer. Then, add in the cubed chicken breast and top with the Italian seasoning. Cook the chicken all the way. Once the chicken is fully cooked, I "shred" the chicken by just "cutting it up" with my wooden spatulas... if that makes sense. You just basically want to break up the chicken so it's in small pieces.
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In a large pot, cook the jumbo pasta shells according to the directions. Then, drain them but leave just a little bit of water in the pot so that they don't get stuck together.
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In a large bowl, mix the ricotta cheese, half the parmesan cheese, about half the mozzarella cheese, and the pesto. Once that's all mixed up, add in the chicken and really mix it all together.
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Then, stuff each shell with the mixture and place in a pre-greased baking dish. Then top with the remaining parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese. I added a lot of extra cheese because that's how I like it.
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Bake in the oven for about 25-30 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bubbly.
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Serve and enjoy!
What about you? Are you a stuffed shell fan? Will you try this?
Recipe heavily adapted from here.
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That looks yummy! Do the shells have to be fully cooked or partially cooked when you put the stuffing? Does it get overdone in the oven if it’s fully cooked already?
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– Karen
http://www.MrsLookingGood.com
great question! i cooked them al dente… so almost fully cooked. they didn’t get overdone for me. 🙂
thanks! 🙂
That looks so delicious! Total comfort food:)
it’s SO delicious!!
Molly, this looks delicious!
You had me at carbs and cheese… the best of both worlds : ) This sounds like a great comfort food meal and I love pesto.
Those stuffed shells look to die for. If i had all the ingredients I would so make them right now, even if it is after 9 pm.
Love the new blog design! These shells look amaaaaazing. I want them now!
Kaitlin
http://www.teaandsequins.com
I love stuffed shells, especially when my mom makes them. These look so yummy!!
xo,
Angela
Your recipes always make me so hungry Molly!! This one looks especially delish 😉
Thanks for hosting as always, Catherine x
I was just in search of a fresh new dish 🙂 I will definitely be giving the one you’ve featured a try. Thanks for sharing!
It looks so yummy, specially since I am currently n the lookout for easy recipes for the week, definitely pinning this one
Natalia
http://leavingthecorneranddippingmytoes.blogspot.com/
Oh my goodness, this looks so delicious! I printed it out and will hopefully make it soon!
Looks yummy! My daughter loves anything with pesto so I’m actually going to try this tonight!
Jill
dousedinpink.blogspot.com
This looks delish! My kids love pesto with pasta so I’m definitely adding this one to my list of recipes.
These look sooo delicious!
Um, YUM! I must make this recipe, my boyfriend would love it!
Molly this looks yummy!!! I make my own pesto and just love it. I will have to pin this one and try it sometime! Thank you so much for sharing and also for hosting the linkup! Happy Monday to you.
That looks delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe! I’ll have to try this soon!
Hope you had a great weekend!
xo, Erica
Casually Styled
Looks DELICIOUS! Happy Monday…xo!
~Whitney
http://www.whitneynicjames.com
Yummy!
This looks amazing!!
xo, Amy Ann
The Real Arnolds
This sounds really delicious! I went low carb a few months ago, so don’t eat pasta anymore, but I substitute veggies instead e.g. strips of courgette instead of tagliatelle. I bet I could make little ‘shells’ out of courgette strips, as the filling here just sounds so tasty. I’ll report back if I try it out! Thanks for hosting the linkup again x