Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, spinach and ricotta stuffed chicken with pasta. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Spinach and ricotta stuffed chicken with pasta is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Spinach and ricotta stuffed chicken with pasta is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
Spinach Ricotta Pasta Bake is made with creamy ricotta and loads of spinach stirred through pasta, topped with pasta sauce, cheese and then baked until bubbly and golden. It tastes like a Spinach and Ricotta stuffed shells - but way faster to make! Fabulous lazy Monday meal - made from scratch.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook spinach and ricotta stuffed chicken with pasta using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Spinach and ricotta stuffed chicken with pasta:
- Take 4 large boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Take 2 cups ricotta cheese
- Take 1/2 package frozen spinach
- Get 1 tsp garlic plus
- Make ready 1 can stewed tomatoes
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Get 1 tsp black pepper
- Make ready 1 package fettuccine noodles
- Prepare 1/2 cup sundried tomatoes
- Prepare 12 strips bacon
- Make ready 1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- Take 1 jar favorite Alfredo sauce
Large pasta shells are stuffed with a mixture of spinach, ricotta, Parmesan and other seasonings, before being baked in a tomato sauce. Fill each pasta shell with the spinach cheese mixture. This spinach stuffed manicotti recipe is SO good, and the garlicky tomato sauce goes SO well with the ricotta, Parmesan, and spinach stuffed into these very large pasta shells. Did I forget to say that it is a very easy recipe?
Steps to make Spinach and ricotta stuffed chicken with pasta:
- Slice a pocket in the chicken breasts
- Set aside
- Dethaw frozen spinach in microwave 2 minutes
- Mix ricotta , garlic, spinach, salt and pepper in a bowl
- Stuff into chicken pockets, secure with toothpicks
- Grease 8x10 casserole dish and lay chicken vertically
- Open stewed tomatoes and pour over chicken, cover with foil
- Preheat oven to 400°F and bring salted water to a boil.
- Slice cooked bacon and sundried tomatoes mix in a bowl with 1/2 cup Parmesan
- Place chicken in the oven, and cook pasta until al Dente , drain and add sundried tomatoes, bacon and Alfredo sauce to pasta
- Simmer on low heat until sundried tomatoes are soft wait until chicken is ready (about 35-40 minutes)
- Remove chicken from oven (as well as toothpicks!!)
- Place on plate with pasta , add your favourite salad or rice!!
How to make ricotta cheese and spinach filling. Pasta shells are a fun option on pasta night, and a clever way to sneak in those good-for-you veggies in case you have an eagle-eyed eater. Don't we all love the lemon and ricotta and lemon and parmesan combinations? And you can never go wrong with lemon, chicken and spinach. Put that all together with a fair amount of pasta and you get this simple yet hearty and satisfying Italian and Greek inspired dinner!
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