Description
Jumbo shells filled with a creamy buffalo chicken mixture and topped with mozzarella cheese.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cups shredded cooked chicken breast
- 1/4 cup chopped celery
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup buffalo wing sauce
- 1 1/4 cups part-skim ricotta cheese
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1 10 ounce package jumbo pasta shells
- 1 cup shredded reduced-fat mozzarella cheese
- 1 1/2 Tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Step: Preheat oven to 350°F. Cook pasta as directed on package, minus one minute. Rinse with cool water & drain.
- Step: Lightly coat baking dish with olive oil.
- Step: In a small skillet over medium heat, add chopped onion, celery, and 1 Tbsp olive oil.
- Step: In a medium bowl mix together chicken, onions, celery, buffalo sauce, ricotta, egg, and 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese.
- Step: Spoon chicken mixture into cooked pasta shells and arrange into the prepared baking dish, filling side up. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese and extra buffalo sauce, if desired.
- Step: Bake 20-25 minutes or until filling is hot.
- Step: Serve with additional buffalo sauce, ranch dressing, and/or blue cheese dressing.
Notes
Use a cookie scoop to stuff the shredded buffalo chicken mix into the shells. You can also substitute the chicken breast with ground chicken.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 420 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 880 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 34 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 26 g
- Cholesterol: 90 mg
Keywords: buffalo, Chicken, Pasta, Stuffed Shells