Chicken and Mushroom Manicotti

Manicotti is stuffed with a creamy chicken and mushroom filling and topped with a cheese sauce for a comfort-food meal any time of the year.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 416 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 tablespoons butter
• water to cover
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 cups milk
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 bay leaf
• ¼ cup chopped onion
• ¼ cup dry white wine
• ⅛ teaspoon paprika
• ½ cup chopped fresh mushrooms
• ⅓ cup finely chopped onion
• 2 bone-in chicken breast halves
• 1 (8 ounce) package manicotti shells
• ¼ teaspoon crushed dried basil
• ¼ teaspoon crushed dried thyme

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook manicotti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain.

Step 2

Place chicken and bay leaf into a saucepan and pour in enough water to cover; bring to a boil, cover saucepan, reduce heat to medium, and simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 20 minutes. Remove chicken from saucepan and place on a work surface to cool. Discard cooking water, skin, and bones. Finely chop chicken.

Step 3

Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir mushrooms, 1/3 cup chopped onion, salt, basil, thyme, and paprika until mushrooms are tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and cool.

Step 4

Mix mushroom mixture, eggs, Parmesan cheese, and chicken together in a bowl.

Step 5

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12x7-inch baking dish.

Step 6

Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir 1/4 cup chopped onion until tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir flour into onion until dissolved; add milk. Cook and stir mixture until sauce is bubbling and thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir wine into sauce; add mozzarella cheese and stir until cheese is melted.

Step 7

Stuff the cooked manicotti with chicken mixture and arrange filled pasta in the prepared baking dish. Pour cheese sauce over pasta. Cover dish with aluminum foil.

Step 8

Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through, 25 to 30 minutes.