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Friday, April 23, 2010

Chicken Stuffed Manicotti

(Recipe taken from Dinner is Ready by Deanna Buxton.)

1 large Chicken Breast half
1/4 Cup minced Onion
1/4 Cup minced Mushrooms
4 tsp. Butter
1/4 pound Ground Pork
3/4 Cup Cottage Cheese
1/3 Cup Heavy Cream
Salt
Pepper
1 8oz. Package Manicotti
3-4 Cups Spaghetti Sauce (I use 2 - 25oz. bottles.)

Bake chicken breast half, uncovered, for 20 minutes in 350 degree oven. Meanwhile, saute onion and mushrooms in butter until soft. Add ground pork and brown. Remove from heat. Finely chop chicken breast (in food processor) and add to ground pork. Stir in cottage cheese and heavy cream. Salt and pepper to taste. Grease baking pan. Cover bottom with a thick layer of spaghetti sauce. Stuff uncooked manicotti with chicken mixture . Arrange on sauce. Cover manicotti with thick layer of sauce. Cover with heavy foil. Label and freeze.

To serve: Thaw. Bake uncovered for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Serve with Cheese Sauce.

Cheese Sauce

1 Cup Heavy Cream
4 TBSP. Butter
1/4 Cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 Cup Jack cheese (shredded)
1/2 Cup Mozzarella cheese

Heat until cheese melts.