Chicken-Spinach Cannelloni With Red Bell Pepper Sauce
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
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CANNELLONI FILLING
- 5 cups finely chopped cooked chicken or 5 cups turkey
- 2 (8 ounce) containers chive & onion cream cheese
- 1 teaspoon fresh minced garlic (no more than 1 teaspoon garlic!)
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach (thawed and hand-squeezed dry, use half package if desired)
- 2 cups finely grated mozzarella cheese
- 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
- 1⁄2 cup breadcrumbs
- 2 teaspoons seasoning salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper (or to taste)
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BELL PEPPER SAUCE
- 1 (7 ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained
- 3 cups prepared alfredo sauce
- 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 (8 ounce) package cannelloni tubes, shells
directions
- Grease two 11 x 7-inch baking dishes.
- For the sauce; place all ingredients in a processor except salt and pepper; process until smooth.
- Season sauce with salt and pepper; set aside or refrigerate until ready to use.
- In a large bowl stir all the cannelloni filling together.
- Cook the cannelloni shells in boiling water until al dente (do not over cook!).
- Cut each of the cooked shells lengthwise to form a square.
- Spoon about 1/2 cup chicken mixture lengthwise near the end of each square, then roll up as tight as possible.
- Place and divide the shells cut-end down into the two baking dishes.
- Divide/drizzle the prepared bell pepper sauce over the shells in the two baking dishes.
- Cover with foil and bake 350°F for about 25-30 minutes or until thoroughly heated through.
- If desired sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top the last 5 minutes of baking.
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Reviews
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This is a great recipe and would be good for using up that left over turkey at T-giving. For 1/2 recipe we used a whole jar of roasted red peppers and 1/2 jar of alfredo sauce with some dried basil over the top. We will definitely have this again as it is a pleasant change over traditional marinara sauce Italian dishes and is so easy to prepare.