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Quick Weeknight Dinner
I love being able to have dinner done, start to finish, in about an hour. I fly by the seat of my pants, so I don’t always have dinner planned until I start making it. This is why I love keeping fully cooked chicken in the freezer. It saves so much time! I just made a batch of Stuffed Shells Cheesy Spinach Chicken Parmigiana that was out of this world.
Perdue Simply Smart
I recently discovered Perdue Simply Smart. They have frozen fully cooked chicken, and it’s flavors you can feel good about feeding your family.
- Simple Ingredients
- Simply tastes great
- Simply Nutritious
- Simply Put: No Antibiotics Ever
It’s all white meat and tastes amazing! It’s tender, juicy, and I love serving these to my kids knowing there are no antibiotics in these chickens.
How to make Cheesy Spinach Chicken Parmigiana Stuffed Shells
Stuffed shells are a favorite around here as well as chicken. So I decided to combine the two and add some healthy spinach to get some veggies in them. This dish takes minutes to put together, and then in just 30 minutes, you have a delicious meal your kids will totally enjoy.
While you’re cooking the pasta shells, go ahead and heat up the chicken strips, Then combine them with spinach and ricotta for the filling. When the pasta shells have cooled, fill each one with a spoonful of the filling.
Layer them in a baking dish with a layer of spaghetti sauce on the bottom.
To finish them off, add a second layer of spaghetti sauce on top and then top off with fresh mozzarella slices. I love using the fresh mozzarella instead of low moisture. I think it melts better.
Bake for about 30 minutes, until the cheese is bubbly, then let it cool before serving. Your family will love this dish!
More Easy Chicken Recipes
- Easy Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken
- Cheesy Chicken Alfredo Bake
- Butter Baked Chicken
- Cream of Mushroom Chicken Casserole
- Chicken Minestrone Soup
- Easy Baked BBQ Chicken Thighs
Stuffed Shells with Cheesy Spinach Chicken Parmigiana
Ingredients
- 1 box stuffed shells
- 1 cup frozen spinach
- 8 oz ricotta cheese
- 1 jar spaghetti sauce
- fresh mozzarella
- 5-6 Perdue Simply Smart fully cooked chicken breast strips
Instructions
- Make the shells according to the box. Drain and then add a little olive oil to keep them from sticking together. Set aside.
- While the shells are cooking, set out a bag of frozen spinach to defrost.
- Heat up the chicken breast strips according to the package. Then, dice them into small pieces.
- Mix up the diced chicken, ricotta cheese, and 1 cup of spinach.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Spray a casserole dish with olive oil spray
- Pour enough spaghetti sauce to cover the bottom of the pan (about half).
- Fill each jumbo shell with a spoonful of the ricotta mixture and then place into the casserole pan.
- When the casserole dish is full, cover the shells with the rest of the sauce.
- Top with slices of fresh mozzarella.
- Bake for about 30 minutes or so until cheese is bubbly. If you want to brown the cheese just a little, turn the broiler on for 1-2 minutes.
- Allow to cool for a few minutes before serving.
17 comments
That looks SO good! I love how easy it was to make this! If I can get something done in less than 5 minutes to get in the oven I am all for it!
I love a good stuffed shell recipe. These look awesome. I’d love to make them with chicken.
That looks so good! I would love to try this recipe, I love pasta and it’s one of my favorite ingredients! Thanks!
These look so incredible! I need to try and make these. Seriously, my husband would be so impressed if I could cook this.
I do a weekly dinner swap with 2 girlfriends and the one friend actually made this exact dinner last week!! It was deeeeeeeeelish! I kept meaning to ask her for the recipe but now I have it thanks to you!
Looks so yummy and lovely food. I can’t wait to try this. My family will love it.
These stuffed shells looks so yummy!! I love all the melty cheese, the addition of the spinach for balance and of course the yummy chicken!!
This looks so good! You can never have too many quick meal ideas – especially with kids.
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I love love love stuffed shells. This looks incredible. I’ve never made them like this before, this is incredible. I need to make this asap my whole family will go nuts for it.
Yummy! I love easy recipes like this. I cant wait to make this for my family.
I can already imagine how good this must be & I would definitely pair this with my favorite wine. It’s a recipe that I would serve for dinner with friends.
These look delish! I love pasta dishes with cheese! I will have to try this. The spinach added gives it some nice color and added flavor I’m sure. Yum!
This recipe looks so delicious and easy to make. I will have to get the ingredients i need to make this for dinner this week. I am sure my family will love it.
Oh this looks super yummy! I know what’s for dinner now.
I love all your amazing recipes! This one looks so delicious!
Oh my, this looks really tasty. How I wish I can try some of it right now.
OH my! I think I found dinner for tonight! Yummy!