Baked Jumbo Pasta Shells
Description
These delicious Jumbo shells are filled with cheese, chicken, and herbs and baked with marinara and more cheese on the top. Cheesy heaven for cheese lovers.
Ingredients
- 15 Jumbo Pasta shells
- 1 cup Marinara Sauce
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
- 1 tsp chopped parsley to sprinkle on the top
- 1 cup heap ricotta cheese
- 1/3 cup chopped parsley loosely packed
- 1/2 cup finely shredded chicken
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 egg
For the pasta filling
Instructions
- Boil pasta shells al dente according to package instructions. Make sure to add a bit of olive oil and enough salt to the water. Drain and give it a quick wash so they don’t overcook and stick together.
Mix all the ingredients except the egg. Taste it and adjust salt. If you feel like adding some more parsley or parmesan or chicken, go for it. Then add the egg. Mix it and put it into a ziplock bag or piping bag. It’s easier to fill the shells this way. The filing is just enough to fill 15-16 large shells.
Get a small baking dish. Mine was a 6 cup, 10.75'' x 7.25'' x 3.5'' oval baking dish. Add ½ cup of marinara sauce and spread it evenly to cover the bottom of the dish.
Now fill each shell with the filling and arrange them over the marinara sauce in the dish. Filling side up.
Now top with the rest of the marinara sauce.
Top with grated mozzarella and sprinkle some chopped parsley.
Cover with a foil and bake for 20 min on 350F/170C. Remove the foil and bake another 10mins.
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Roshani Wickramasinghe
Hungry Lankan
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