Recipe - Chicken Manicotti With Chive Cream Sauce

12 Packaged dried manicotti
shells
1 Container softstyle cream
cheese with chives and
onion; (8ounce)
2/3 cup Milk
One fourth cup Grated Romano or Parmesan
cheese
2 cup Chopped cooked chicken; (10
ounces)
1 pack Frozen chopped broccoli;
thawed and drained
(10ounce)
One half Jar roasted red sweet
peppers (7ounce); drained
and cut or sliced up , or one jar
minced pimiento, drained
(4ounce)
One fourth teaspoon Pepper
Paprika

Cook the manicotti shells according to the directions. Drain shells; rinse
with cold water. Drain again. Meanwhile, for sauce, in a small heavy
saucepan melt cream cheese over mediumlow heat, stirring constantly.
Slowly add milk, stirring till smooth. Stir in Romano or Parmesan cheese.
Remove from heat. For filling, in a medium mixing bowl stir together % cup
of the sauce, chicken, broccoli, roasted red sweet pepper or pimiento, and
pepper. Using a small spoon, carefully fill each manicotti shell with about
One fourth cup of the filling. Arrange the filled shells in a 3quart rectangular
baking dish. Pour the remaining sauce over the shells. Sprinkle with
paprika. Cover with foil. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes or
till heated through. Makes 6 maindish servings.

Recipe by: Better Homes and Gardens Cooking for Today Pasta

Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by "Lynn Ratcliffe" mcgrew@ntr.net on Apr 4,
1998