Buffalo Chicken-Stuffed Shells
Aaron Hutcherson
Updated Dec 14, 2016
We’ve turned a favorite appetizer into a delicious and comforting casserole. Creamy cheese, rotisserie chicken and crunchy bread crumbs come together to make this tasty dinner — perfect for game day or any day.
Buffalo Chicken-Stuffed Shells
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 50 min
- Ingredients 9
- Servings 4
Ingredients
- 18 uncooked jumbo pasta shells
- 2 to 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups whole milk
- 6 oz crumbled blue cheese
- Salt and pepper
- 2 cups diced deli rotisserie chicken
- 1/2 cup Frank's™ RedHot™ sauce
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 13x9-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
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Step2Cook 18 jumbo pasta shells as directed on package until al dente. Drain; rinse with cold water.
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Step3In 2-quart saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons unsalted butter over medium heat; add 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour. Beat with whisk; cook 1 minute. Beat in 2 cups whole milk. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to simmering. Cook until sauce thickens, stirring frequently. Stir in 4 oz crumbled blue cheese until melted. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
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Step4In medium bowl, mix 2 cups diced deli rotisserie chicken, 1/2 cup Frank’s™ RedHot™ sauce, 1/2 cup of the blue cheese sauce and 2 oz crumbled blue cheese.
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Step5Add 1/2 cup of the blue cheese sauce to bottom of baking dish. Divide chicken filling among shells, about 2 tablespoons each, and place in baking dish.
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Step6Pour remaining blue cheese mixture over top of stuffed shells. If desired, melt 1 tablespoon butter, and mix with 1/4 cup bread crumbs; sprinkle over top of dish.
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Step7Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until sauce is bubbling and bread crumbs are lightly browned.
Nutrition
540
Calories
28g
Total Fat
37g
Protein
36g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 540
- Calories from Fat
- 250
- Total Fat
- 28g
- 42%
- Saturated Fat
- 15g
- 76%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 120mg
- 40%
- Sodium
- 1100mg
- 46%
- Potassium
- 440mg
- 13%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 36g
- 12%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 6%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 37g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 15%
- 15%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 40%
- 40%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 1/2 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 3 Lean Meat; 1 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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