Creamy Chicken Manicotti

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 dried manicotti shells
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1 (6 ounce) package tyson® grilled and ready® fully cooked refrigerated grilled chicken breast strips, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped cooked ham
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 1/4 cups grated parmesan cheese
• 1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
• ground nutmeg (optional)
• fresh flat-leaf parsley (optional)

Recipe

• preheat oven to 400 degrees f. cook pasta according to package directions. drain and rinse with cold water; drain and set aside.
• for sauce, in a medium saucepan cook onion in hot butter over medium heat for 4 minutes or until tender but not brown. stir in flour and salt. add milk all at once. cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. remove from heat; set aside.
• for filling, in a medium bowl combine grilled & ready® grilled chicken breast strips, ham, egg yolk, the 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, 1 cup of the parmesan cheese and the ricotta cheese. pour about 1/2 cup of the sauce into a buttered 2-quart rectangular baking dish; spread in a thin layer over bottom of dish.
• use a pastry tube fitted with the largest tip to pipe the filling into the cooked manicotti. (or carefully spoon about 1/3 cup of the filling into each shell.) arrange the filled manicotti in the baking dish in a single layer. pour the remaining sauce over the manicotti. sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup parmesan cheese over the sauce.
• bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until manicotti are light golden and heated through. let stand 5 to 10 minutes before serving. if desired, garnish with a sprinkling of ground nutmeg and parsley.