SLOW-COOKER CHEESY CHICKEN MANICOTTI

Slow-Cooker Cheesy Chicken Manicotti image

This slow-cooker cheesy manicotti is easy enough for dinner anytime, but it's also delicious enough to be the shining star of your next get-together.

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories Entree

Time 2h30m

Yield 7

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

2 cups finely chopped cooked chicken
1 container (15 oz) whole-milk ricotta cheese
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 cup finely chopped fresh basil leaves
14 uncooked manicotti shells (8 oz)
1 jar (25.5 oz) Muir Glen™ organic tomato basil pasta sauce
3/4 cup water
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 oz)

Steps:

In medium bowl, mix chicken, ricotta cheese, garlic salt and red pepper flakes; stir in 1/4 cup of the basil. Spoon into quart-sized resealable food-storage plastic bag. Cut 3/4 inch tip off bag. Pipe filling into manicotti shells.
Spray 5-quart oval slow cooker with cooking spray. In medium bowl, mix pasta sauce and water. Spread about one-third of the sauce mixture in slow cooker. Place 7 of the filled manicotti shells in pasta sauce. Sprinkle with 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese. Spoon another one-third of the sauce mixture over shells. Top with remaining 7 filled manicotti shells; sprinkle with remaining 1 cup mozzarella cheese. Top with remaining one-third of sauce mixture.
Cover; cook 2 to 3 hours on High heat setting or until shells are tender. Serve with remaining 1/4 cup basil.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 440, Carbohydrate 37 g, Cholesterol 85 mg, Fat 1/2, Fiber 3 g, Protein 31 g, SaturatedFat 10 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 670 mg, Sugar 7 g, TransFat 1/2 g