What a great idea melding shells with buffalo chicken. Made a few revisions to make the dish a bit healthier: used cottage cheese instead of ricotta and added frozen chopped spinach to have a vegetable involved. I didn't squeeze the moisture out of the cottage cheese just tossed it in. I did drain the spinach though. Rather then 3-4 hours I let the mixture sit over night made the shells the next day for lunch. Used texans buffalo sauce and cut the butter in half. My husband says it's a top 10. This is certainly a keeper and the cottage cheese substitution saves hundreds of calories. Avoids that "brick-like" feeling from very rich foods.
What a great idea melding shells with buffalo chicken. Made a few revisions to make the dish a bit healthier: used cottage cheese instead of ricotta and added frozen chopped spinach to have a vegetable involved. I didn't squeeze the moisture out of the cottage cheese just tossed it in. I did drain the spinach though. Rather then 3-4 hours I let the mixture sit over night made the shells the next day for lunch. Used texans buffalo sauce and cut the butter in half. My husband says it's a top 10. This is certainly a keeper and the cottage cheese substitution saves hundreds of calories. Avoids that "brick-like" feeling from very rich foods.
REALLY GREAT IDEA! Here is what I did: Night before: 1. Poach chicken breast for shredding (1.5 pounds) 2. Mix about 20 oz of ricotta whole bottle of Franks Red Hot and shredded chicken together 3. Wrap up put in fridge Next Day After work: 1. Cooked box of jumbo shells (don t overcook) 2. Stuffed the shells with the mixture and topped off with cheese 3. Cooked at 375 for 30 minutes (since mixture was on the cold side) Came out FANTASTIC!
I chose to prep these a day ahead of time for an easy Monday night dinner (I let them come to room temp on the counter while the oven preheated and then baked them just a tad longer to heat through). These were easy to make though I did have more shells than filling so I'd rec boiling 1/2 a box of shells. Despite using regular "Frank's (R)" these were a bit too warm for Mr. LTH but I found the heat to be quite mild. I wasn't a big fan of the chicken chunks (but I don't really love chicken anyway) so I think I'd prefer them w/shredded chicken (BLSL). I agree w/the submitter that these would make a nice party appetizer! I was concerned about the lack of a sauce and that the shells would harden/turn rubbery but I worried for naught! THANKS for the recipe!
I loved this recipe! Very easy to make. Only problem I found was the filling was not enough for a full box of shells so I used half a box. Other than that it was very delicious! Already made this multiple times..my son loves them!!
I would have never put these ingredients together but it turned out pretty good. The cheese added the perfect touch. I followed the directions except that I seasoned my ground chicken while browning it. I also baked it for about 25 minutes to melt the cheese all the way. The family loved it. A little spicy but ranch helped and was flavorful. I served with broccoli and cheese.
This became an instant favorite. Per someone else's suggestion I added spinach so I can say its healthy. Also for me at least stuffing the shells was a pain so in the future I just mixed the chicken with al dente rigatoni before topping with cheese and made more of a buffalo chicken baked ziti.
The only think I changed was adding some spinach! It was amazing!!
I loved this! I added finely chopped onion and celery to chicken as I cooked it. Not only added flavor and crunch but also increased volume of filling for extra shells. This recipe is a keeper!
This was ok. Not that flavorful. A good idea in theory but needs "more". I did boil chicken breasts shredded them and then mixed them in with the buffalo sauce and ricotta. I also put some of the shredded cheese like 1/2 cup in the buffalo mix. I then put cheese on top and brushed The filled shells with light blue cheese dressing. Still fairly bland. It's missing the creaminess of the buffalo chicken dip or something. I'd either add some cream cheese ranch seasoning or SOMETHING else into this that goes in buffalo chicken dip to make it flavorful and more creamy.
