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Stuffed Shells with Marinara
Recipes
Stuffed Shells with Marinara
6 servings
55 minutes total

Ingredients

  • Cooking spray
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • ½ cup fresh pre-diced onions
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 1 lb mild Italian chicken (or pork) sausage
  • 18 jumbo pasta shells (6-oz)
  • 1 jar marinara pasta sauce (24–26 oz), divided
  • 2 tablespoons Italian parsley, coarsely chopped
  • ¼ cup shredded Italian cheese blend
  • Aluminum foil

Prep

    • Preheat oven to 425°F. Coat 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray.
    • Bring water to boil for pasta.

Steps

    1. Preheat large sauté pan on medium-high 2–3 minutes. Place oil in pan, then add onions and garlic. Remove sausage casing: cut in half lengthwise (butterfly), turn sausage over, and peel casing away. Add sausage to onions (wash hands); brown 5–6 minutes, stirring to crumble sausage, or until no pink remains.
    2. Cook pasta shells following package instructions.
    3. Stir one-half of pasta sauce into sausage; cook and stir 2–3 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Chop parsley. Remove pan from heat and stir in parsley.
    4. Drain shells; spoon sausage mixture into each shell and arrange in baking dish. Pour remaining pasta sauce over shells; sprinkle with cheese. Cover dish with foil; bake 10 minutes or until cheese melts, sauce bubbles around edges, and filling is 160°F. Serve.

Amount per ⅙ recipe serving: Calories 310, Total Fat 10g, Sat Fat 2.5g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 60mg, Sodium 1210mg, Total Carb 34g, Fiber 0g, Sugars 2g, Protein 22g, Calc 6%, Vitamin A 15%, Vitamin C 20%, Iron 15%