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Chicken Jalapeño Popper Stuffed Shells Recipe

Total Time 45 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 8 Servings

Ingredients
  

Sauce:

  • 3 Tbsp. Butter
  • 1 Jalapeño Seeded & Diced
  • 1 Garlic Clove Diced
  • 3 Tbsp. Flour
  • 2 Cups Half and Half

Shells:

  • 8 Bacon Slices Cooked & Chopped
  • 12 oz. Jumbo Pasta Shells Cooked
  • 16 oz. Cream Cheese Softened
  • 3 Cups Chicken Cooked & Shredded

Toppings:

  • 1 Jalapeño Sliced

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350˚.
  • Heat a sauce pan over medium heat. Place butter in heated in pan, once melted add the jalapeño and garlic. Allow to cook for about 1 minute and whisk in the flour and cook for another minute.
  • Slowly whisk in the half and half until it is smooth. Cook for about 10 minutes until the sauce has thickened up. Stirring occasionally.
  • In a large bowl mix together cream cheese and 1-1/2 cups of cheddar and start mixing it together. Add in the shredded chicken 2/3 of your bacon and continue to combine. Lastly add in 1/3 of the cream sauce and finish mixing together.
  • Spread another 1/3 of the sauce across the bottom of your baking dish.
  • Spoon chicken and cheese mixture into the cooked shells and place in the baking dish. Top with the rest of the sauce and cheddar cheese.
  • Bake for about 20 minutes, until the cheese is completely melted, top with the rest of your bacon and some sliced jalapeños and serve.