{"id":4243,"date":"2013-08-01T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/?p=4243"},"modified":"2023-09-27T12:13:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:13:02","slug":"smoked-chicken-manicotti-with-a-bonus-spinach-artichoke-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/smoked-chicken-manicotti-with-a-bonus-spinach-artichoke-dip\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftover Smoked Chicken Recipe: Creamy Manicotti With Artichokes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eons ago, back when my husband I were “courting”, we regularly tried to woo each other with food. \u00a0I bet you’re shocked by that. \u00a0As he has written in the past, he’s always loved lasagna. \u00a0Manicotti was a close second. \u00a0SMOKED Chicken Manicotti – well, that would win the heart of your loved one forever. \u00a0 The fun thing about this particular recipe is that it’s a two for one deal – you get a recipe for an AMAZING Spinach artichoke dip AND the chicken Manicotti! \u00a0What’s not to love about that?? \u00a0And to tell you the truth, and yes, I’m a little embarrassed to admit this, but both the chicken, and the spinach artichoke dips were leftovers<\/a>. \u00a0I saw the two for sitting next to each other in the refrigerator, and they looked like they would get along well, so who am I to stop that? \u00a0I brought them together. \u00a0And they of course, lived happily ever after. \u00a0In everyone’s belly.<\/p>\n

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This dish is also easily freezable.\u00a0 After stuffing the noodles with the yummy filling, I freeze the stuffed Manicotti separately on a cookie sheet. \u00a0Once they’re frozen you can put them in one big Ziploc bag and pull out however many you need at a time. \u00a0If you so choose to make homemade sauce and you are looking for smaller servings, you can freeze that in smaller sandwich bags.\u00a0 I would highly recommend trying the homemade red sauce found in the Jumbo Pasta Shells <\/a>recipe. \u00a0It’s our go to red sauce. \u00a0But you can always just buy a jar of your favorite as well.<\/p>\n

This kind of preparation is an easy way to prepare for future random dinner get togethers. \u00a0I don’t know what your life is like, but mine is CONSTANTLY filled with random get togethers. \u00a0I need to always be prepared for anywhere between my regular family of 6 to a party of 15 on any given day. \u00a0So these kind of random things in my fridge make nights like that fun, yummy and totally stress free!<\/p>\n

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