Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, mimi's stuffed manicotti. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mimi's Stuffed Manicotti is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Mimi's Stuffed Manicotti is something that I have loved my whole life.

Here at Mimi's we make fresh pasta, ravioli's, cannelloni, manicotti, stuffed shells and more daily. On top of the display case were a few bags of dried pasta. Around the edge of the store are freezer and refrigerated cases with all sorts of marked boxes of pastas – ravioli, manicotti, stuffed shells, tortellini, etc.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mimi's stuffed manicotti using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Mimi's Stuffed Manicotti:

1. Prepare 2 TBS olive oil
2. Get 1/2 cup chopped onions
3. Make ready 6 cloves garlic finely chopped
4. Prepare 1 LB ground beef
5. Prepare to taste Salt
6. Prepare 10 oz package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
7. Take 12 oz package Manicotti shells
8. Prepare 2 cups Ricotta cheese
9. Get 2 eggs, beaten
10. Prepare 3 cups spaghetti sauce, divided
11. Make ready 2 TBS butter
12. Prepare 2 TBS flour
13. Get 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon granules
14. Get 2 cups Half and Half
15. Make ready 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
16. Take 1 TBS chopped fresh Basil
17. Get 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

You will find everything you need when you get that craving. We started out with the fried cheese. Place in a bowl of cold water to prevent sticking. Drain shells, pat dry with paper towels.

Steps to make Mimi's Stuffed Manicotti:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute onions until translucent. Saute garlic for 1 minute and stir in ground beef. Cook until well browned and crumbled. Season with salt and set aside to cool.
3. Cook spinach according to package directions. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add manicotti shells and parboil for half of the time recommended on the package. Drain and cover with cool water to stop the cooking process and prevent the shells from cracking.
4. To the ground beef mixture add the cooked spinach and ricotta cheese. When the mixture is cool, add the beaten eggs. Spread 1/4 cup spaghetti sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Gently drain the manicotti shells and carefully stuff each one with the meat and cheese mixture; place shells in prepared dish. Lightly cover the dish with plastic wrap or a clean, damp towel to prevent shells from cracking.
5. Prepare the white sauce by melting the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour and chicken bouillon. Increase heat to medium-high and cook, stirring constantly, until it begins to bubble. Stir in half and half and bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in parsley. Pour or ladle the sauce evenly over the stuffed shells.
6. Stir the basil into the remaining spaghetti sauce. Carefully pour or ladle spaghetti sauce over the white sauce, trying to layer the sauces without mixing.
7. Cover and bake for 40 minutes. Remove from oven, uncover and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake, uncovered, for 10 minutes more.

This has all the good stuff - ricotta, mozzarella, eggs and parmesan. Season with salt and pepper and stuff this yummy stuffing into pre-cooked manicotti. Pour on your favorite tomato sauce and bake. Arrange stuffed manicotti shells in a single layer over sauce. Arrange stuffed manicotti over sauce; pour remaining sauce over pasta.

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