Chickpea Stuffed Manicotti Shells
We are telling you, they won’t know!! This extra delicious stuffed shell recipe has something extremely healthy and special stuffed inside; and yes, they really won’t know. Serving it to your family or guests will bring a slow smile to your face when they ask you what’s inside this stuffed shell recipe.
As we shuffled through our recipes for stuffed shells we realized just how special this garbanzo recipe really is. The filling is very smooth, cheesy, and extra tasty. Our garbanzo bean stuffed shell recipe is very simple to make once you get in the groove of preparing dried garbanzo beans in advance of making the recipe. Don’t shy away, it truly is easy as well. In this recipe for stuffed shells, we prefer to use the Manicotti pasta shells which seem to be a good balance for the garbanzo bean mixture that is stuffed inside. Not too heavy and just right!
Chickpea Stuffed Manicotti Shells
- Author
- Palouse Brand
- Prep Time
- 8 hours
- Cook Time
- 50 minutes
- Servings
- 7
- Category
Pasta, Meal Solutions
- Cuisine
Italian
Ingredients
- ¾ cup Palouse Brand Chickpeas
- 1 box uncooked manicotti pasta shells
- 2 egg whites
- 15 oz. Ricotta cheese
- ½ cup fresh parsley, minced
- ⅓ cup parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 small onion, quartered
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 24 oz. jar of Bertolli Organic Olive Oil, Basil & Garlic Sauce
- 1 ½ cups Mozzarella cheese, shredded
Directions
- Soak chickpeas overnight and boil for 60 minutes or until soft. Drain and set aside.
- Cook manicotti pasta shells according to package directions
- Place chickpeas and egg whites in a food processor and process until smooth. Add ricotta, parsley, parmesan, onion, and garlic; continue processing until well blended.
- Spread 1 ½ cups of Bertolli sauce on the bottom of a 9x13, ungreased baking dish, and set aside.
- Drain the pasta shells and stuff with the chickpea mixture. Put remaining Bertolli sauce on top of the pasta shells.
- Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
- Sprinkle with the shredded mozzarella and bake another 5-10 minutes until melted and until the sauce becomes a bit bubbly.
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3 comments
If I were to use your Stoneground Garbanzo Bean Flour instead of the whole chickpeas how would I make the successful conversion?
Patricia Adriana
Hi Donna,
We are sure you could put this a pepper, potatoes or zucchini and have a great meal. The mixture could be used as you see fit, it is just garbanzo beans and cheese both of which lend themselves to recipes quite nicely.
Palouse Brand
Instead of using pasta could you stuff a red pepper with the mixture and bake and or do twice baked potatoes? Also wondering about combining the garbanzo mixture with baked squash and reheating in shells or squash or just side dish with the squash and garbanzo mixture?
Donna
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