Crab-Stuffed Manicotti
Crab-Stuffed Manicotti takes roughly 50 minutes from beginning to end. For $3.85 per serving, this recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This pescatarian recipe has 290 calories, 29g of protein, and 13g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 2. 14 people have made this recipe and would make it again. It works well as a rather expensive main course. Head to the store and pick up parmesan cheese, fat-free milk, lump crabmeat, and a few other things to make it today. It is brought to you by Taste of Home. Overall, this recipe earns an excellent spoonacular score of 83%. Try Crab Stuffed Manicotti, Stuffed Manicotti, and Stuffed Manicotti for similar recipes.
Servings: 2
Preparation duration: 25 minutes
Cooking duration: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup fat-free milk
4 teaspoons all-purpose flour
Minced fresh parsley
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning
1/3 cup reduced-fat ricotta cheese
1 cup lump crabmeat, drained
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 uncooked manicotti shells
Equipment:
sauce pan
bowl
baking pan
Cooking instruction summary:
Directions Cook manicotti according to package directions. In a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in Parmesan cheese. In a small bowl, combine the crab, ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, lemon-pepper, pepper and garlic powder. Drain manicotti; stuff with crab mixture. Spread 1/4 cup sauce in an 8-in. square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Top with stuffed manicotti. Pour remaining sauce over top. Cover and bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until heated through. Just before serving, sprinkle with parsley. Yield: 2 servings. Originally published as Crab-Stuffed Manicotti in Healthy CookingFebruary/March 2010, p60 Nutritional Facts 2 stuffed manicotti equals 359 calories, 12 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 98 mg cholesterol, 793 mg sodium, 38 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 26 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 2 lean meat, 1 fat, 1/2 fat-free milk. Print Add to Recipe Box Email a Friend
Step by step:
1. Cook manicotti according to package directions. In a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
2. Remove from the heat; stir in Parmesan cheese.
3. In a small bowl, combine the crab, ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, lemon-pepper, pepper and garlic powder.
4. Drain manicotti; stuff with crab mixture.
5. Spread 1/4 cup sauce in an 8-in. square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Top with stuffed manicotti.
6. Pour remaining sauce over top.
7. Cover and bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until heated through. Just before serving, sprinkle with parsley.
Nutrition Information:
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