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Chicken, Ricotta and Spinach Stuffed Shells

These stuffed shells are loaded with a creamy ricotta and spinach filling that’s studded with chunks of tender chicken breast. This is a great way to mix up your traditional stuffed shells recipe!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Chicken, Ricotta and Spinach Stuffed Shells

Why it works: Pasta and spinach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 376 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Chicken, Ricotta and Spinach Stuffed Shells

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

957Calories
81 gProtein
43 gFat
54 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Saucenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Pasta + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together376 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Spinach + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Pasta + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,079 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Pasta + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together732 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pasta, sauce, ricotta cheese, cheese, spinach, garlic, chicken):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, sauce, ricotta cheese, cheese, spinach, garlic, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.