Chicken & spinach cannelloni

Name: Chicken & spinach cannelloni
Cook time: 70 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 onion; olive oil; 500g frozen spinach; 2 tablespoons plain flour; 2 teaspoons English mustard; 200ml semi-skimmed milk; 150g leftover cooked chicken; ½ a bunch of fresh basil (15g); 60g mature Cheddar cheese; 16 dried cannelloni tubes; 2 cloves of garlic; 1–2 pinches of dried chilli flakes; 2 x 400g tins of chopped tomatoes; extra virgin olive oil

1 hr 10 mins

Not Too Tricky

serves 6

About the recipe

One of the kings of comfort food has to be a hot, delicious, bubbling cannelloni, and this recipe is doing exactly what cannelloni was designed to do, which is to use up leftovers in a clear and concise way that costs very little and looks and tastes absolutely spanking – you’re going to love this one.

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nutrition per serving

Calories

19%

Fat

18%

Saturates

20%

Sugars

10%

Salt

12%

Protein

42%

Carbs

17%

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

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By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

1 onion

olive oil

500g frozen spinach

2 tablespoons plain flour

2 teaspoons English mustard

200ml semi-skimmed milk

150g leftover cooked chicken

½ a bunch of fresh basil (15g)

60g mature Cheddar cheese

16 dried cannelloni tubes

2 cloves of garlic

1–2 pinches of dried chilli flakes

2 x 400g tins of chopped tomatoes

extra virgin olive oil

Method

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Save With Jamie Italian-style Pasta Chicken Spinach Tomato Budget-friendly Love your leftovers

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