Nat's Chicken and Broccoli Cannelloni

Yummy, comforting food at its best!

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• Tomato Cream Sauce

• 1⁄3 cup butter
• 1⁄3 cup flour
• 3  cups milk
• 1 (28 ounce) can plum tomatoes (chopped)
•  salt and pepper

• Filling

• 3  tablespoons butter
• 1  large onion (chopped)
• 8  ounces fresh mushrooms (sliced)
• 1 1⁄2 cups  cooked chicken
• 1 1⁄2 cups  cooked broccoli
• 1  cup  grated parmesan cheese
• 12  cannelloni tubes
•  salt and pepper

Directions

1. Tomato Cream Sauce:
2. Melt butter in saucepan.
3. Whisk in flour.
4. Cook 2-3 minutes, stirring, but not browning.
5. Whisk in milk, bring to a boil, reduce heat.
6. Simmer gently for 5 minutes.
7. Whisk in tomatoes, salt and pepper.
8. Simmer gently for 5 minutes.
9. Filling:
10. Melt butter in a skillet.
11. Cook onions until tender, add mushrooms and cook until moisture evaporates.
12. Add chicken and broccoli.
13. Add 1/2 of cheese, salt and pepper.
14. Stir in 1 cup of tomato cream sauce.
15. Fill Cannelloni with chicken mixture.
16. Arrange in bottom of 9 X 13 buttered baking dish.
17. Pour remaining Tomato Cream Sauce, on top of cannelloni.
18. Top with remaining cheese.
19. Bake uncovered in a preheated 350°F oven, for 30 to 40 minutes, until bubbling.