Perfect! My mom does not eat decent food (junk snacks) but she loves my cheese stuffed shells. The stores were out of the jumbo shells so I was forced to get manicotti shells. This would be a great way to add veggies into my mom's diet. I never thought to add broccoli into the cheese mixture. So simple. Thank you Chef John for you just being you.

Broccoli is my favorite thing to mix into other things to convince myself it's healthy. I'll have to try this!

I am totally going to try this. I love the way Chef John breaks down the recipes to make it so simple and easy. You are indeed among the best chef teachers on KZfaq

your videos are devoid of dippy music but filled (stuffed!) with great ideas. I appreciate that.

I was hesitant at first about your soupy tomato sauce and then remembered every time I've ever made manicotti it always soaks up the sauce until it's dryer than anything. Seeing how it looked perfect at the end shows that was the right decision to make. I'll be doing that the very next time I make some manicotti!

that is some trippy pasta size

Thank you for using the stems! I hate videos where they are thrown away. I usually slice them thinly & freeze them (raw) for veggie soup. After freezing, they really break down when cooked.

Ooh, I am definitely going to try this recipe soon! I love broccoli, pasta, sausage, and all the other wonderful stuff in here, so I already know I'm gonna love this.

My mother would make her own manicotti pasta by using egg crepes and roll them around the cheese filling which included some dried sweet mint. Delicious 😋😋😋😋😋

Chef John has been since the beginning of youtube.. you're a true treasure!

This looks so good. I can't wait to try it. Thanks, Chef John!

I think I was born Italian in another life. I LOVE PASTA!

And as always, enjoy!

New subscriber here. I made this tonight, my first attempt at a Chef John recipe. And it’s delicious! My Italian husband is raving about it, said he had never heard of adding broccoli to manicotti but he loves it. I confess I doubted the instructions every step of the way (seemed like way too much broccoli, not enough ricotta, shells won’t cook all the way through, not enough seasoning, etc.) but I followed every step as stated and it was perfect! The broccoli was not overwhelming, the shells cooked to a perfect al denti, and the taste was phenomenal. My big dilemma now is which Chef John recipe to try next!

Looks amazing! I will try it! Thank you!

Definitely trying this one!! Thanks!!

Well, I just had this recipe FANTASTIC! My wonderful wife made it and there was some anticipation trying this as it was our first time. This will immediately become a Family Favorite. Thanks for sharing this.

The older I get the more I love things like broccoli and less things like meat. Love the balance you struck.

And a Fatboy Slim reference! Oh, Chef John… thanks for taking me back. And for this yummy recipe, which I’ll be trying for sure.

I can already taste it from your video,on my must make list and thank you chef!

Loving this. A very different recipe..

I'm super proud that I followed that broccoli cooking tip today to a T even before watching the video. Chef John, you've taught me well.

Hello from Sacramento CA. I used to work in a Italian restaurant in the kitchen and this is my daughter most requested meal when she comes for a visit. We used fresh egg role wraps no stuffing tubes. And made huge manicotti.

Chef John!!! You are amazing!! You have gotten me laid so many times from your recipes. Thank you!!

Wow, thanks as always! Looks amazing!!

This looks delicious! I've been looking for broccoli recipes because I plan to grow my own this year.

You inspire me … love your show !!

Very clever, I will be trying once I am able to find Manicotti shells, I am not sure about other parts of the country but manicotti shells are as rare as hen teeth in the greater Tampa area.

You could have trimmed the tubes down a bit to make them fit as well if you wanted. Then shredded the leftovers in some of the leftover sauce with more sausage as a quick snack.

Hello chef John from Sacramento CA. Love you channel. Currently on a keto carnivore diet and I love pasta. The baked cheese with pepperoni was a God send

You are the best thank you for the recipe

I absolutely love love love Chef's voice 🙌🙌🙌😍

Love this! Thanks!

Loved it ate it for lunch and dinner ..Still have 2 more servings left. Thinking about it all morning.

This is perfection!

This looks so good! Your "secret sausage technique" is clever!

I love all kinds of pasta and your recipe is just incredible! Look at that tasty stuffing and that juicy and rich tomato sauce! And what to say about the melted cheese in the end...

Excellent recipes thank you

great recipe and technique.. go chef john👊🏿

There's the Chef John we all know and love.

Fat Boy Slim reference? That was cool John. I know some promoters who booked him back in the day!!

I made this recipe. I added some boiled carrots and brocolli with the ricotta filling. Simply fantastic!

Thanks, Chef John.

Looks delicious

“So yes this is a compromise” I see you with the sopranos reference!

Did anyone else feel like he was cooking penne in a tiny pot when he added the pasta?

This is genius. Keep the Italian recipes comin’! 😌🤌🍝

Ohh woow, absolutely tasty & amazing pasta recipes you have presented here, thanks for the great connections & sharing of this recipes! Surely inspired us to cook pasta now!😋🥰😍☝👍👍

I've been going crazy over manicotti lately. First I made Mom's original recipe which is a classic. And then started playing with variations for pasta night because my local grocery was clearancing manicotti shells at .50 cents a box and I bought them all. Next I just added fried eggplant as a layer in the bottom. Then I replaced the spinach with sauteed portabello mushroom with porcini and topping with scamorza and prosciutto, and then did one stuffed with sausage and peppers in the cheese mixture and provel cheese on top, then did a vegetarian one in marinara sauce with tofu in the cheese mixture with copious amounts of basil and roasted garlic. So many options to play with.

Chef John on "next level chef" next season!

I totally call mine the lasagne dish! I really like the idea of adding more water to the sauce. I will be trying that next time. Sometimes, mine feel underdone as the sauce cooks away.

Love the broccoli trick!

Chef , I’m trying this tomorrow night , I love something different every week . PS , In your bio you say the food is the star , for me you are up there too . You make me laugh & my wife would tell you that’s not easy ! Keep going Chef .

Saving to watch later!!

I think that is one of the yummiest meals I have seen for a while...., 100% on the menu for next week if I can buy the pasta and cheese. (Pasta is like gold in our shops here in Australia..., along with cheese.)

Well done sir, well done. The sausage under the pasta, agreed nice touch!

You just kicked me um...to the delish zone! Always ready to taste new dishes! Yummy, yum! Doing the air fryer way. Waving to you from south Georgia-land of best Peaches, boiled Peanuts, & Vidalia onions!

Delicious cold, am glad someone else likes a cold pasta snack.

Love your videos!!!

Looks delicious! I plan to make a lazy version of this with the methods in your Baked Ziti recipe -- our family doesn't even bake it any more, we serve it directly from the pot and sprinkle cheese on top on our plates! It's a fantastic 1-pot recipe!!! 😄

Secret Sausage, my Halloween costume for next year

And my lady, she went downtown She bought some ber-ra-ccoli She brought it ho-ome... She's chop'in broccoli Chop'in brocco-li Chop'in brocco-la Chop'in brocco-laa-aa

Manicotti are egg crepes, pan cooked, and then rolled and stuffed and baked. This is tube shaped stuffed shells.

THANKS

Yay! Another video.

I am drooling...

After draining I often lay my broccoli out on a clean tea cloth to get the last of the water out.

Your recipe sounds great, but my Sicilian mother never used pasta shells in her manicotti. She taught me to make a thin crape. They literally would melt in your mouth.

I really wish I had a working oven right now!! This looks so good.

That looks so fantastic Chef John! I will have to look at the recipe on your blog though, because I found your volume a little too low on this video... ( I'm getting a bit hard of hearing) Thanks for all your wonderful recipes!

I've never been so early! Looks delicious!

very nice recipe

You made me hungry!!!

"if you dont want it to taste as good" hahah that made my day =)

Quick neophyte question: Three Cheese Broccoli Manicotti with Secret Sausage Sauce recipe's marinara sauce I use Chef John's basic tomato sauce?

Maby you can do: "rolada śląska?? Z modro kapustą i kluskami śląskimi"? Typical regional Polish food,really gooood!! 😛😋😋😋

YUMMMMM!

Hello chef John Love your videos. Can you please make a Cannelloni video. Thank you ❤

I had to look up what nutmeg means in basketball. Meaning: To play the ball through the legs of an opponent and collect it on the other side. I didn't know this.

If you run those fresh blanched and cooled broccoli florettes and stems through a salad spinner - they will come out nice and dry - a little trial and error and a little shake uh shake uh will be necessary while in the spinner FWIW 😍

Hi Chef John 😊 Could you please do a video on knife skills and other technical stuff! Thank youuuu

I ready for all kinds of deliciousness.

Damn, those cutting skills!

Even Tony Soprano would admit, "Thas a good manicot!"

Here's one that blew me away with a cheese blend. Ricotta, mozzarella, and parmesan...yes! But substitute about a quarter of the ricotta (which can get dry and mealy) with cottage cheese. And I REALLY don't like cottage cheese! But its wonderful and moist....and you'd never know it was there (just like the anchovy I minced into the sauce).

Hah, yes! Thank you Chef for pointing out what I've been thinking for years -- food processors take much longer to clean than a knife. Kind of negates the "speediness" of using them.

Thanks Chef ! I’m making this tomorrow for sure :). I think I’m gonna to add a can of crab to the broccoli cheese mix

I need Chef John Rehab, all I want to do is keep watching your videos 24/7 🙈😍

Chef, have you divulged who makes your favorite prepared pasta sauce?

what sized knife are you using. I like it

I have promised myself to switch to fresh nutmeg just as soon as I finish my jar from 1989.

Hello Chef, will it not be simpler to stuff them before cooking them and cook them in the oven with the sauce, like you do with lasagne sheets ?

Nom nom nom, that looks very njammie

You had me at secret sausage sauce

Bottom row second one from the left is the broken one! Did I get it right?

What kind of food is suitable for the break room microwave? There's so many restrictions.

So much poetry

I've got to ask...what exactly is the difference between manicotti and cannelloni? In restaurants, it seems cannelloni most often has a veal filling, but both are tube pastas so I'm not sure why there's so much of difference that it needs a whole different name?

oh my GOSH I'm excited to try making these!!!!!! I'm gonna make them vegetarian for my loved ones! And a secret portion of sausage for meeeee heheheh

Very interesting...