Creamy chicken and cheese tortellini with spinach!. This chicken tortellini dish with a creamy tomato sauce, ground lean chicken, spinach tortellini, and fresh spinach is everything you want in a comforting pasta dish but created in a lighter, fresher way. When I think about what I want to eat on a cold night, pasta is always high up on the list. Creamy Parmesan Tortellini with chicken and a few handfuls of spinach was a hit with my whole family.
Stir in the tortellini and chicken. Add heavy cream and chicken broth to saute pan. Salt to taste at this point. You can cook Creamy chicken and cheese tortellini with spinach! using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Creamy chicken and cheese tortellini with spinach!
- Prepare 1 box of Chicken broth ( big box) Swanson.
- You need 1 packages of 8 oz cream cheese.
- Prepare 1/2 box of chopped spinach.
- You need 1 can of diced tomatoes.
- It's 1 of minced garlic ( 3 tbsp).
- It's 2 of boneless chicken breast (diced&browned).
- You need dash of spices I used garlic powder, onion powder, basil leaves, salt, and pepper.
- You need 1 packages of cheese tortellini ( 1 or 2).
- You need 1 can of Alfredo sauce.
Add baby spinach to saute pan. Drain and add to saute pan. The chicken goes into a hot pan and gets cooked to golden brown perfection. Next comes the tortellini and some chicken broth.
Creamy chicken and cheese tortellini with spinach! step by step
- Brown your diced chicken in a skillet on med heat using olive oil..
- Turn your crock pot on! Pour your chicken broth, cream cheese, alfredo sauce, tomatoes, spinach and all your spices in. Let that cook and melt down the cream cheese! About 30 mins.
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- Once that is cooked down add your chicken! Let that cook another 30 to 40 mins!.
- Then add your tortellini! It takes about 10 to 15 mins to cook! That's it! Serve in a bowl with your favorite garlic bread!.
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- You can also add all these ingredients and let it cook on low heat for 3 to 4 hours. But I do it differently cause this is soo delicious I can't wait that long!.
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I use a refrigerated fresh tortellini for this dish, you can choose your favorite flavor. I tend to make this dish with cheese tortellini. The nice thing about tortellini is that they only take a few minutes to cook! Add broth and bring to a boil. Stir in tortellini; return to a boil.