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Creamy Cheese and Chicken Tender Tortellini
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Creamy Cheese and Chicken Tender Tortellini

with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto and Spinach

5 min
Difficulty: 2/3
Canadian

Cheese-stuffed tortellini gets a royal treatment in tonight's speedy dinner! This slightly untraditional, lip-smacking rosé sauce uses sun-dried tomato pesto to pack a flavourful punch. Ingredients: Cheese tortellini (pasta: durum wheat semolina, water, liquid egg yolk, liquid whole eggs, filling: cheeses (ricotta, parmesan, romano), toasted wheat crumbs, whey, vegetable oil, flavour (milk), water, salt, yeast extract, garlic powder) (egg, milk, wheat) • Chicken tenders • Sweet bell pepper • Spinach • Sundried tomato pesto (sundried tomato, water, soy oil, canola and extra virgin olive oil, tomatoes, garlic, parmesan cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, lipase, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, powdered cellulose), basil leaves, salt, sugar, herbs, spices, vinegar, citric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) (milk) • 35% Cream (cream, milk, dextrose, cellulose gel, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, polysorbate 80, sodium citrate, disodium phosphate) (milk) • Cream cheese (milk ingredients, modified milk ingredients, salt, bacterial culture, lactic acid, guar gum, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) (milk) • Shallot • Parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, water, modified corn starch and/or potato starch, cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, microbial enzyme, lipase), salt, citric acid, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, flavour, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate, caramel colour, beta-carotene, anticaking blend (potato starch, corn starch, dextrose, calcium sulfate, cellulose, natamycin, enzyme)) (milk) • Vegetable broth concentrate (sugars (vegetable juice concentrates [tomato, mushroom, onion, carrot, celery], sugar, maltodextrin), salt, yeast extract, natural flavor) • Garlic.

Allergens

Soy
Mustard
Wheat
Milk
Sulphites
Crustaceans
Egg
May contain traces of allergens
Sesame
Tree nuts
Fish
Gluten

Utensils

Large Pot
Measuring Spoons
Large Non-Stick Pan
Measuring Cups
Colander

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Ingredients
Cheese Tortellini

Cheese Tortellini

350 g

Garlic, cloves

Garlic, cloves

2 unit(s)

Cream

Cream

56 mL

Baby Spinach

Baby Spinach

113 g

Parmesan Cheese, shredded

Parmesan Cheese, shredded

0.25 cup

Shallot

Shallot

1 unit(s)

Sweet Bell Pepper

Sweet Bell Pepper

1 unit(s)

Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto

Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto

0.25 cup

Cream Cheese

Cream Cheese

3 unit(s)

Vegetable Broth Concentrate

Vegetable Broth Concentrate

1 unit(s)

Chicken Breast Tenders

Chicken Breast Tenders

310 g

Butter

Butter

1 tbsp

Salt

Salt

0.25 tsp

Pepper

Pepper

0.125 tsp

Preparation
1
Cook tortellini

  • Before starting, wash and dry all produce.
  • Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high.
  • To the boiling water, add tortellini. Cook for 2-4 min, stirring occasionally, until tender but still firm to the bite.
  • Reserve 1/4 cup (1/2 cup) pasta water.
  • Strain tortellini, then return to the pot, off heat.

2
Prep and cook chicken

  • Meanwhile, peel, then finely chop shallot.
  • Peel, then mince or grate garlic.
  • Core, then cut pepper into 1/2-inch pieces.
  • Roughly chop spinach.
  • Pat chicken dry with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper.
  • Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high. When hot, add 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil, then chicken. Sear for 3-4 min per side, until chicken is golden and cooked through.** Transfer to a plate and cover to keep warm.

3
Cook veggies

  • Heat the same pan over medium-high.
  • When hot, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter, then shallots and peppers. Cook for 3-4 min, stirring occasionally, until softened. 
  • Add garlic. Cook for 1-2 min, stirring often, until fragrant.
  • Season with salt and pepper.

4
Make cream sauce

  • To the pan with veggies, add cream cheese, cream, broth concentrate and reserved pasta water. Cook for 1-2 min, stirring occasionally, until sauce reduces slightly.
  • Season with salt and pepper.

5
Finish tortellini

  • Pour cream sauce over tortellini in the pot, then add spinach and sun-dried tomato pesto.
  • Return the pot to medium and cook for 2-3 min, stirring often, until spinach wilts and sauce coats tortellini.
  • Season with salt and pepper, if you like.

6
Finish and serve

  • Divide creamy cheese tortellini between bowls.
  • Thinly slice chicken. Top bowls with chicken.
  • Sprinkle Parmesan over top.

7

If you've opted to add chicken breast tenders, pat dry with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper. Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high. When hot, add 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil, then chicken. Sear for 3-4 min per side, until chicken is golden and cooked through.** Transfer to a plate and cover to keep warm. Use the same pan to cook veggies in step 3.

8

Thinly slice chicken. Top bowls with chicken.

Nutrition per serving

1170

kcal

Calories

51

g

Fat

24

g

Saturated Fat

106

g

Carbohydrate

17

g

Sugar

7

g

Dietary Fiber

71

g

Protein

275

mg

Cholesterol

1750

mg

Sodium

1

g

Trans Fat

1850

mg

Potassium

450

mg

Calcium

5.5

mg

Iron

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