Creamy Garlic Chicken and Broccoli Tortellini is an easy comfort food, pasta weeknight dinner that’s a delicious, hearty, meal-in-one. It’s ready in just 20 minutes!
Pasta is a great go-to, weeknight dish that everyone likes, especially if you’re Italian like me. I love cooking Italian dishes for my family and this Italian-American dish is tasty comfort food for sure.
It’s full of garlic and cheese flavor and will become an instant family favorite. Cheese tortellini are filling on their own but, when you add cream, Parmesan cheese, chicken and broccoli, it becomes a meal-in-one.
Plus, it’s a great way to use up leftover chicken especially when you don’t have a whole lot of it.
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Creamy Garlic Chicken and Broccoli Tortellini
I must admit, I have a little bit of an obsession with garlic! It is my most used seasoning after salt and maybe even before black pepper. I love the flavor!
It is essential to good Italian cooking. It’s one of the ten commandments of Italian cooking. You must not only use it, but you must use enough garlic!
Because this dish comes together quickly and effortlessly, it’s the PERFECT weeknight dinner! Plus, you can omit the chicken if you have none and it’s still a wonderful, vegetarian meal!
What are tortellini?
Tortellini are a round pieces of pasta that are filled one one side with cheese, then pinched together at the edges to make a semicircle that is then pinched again to close. That’s how the shape is made.
Also, tortellini can be filled with a ground meat filling. Cheese tortellini can be served hot with tomato sauce, pesto sauce or even in soup such as Spinach and Tortellini Soup with Sausage. Tortellini can be served cold as in pasta salad too.
Ingredients
- 20 oz refrigerated cheese tortellini
- 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken
- 1 1/2 cups frozen broccoli
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 4 cloves of minced garlic
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
See printable instructions in the recipe card below.
This recipe makes a about six servings or four large servings. Keep that in mind if you’re feeding less than four people and don’t want leftovers. You can easily halve this recipe if you want to make less of it.
Add some red pepper flakes if you want to make it a bit spicy. Garnish with fresh parsley if you’d like.
This tortellini dinner is easy, fast and a filling dinner that will even fill up your teens or at least for a few hours. LOL!
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Creamy Garlic Chicken and Broccoli Tortellini
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 4 cloves minced garlic
- 1 1/2 cups frozen broccoli florets
- 1 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/2 cups cooked, cubed chicken
- 20 oz refrigerated cheese tortellini or tortelloni
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- First, add minced garlic (4 cloves) and olive oil (1 tbsp) to a large pot or wok style pan. Cook on high heat until garlic becomes fragrant but, not browned, about 1-2 minutes. Don't walk away.
- Next, add the frozen broccoli (1 1/2 cups) to the pan and cook for 3-4 four minutes.
- Then, add the chicken broth (1 1/2 cups) and heavy cream (2/3 cup) and cook until it begins to simmer or about three minutes.
- Next, add the chicken and tortellini and cook for about 5-7 minutes or until tortellini are cooked through and chicken is hot.
- Next, stir in the grated Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste.
