Tomato Chicken Tortellini
UT Extension Agent Cathy Faust shows how to make a delicious tomato chicken tortellini with tomatoes out of your own garden. The recipe is below. Enjoy!
June 21, 2017
June 21, 2017
Chicken Tomato Tortellini
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Tortellini
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Directions
Add the tortellini to 2 qts. boiling, salted water and cook until tender based on package directions. (If frozen, should take about 2-3 minutes.) Watch it carefully. When done, drain, spray with Pam, and set aside.
Melt butter in large saucepan over low heat. Sauté ¼ cup onion in melted butter. Add the tomatoes, tomato juice, spinach, salt, pepper, basil and garlic. Cook over medium heat and stir until the mixture begins to bubble.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, milk and cream. Stir this mixture into the saucepan along with the Parmesan cheese. Heat through, then reduce heat to low, and simmer until thick, about 2 minutes. Add cooked chicken.
Add tortellini to the tomato and sauce mixture. Stir to coat, and serve.
Add the tortellini to 2 qts. boiling, salted water and cook until tender based on package directions. (If frozen, should take about 2-3 minutes.) Watch it carefully. When done, drain, spray with Pam, and set aside.
Melt butter in large saucepan over low heat. Sauté ¼ cup onion in melted butter. Add the tomatoes, tomato juice, spinach, salt, pepper, basil and garlic. Cook over medium heat and stir until the mixture begins to bubble.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, milk and cream. Stir this mixture into the saucepan along with the Parmesan cheese. Heat through, then reduce heat to low, and simmer until thick, about 2 minutes. Add cooked chicken.
Add tortellini to the tomato and sauce mixture. Stir to coat, and serve.