This Chicken and Greens with Tortellini Recipe is an easy one dish dinner.
Yesterday I had a craving for greens cooked in bacon drippings. I blame the craving on listening to country music while gardening.
I had planned to serve a Strawberry Spinach Salad and Tortellini with Alfredo Sauce, but I couldn’t get over my craving for greens. So I decided to try combining the spinach and tortellini to create a new main course. Although no bacon drippings were involved in the preparation of this dish it was surprisingly delicious.
Chicken and Greens with Tortellini Recipe
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 medium onion, coarsely chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
2 cups frozen tortellini (GF tortellini is available at health food stores)
1 cup cooked chicken, diced
1 lb. greens (spinach, Swiss chard, kale, beet or collard greens)
Directions:
Heat oil in a large skillet. Add onion and garlic and sauté until onion is translucent.
Add broth and bring to a boil. Add tortellini and simmer for 3 minutes. Stir in Chicken.
Add greens and slowly work under the chicken and tortellini. Cook until all of the greens are wilted.
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Chicken and Greens with Tortellini
Ingredients
- Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 medium onion coarsely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups frozen tortellini GF tortellini is available at health food stores
- 1 cup cooked chicken diced
- 1 lb. greens spinach, Swiss chard, kale, beet or collard greens
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet. Add onion and garlic and sauté until onion is translucent.
- Add broth and bring to a boil. Add tortellini and simmer for 3 minutes. Stir in Chicken.
- Add greens and slowly work under the chicken and tortellini. Cook until all of the greens are wilted.
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sandra says
can this be done in a crock pot?
Alea Milham says
I don’t know. I have never tried it in the crock pot because it comes together so quickly on the stove top.
Miz Helen says
We just love a dish like this and your Chicken and Greens looks delicious. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope to see you next week!
Shu Han says
cool, i may just try that with my next batch of sourdough tortellini! that looks so light and yummy!
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Cara @ The Boys Made Me Do It says
I love this recipe! Looks great!
Our Italian Kitchen says
That looks super yummy!
Shana says
Oh man, I am loving this recipe!! I have to try this one for sure!
Laura says
This looks and sounds delicious! I'm definitely going to try this (once we get some greens growing in the garden – it's still almost too cold to plant anything here).
Julia says
sounds yummy. and i can smell bacon in my imagination.