Quick & Easy Chicken Tortellini Stir Fry
This meal is full of flavor and comes together in under 20 minutes. Stir fried vegetables, tasty chicken sausage, and cheesy tortellini make a dinner everyone will love and the leftovers are even better the next day!
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 pound precooked chicken sausage precooked any flavor (I used andouille.)
- 9 ounce package frozen cheese tortellini any type of tortellini works
- 1 whole red bell pepper deseeded and sliced into think strips
- 1 cup sweet onion sliced thin
- 15 ounce can cannellini beans drained and rinsed
- 2 cups fresh spinach
- 1 cup chicken broth
- Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook tortellini according to package directions, drain off water and set aside.
- Cut red pepper and onions in thin slices, slice chicken sausage into 1/2 slices. Heat frying pan over medium high heat add in sausage and cook until starting to brown, add in peppers and onion cook until soft.
- Add cooked tortellini to your frying pan, cook until tortellini starts to brown. Keep ingredients moving in pan so they don't burn.
- Lastly add spinach, beans and chicken broth give it all a good stir, cover and let cook on medium for 3 minutes.
Notes
Optional 1: At the end add in 4 ounces of cream cheese and 1 cup of Monterey Jack cheese, add 1 more cup of chicken broth to make a creamy cheese sauce!
Option 2: Leave tortellini out and serve over brown rice.
Nutrition
Serving: 2cupsCalories: 390kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 26gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 77mgSodium: 1205mgPotassium: 255mgFiber: 7gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 8IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 181mgIron: 4mg
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