Hello friends! Today’s recipe is a super easy vegetarian main course or delicious savory side dish you can serve alongside any protein. I call this one Easy Garlic Butter Tortellini.
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Easy Garlic Butter Tortellini:
This meal is made with store bought fresh cheese tortellini, butter, garlic, lemon juice, parmesan cheese, spinach, cherry tomatoes, red pepper flakes and if desired, toasted pine nuts.. It takes only 20 minutes to prep and cook, feeds four as a main course and eight as a side dish, and it’s budget friendly!
Want to add chicken?
Do it! Sometimes I toss in shredded rotisserie chicken for added protein, or my juicy cooktop chicken breasts!
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The Recipe: Easy Garlic Butter Tortellini
What you need: a good pan. and a great sea salt!
A quick and easy pasta dish made in 15 minutes. Serves four as a main course, eight as a side dish
- 3-4 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
- 16-20 ounces fresh refrigerated cheese tortellini (I used Buitoni brand three cheese)
- 5 tablespoons butter
- juice of half a lemon
- 3 cups fresh baby spinach
- 1 cup red cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, you can always use more 🙂
- sea salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4-1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (depending on how hot you like it)
- toasted pine nuts and/or rotisserie chicken
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Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. While you wait for water to boil, prep garlic, tomatoes and cheese.
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Mince or grate garlic with a microplane, grate parmesan (with same microplane) cut tomatoes in half. If using, toast pine nuts
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Once your water is boiling, add tortellini and cook to package instructions (usually no 3-4 minutes depending on size) Immediately heat a large frying pan on medium heat. Add butter, when butter melts, add garlic and cook stirring for 60 seconds. Turn heat off. Add lemon juice and whisk until garlic is evenly spread throughout butter. When pasta is al dente, strain in a colander, shake out water, do not rinse. Add pasta to pan, toss in butter sauce. Add spinach and tomatoes, toss. Sprinkle with red pepper flakes, add 1/2 the parmesan cheese, sea salt and pepper. Toss again. Plate, sprinkle with remaining cheese and pine nuts if using.
If desired add basil or shredded rotisserie chicken to finished pasta
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Very nice and easy recipe.
Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed it!