Chicken and Fresh Spinach Tortellini
This recipe is taken from the 2008 Milk Calendar. A delicious, nutritious meal that's ready in under half an hour. You save on clean-up by cooking everything in the same pot ' you don't even need to drain the pasta.
- Prep: 10 min
- Cooking: 15 min
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup (60 mL) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt
- 1/4 tsp (1 mL) pepper
- 3 cups (750 mL) Milk
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) chicken stock or water
- 1 lb (450 g) boneless skinless chicken
- 12 oz (350 g) fresh cheese tortellini
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 6 cups (1.5 L) fresh baby spinach
- 1/2 small red bell pepper thinly sliced
- Grated zest of 1 lemon
- Hot pepper sauce
- Freshly grated Canadian Parmesan cheese
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Preparation
In a large pot, whisk flour, salt and pepper into milk and stock; bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, cut chicken into 1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces. Stir chicken, tortellini and garlic into pot. Reduce heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 8 min or until tortellini is almost tender and chicken is no longer pink inside. Add spinach, red pepper and lemon zest; cook, stirring, just until spinach is wilted.
Season to taste with hot pepper sauce. Serve sprinkled with Parmesan.
Tips
For the Adventurous: Use 3 cups (750 mL) chopped Swiss chard in place of half the spinach and add crisped strips of pancetta on top.
Healthy Eating Tip: This dish is an excellent source of many important vitamins and minerals! You can't get a much better bang for your nutritional buck than this.
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Nutritional information
Per serving| Energy: | 550 Calories |
| Protein: | 49 g |
| Carbohydrate: | 60 g |
| Fat: | 12 g |
| Fibre: | 4 g |
| Sodium: | 899 mg |
Top 5 Nutrients
| (% DV*) | |
|---|---|
| Calcium: | 43 % / 475 mg |
| Niacin: | 99 % |
| Folate: | 91 % |
| Vitamin A: | 82 % |
| Riboflavin: | 56 % |
