Caesar Chicken Tortellini

Caesar Chicken Tortellini is a hearty, filling dinner. Packaged tortellini and your favorite Caesar dressing make it an easy meal for busy weeknights!

Course Main Dishes

Cuisine American

Keyword caesar dressing, cheese tortellini, chicken, tortellini

Prep Time 35 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Servings Servings

Calories 625kcal

Ingredients

Ingredients:

1 pound chicken breasts
1/2 cup Caesar dressing
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound tortellini
1 small shallot chopped
4 cloves garlic minced
1 teaspoon dried basil
salt and pepper
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
Lemon wedges
Parsley for garnish

Instructions

Place chicken between to pieces of plastic wrap. Pound to 1/4 inch thick just so that it cooks evenly. Place chicken in a bowl. Pour Caesar dressing over the top. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook marinated chicken 5 - 7 minutes on each side or until a meat thermometer inserted reaches 165 degrees F. Transfer to a cutting board allow to cool a couple of minutes before slicing.
While chicken is cooking, cook your pasta according to package directions. Drain.
In the same pan that you cooked the chicken in cook shallot, garlic and basil. Cook just until fragrant about 1 minute. Return chicken to the pan. Stir in pasta and toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with fresh parmesan cheese. Serve with lemon wedges.

Notes

To ensure that the chicken cooks evenly make sure to flatten to uniform thickness. You may also use thinly sliced breast fillets as well.

Serve plenty of lemon wedges and Parmesan cheese.

Nutrition facts for estimation purposes only and may vary greatly depending on the tortellini and Caesar dressing that you use.

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