Packed with cheese tortellini, chicken, and lots of butternut squash and fresh kale, this healthier tortellini skillet is an entire easy dinner-in-one that your family won’t be able to get enough of!
I’m quickly figuring out and you probably are too that I have a serious thing for skillet dinners.
It’s obviously a lazy dinner-maker’s paradise because a) it dirties up minimal dishes. b) is usually ready to meet your face in 30 minutes. <<<
Those are all certainly enough dinner wins to compel me to hire my skillet for full-time dinner duty.
With this tortellini skillet on the skillet dinner itinerary about 95% of the time.
Honestly. Where are all my lazy-ish dinner-makers? We’ve got delish things to discuss.
Here’s the basic things you need to know about this tortellini skillet, you guys. It’s absolutely the simple of the simple as far as ingredients go, but that’s okay because it doesn’t NEED fancy stuff to be dang tasty.
The basic bullet points of flavors include chicken, butternut squash cubes, fresh kale, and cheese tortellini. Simple stuff and yet they work amazingly together in one pretty skillet.
Parmesan cheese goes on top of course…because there’s an unspoken rule in my mind that if you wanna make something that’s already perfect even MORE perfect…add a hefty pile of Parmesan.
And would you look at that? Dinner is done in record time, it’s easy, healthy, colorful, and CARB-aful.
Also, I wouldn’t discourage eating your dinner straight outta the skillet. It just adds to the overall skillet dinner experience.
A very good dinner experience, FYI. ♥
Chicken Tortellini Skillet with Butternut Squash + Kale
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Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into 1-in cubes
- 1 medium onion finely diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 cups butternut squash peeled and cut into 1-in cubes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cups fresh kale leaves
- 12 oz cooked tortellini pasta
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- In a dutch oven or large skillet over medium high heat, saute chicken, onion, garlic, and squash in oil until chicken is no longer pink and squash is tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in kale until wilty and reduce heat to medium low.
- Stir in cooked tortellini, vinegar, and season pasta with salt and pepper to taste. Top tortellini with Parmesan cheese. Cover and let stand 5 minutes. Remove from heat and serve. Enjoy!
Nutrition
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Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says
You’ve been on a roll with your skillet dinners lately, and I’m loving it! Easy meals are my favorite, and this chicken dish is calling my name. Such a great idea to add in butternut squash and kale. Looks like the perfect Monday night meal!
Mary@Swimming Pool says
What a great combination, chicken and butternut squash :). The picture looks gorgeous. PINNED. I’m gonna make this for the hubby tonight.
Fry Smith says
Great. It was a perfect combination, just looking at the picture I was excited by your food. I am also very excited for a barbecue party with my friends this weekend. I hope there will be some newness in the coming party.
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Lawrence says
Made this tonight and it was amazing! Super easy and delicious! Thank you so much for this recipe!!!
Bob says
It looks great! And I think it is very delicious. I wanna make this tonight.
lasesana says
I love pasta, but I usually cook it with beef and I haven’t used squash or green leaves like kale on it. I’ll cook it soon and try how is it, but it looks yummy on the pics. Thanks for the recipe.
Mary says
Love the idea of using squash and kale with pasta. I’ll put chilli make it spicy. Thanks a lot.
golisa says
Looks good, I like chicken, and this dish is great for dinner, I will cook it this week for family, I will put more green leaves which I like. Many thanks.
Alinea@thetechyboss says
Waoo awesome will try this today 🙂
Dan Krispy says
The mixture of chicken and butternut squash is always a winning combination. Looks awesome … Adding a balsamic vinegar enriches the flavor.
I’m gonna try making it this weekend 🙂
adams@nationalrestaurantny says
We had a great weekend party with your food, that’s great. Thank you for sharing
Merry Chands says
It just looks awesome, and I never though about this idead!
I love pasta, but I usually cook it with chicken no squash or kyle.
ZAMRIE says
It looks yummy and juicy. My child really love it. I cook it again and again and they still love it. Thank you for your recipe.
ZAME says
It looks yummy and juicy. My child really love it. I cook it again and again and they still love it. Thank you for your recipe
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Dan Crestwood says
WOW this looks yummy – but more important its a healthy recipe!
An amazing combination of chicken and butternut squash – never thougth of it before, although I love pasta! Going to try it on the weekend. Thanks!