BBQ Chicken & Cheese Tortellini

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 650.9
  • Total Fat: 19.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 172.5 mg
  • Sodium: 1,975.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 54.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 6.7 g
  • Protein: 64.7 g

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Introduction

I make this for my husband and myself and we eat on it for a couple of days. It is our favortie dish and I created it myself. It's a huge, delicious italian dish that takes less than an hour to create. And it isn't too expensive to make. Enjoy :) I make this for my husband and myself and we eat on it for a couple of days. It is our favortie dish and I created it myself. It's a huge, delicious italian dish that takes less than an hour to create. And it isn't too expensive to make. Enjoy :)
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1lb. Sargento Mozzarella
    2 cans Hunt's Garlic & Herb tomato sauce
    1 large can Hunt's tomato paste
    6 Boneless skinless chicken breasts
    1 bottle Sweet Baby Ray's Honey BBQ sauce (or favorite bbq sauce)
    About 4cups of Cheese tortellini

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Farenheight
Boil 4 cups of Cheese Tortellini until tender; Drain.
While Tortellini is cooking, Slow-Cook Chicken breasts in skillet with BBQ sauce on both sides on medium-high heat.
Pour 2 cans of Hunt's garlic and herb tomato sauce in a sauce pan. Mix in tomato paste, 12 oz mozzarella, and desired herbs and spices. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and continue stirring to prevent burning sauce.
Using a 4.8qt or 4.5 liter casserole dish, place tortellini in bottom. Pour sauce over tortellini. Place Chicken breasts on top of pasta and sauce. Pour 1 tbsp. of BBQ sauce on top of each Breast and put remaining mozzarella on top of breast. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes.

*Note- There will be left over pasta. Each person should get about a 1/2 cup of tortellini.

Makes 6 servings with Chicken breasts and 1/2 cup of tortellini
Will have about 1 cup or so left over with pasta.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KITTY6197.