5 Ingredient Tortellini & Vodka Sauce

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It doesn’t get much more simple for dinner than this 5 Ingredient Tortellini & Vodka Sauce. That’s right, it’s just 5 ingredients and a few minutes of cooking until this meal in a bowl is ready to go for the family. You can easily swap some of the ingredients out to make this dinner into your own thing. Even changing the sauce would make the dish completely different from what I have here.

I went with a fully cooked chicken sausage that had Italian herbs and seasoning in it, but really you could go any which way with it as you wanted. Another good one would be a a sausage with feta cheese for a Greek twist or something with a spicy kick and a nod to something more Cajun.

That’s what I love best about this dinner, you can swap any number of things out with something else to end up with an entirely different meal at the end of it. For me though? I wanted to use up some leftovers that I had on hand, so it was fresh mozzarella and the Italian style chicken sausage. If you swap out the broccoli for another veggie, you may or may not end up wanting to cook it with the pasta. Obviously you don’t want to simmer spinach.

I think next time I make this I’ll go with a spicy sausage and sauce too. What would you’re ideal combo here be?

5 Ingredient Tortellini & Vodka Sauce

Yield: 4Author: The Skinny Fork (Amanda Plott)Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 5 MinTotal time: 10 MinDinner with just five ingredients? You bet! This quick and east tortellini dinner is sure to be a hit. Full of veggies and cheesy goodness!

Ingredients

9 Oz. Cheese Tortellini
12 Oz. Broccoli Florets
6 Oz. Fully Cooked Chicken Sausage, Sliced
1 (24 Oz.) Jar Vodka Pasta Sauce
4 Oz. Fresh Mozzarella, Cubed

Instructions

Preheat an oven to 375 degrees and lightly coat a baking dish with non stick spray; set aside.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and add the 9 Oz. Cheese Tortellini and 12 Oz. Broccoli Florets to cook according to package directions for the pasta.
While the pasta is cooking, place the 6 Oz. Fully Cooked Chicken Sausage onto the prepared baking sheet and cook.
Pour the 24 Oz. Jar Vodka Pasta Sauce into a small pot and heat over a medium-high heat.
Once done, strain and place back into the large pot. Add in the cooked sausage and the heated sauce. Stir together gently to combine.
Divide evenly among bowls and top each with some of the cubed 4 Oz. Fresh Mozzarella to enjoy.

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Nutrition Facts

Calories

438.2

Fat (grams)

18.57 g

Sat. Fat (grams)

6.93 g

Carbs (grams)

44.98 g

Fiber (grams)

7.18 g

Net carbs

37.8 g

Sugar (grams)

10.08 g

Protein (grams)

26.86 g

Sodium (milligrams)

1723.46 mg

Cholesterol (grams)

76.66 mg

Nutritional Claims: Peanut Free • Tree Nut Free • Fish Free • Shellfish Free • Crustacean Free • Mustard Free • Sesame Free • Lupine Free • Mollusk Free