Easy Skillet Tortellini Dinner
Delicious, Easy Skillet Tortellini Dinner is the perfect meal for busy nights. It’s made with cheese tortellini simmered with caramelized onions, peas, bacon, cheese, and cream. So yummy! Best of all, it’s all cooked in one skillet and ready in 20 minutes!
Tortellini are little pasta stuffed with cheese, typically the size of a quarter or smaller. It’s a pasta similar to Agnolotti, which is also little pasta stuffed with a variety of fillings such as meat and vegetables.
Both are wonderful to use in soups or serve with sauce-based dishes.
For this recipe, I prefer the cheese-filled tortellini.
When you take your first bite, you’ll notice the creamy cheesy tortellini has a smoky flavor from the bacon and caramelized onions.
All the flavors infused into this one dish are truly AMAZING!
Besides, it’s loaded with so many delicious textures, everyone will go “WOW” after their first bite! …and they will even ask for a second dish!
I made this for dinner the other night and my son went nuts over this dish! He said, “hey MA! … needs more cream, and this is literally crack!”
So, I adjusted my recipe for more cream! 🙂
We enjoy making skillet dinners from time to time. Some of our favorites have been our pasta with veal in lemon sauce, and our classic easy shrimp dinner, and our warm tortellini and broccoli salad, just to name a few.
But this one is a little different…
Instead of boiling the pasta separately in a large pasta pot, the tortellini actually cooks inside the skillet along with the peas and caramelized onions! Perfect!
And this method makes this meal great for an easy clean-up!
How To Make This Easy Skillet Tortellini Dinner?
1. First, remove the package of tortellini from the freezer and open the package. Set it aside.
2. Second, cook the bacon. I prefer to cook a few bacon strips in a small skillet until it’s fully cooked and crispy. If you prefer, you can cook the bacon in the microwave. Then, crumble the bacon or place each piece into a mini chopper, and pulse a few times to chop it.
3. Next, place a large, deep skillet on the stove top. Heat olive oil and butter, toss in the garlic and onions, and cook until the onions are golden.
4. Toss in the peas and simmer for a few minutes.
5. Then, pour in the broth and bring the broth to a low simmer.
6. Toss in the frozen tortellini, raise the heat, and cover the skillet with a lid. Simmer the tortellini for a few minutes.
7. Toss in chopped bacon and grated cheese and gently stir to combine.
8. Remove the cover and pour in the heavy cream, and gently stir the tortellini to blend the mixture. Simmer until some of the liquid has been reduced a little, and the tortellini is tender.
9. Then turn off the heat. Here is where you can add in more cream if you prefer it creamier. Then transfer to a large casserole dish and serve it at the table!
Cook’s Notes and Tips for Success!
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Frozen or refrigerated cheese tortellini will work well with this recipe simply because tortellini cooks up quickly.
- Keep in mind, that the tortellini will absorb most of the cream, so the longer it sits, the more the cream will get absorbed. Therefore, if you prefer this dish to be more creamy, then add extra cream while cooking.
- I used only 3 “thick” slices of bacon. But if you want more bacon? Sure, why not?
You can use 4 to 5 thin slices of bacon.
My Easy Skillet Tortellini Dinner is definitely a winner and a keeper!
This is such a delicious dish. The outcome was FANTASTIC! I bet your family and friends will go bonkers over it.
Serve this easy skillet tortellini dinner with a side of greens, and choose one from our 13 Fast & Easy Salads for a complete meal.
Easy Skillet Tortellini Dinner is truly worth making!
You’ll have to try my recipe because I am certain it won’t disappoint.
ENJOY!!
Don’t forget to PIN this one on your dinner board! 😉
More Easy Dinner Recipes! …try these:
- Spinach Ravioli with White Cream Asparagus Sauce
- Penne Tossed with Chicken Kale and Cherry Tomatoes
- Tagliatelle with Fresh Tomato Sausage Ragu
- Orecchiette with Sausages and Spinach
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Easy Skillet Tortellini Dinner
Easy Skillet Tortellini Dinner is a quick and easy meal made with peas, bacon, onions, and cheese tortellini, and its made in one skillet! Then it's finished off with some cream to make it creamy delicious with amazing smoky flavors throughout the dish. And it's ready in 20 minutes!
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
15 minutes
Total Time
20 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 thick slices of bacon - cooked
- 1 + 1/2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 4 Tbsp. butter
- 1 garlic clove - chopped
- 1 large onion - chopped
- 2 cups frozen baby peas - rinsed
- 1 + 3/4 cups of vegetable broth
- 16-ounces (or 24-oz) package of frozen cheese tortellini
- 1 + 1/4 cups heavy cream, and extra
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup grated pecorino cheese
Instructions
- First, cook the bacon, then transfer to a mini chopper and pulse a few times to chop it. Set it aside.
- Next, in a large skillet, heat olive oil and butter on medium heat, toss in the garlic and onions and cook the onions for 3 to 5 minutes until golden color.
- Toss in the peas and simmer on low heat for about 2 minutes to flavor the peas.
- Pour in the vegetable broth, and bring to a boil. Toss in the frozen cheese tortellini and raise the heat and cover with a lid. Then simmer on low heat for about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the cover to check on the tortellini, gently stir the tortellini.
- When tortellini is almost ready, toss in chopped bacon and grated pecorino cheese. Gently stir to combine.
- Finally, pour in the heavy cream and with a spatula, to help flip over the mixture and continue to simmer for a few minutes more, until most of the liquid is absorbed and the sauce has thickened a little. Taste the tortellini and season with salt and black pepper to taste.
- Give it a final stir and transfer to a casserole dish. Then serve!
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6 servingsServing Size:
2 cupsAmount Per Serving: Calories: 489
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Made this skillet tort . Family loved it. My daughter ate peas! It was a win…🙂
Thank you so much, Elisa! So happy your family loved this recipe. It is a keeper! Hope you will try a few more recipes soon. Happy Cooking!!
xo 🙂
This is a perfect example of how simple and wonderful cooking can be. I still cringe when I hear people say that they don’t have time to cook!
I hear you Mimi! This is the reason we have a blog … and hopefully, to inspire everyone to try at least one or more recipes and see how easy it really is to cook a meal in their own kitchen.
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great Sunday!! 🙂
It’s always great to have an easy meal to put together on a busy day! It looks sooooo good!
Thank you, Susan! I hope you’ll try it soon.
This tortellini dish was absolutely AMAZING!! My mouth is watering thinking about it! I wish I could eat it every night for dinner!!
Thank you Jodi! Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂