Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (2024)

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Cheese-filled tortellini, chicken, and broccoli in a creamy, Parmesan cheese sauce. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini is an easy 20 minute dinner the whole family will love!

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Tortellini is one of my favorite ways to get dinner on the table fast. It cooks in about 5 minutes and who doesn’t love pasta filled with cheese?!

This Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini is all cooked in one pot and is ready in about 20 minutes (as long as you already have chicken cooked – I recommend a rotisserie chicken!)

It’s cheese tortellini, chicken, and broccoli in a sauce made from cream cheese and Parmesan cheese.

Your whole family is going to love this recipe!

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Ingredients

  • Olive oil – you can use whatever cooking oil you prefer.
  • Garlic
  • Low-sodium chicken broth – if you use regular chicken broth, make sure to taste the finished dish before adding salt.
  • Milk
  • Cheese tortellini – you can use fresh or frozen tortellini in this recipe.
  • Fresh broccoli – you can use frozen broccoli but make sure you are only buying the florets. It may also increase cooking time by a few minutes.
  • Cream cheese – this makes for the creamiest sauce!
  • Grated Parmesan cheese
  • Cooked chicken – you can cook your own chicken or pick up a rotisserie chicken to make dinner really easy!
  • Salt and black pepper

Instructions

  • Cook garlic. Cook garlic in olive oil for 30 seconds.
  • Add liquid. Add chicken broth and milk. Bring to a boil.
  • Cook tortellini. Add tortellini and cook 2 minutes.
  • Add broccoli. Add broccoli and continue to cook for about 3 minutes or so, stirring as needed, until tortellini is cooked and broccoli is bright green.
  • Add cheese. Lower heat and stir in cream cheese and Parmesan, until melted.
  • Add chicken. Stir in cooked chicken.
  • Season and serve. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve with extra Parmesan on top.
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How Long Is It Good For?

This chicken tortellini will be good for up to 3 days in the fridge. Make sure to store it in an airtight container.

You can reheat it in the microwave or on the stove. If the sauce has thickened too much, you can add milk or chicken broth to loosen it up again.

Tips & Tricks

  • I used fresh tortellini for this recipe so if you use frozen tortellini, you may need to add an extra minute or 2 to the cooking time. Just check the package instructions to be sure.
  • You can also use frozen broccoli but may need to add a couple minutes to that as well.
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Recipe

Yield: about 6 servings

Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini

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Cheese-filled tortellini, chicken, and broccoli in a creamy, Parmesan cheese sauce. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini is an easy 20 minute dinner the whole family will love!

Cook Time20 minutes

Total Time20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 ½ cups low-sodium chicken broth
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 (20 ounce) package cheese tortellini
  • 3 cups fresh broccoli, roughly chopped
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
  • ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 cups cooked chicken, diced
  • salt and black pepper

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large pot. Add garlic and cook 30 seconds until fragrant.
  2. Add chicken broth and milk. Bring to a boil.
  3. Add tortellini and cook 2 minutes.
  4. Add broccoli and continue to cook for about 3 minutes or so, stirring as needed, until tortellini is cooked and broccoli is bright green.
  5. Lower heat and stir in cream cheese and Parmesan, until melted.
  6. Stir in cooked chicken.
  7. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  8. Serve with extra Parmesan on top.

Notes

If using frozen tortellini, they make take an extra minute or 2. Just check the instructions on the package.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving:Calories: 259Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 63mgSodium: 419mgCarbohydrates: 17gFiber: 3gSugar: 4gProtein: 20g

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  1. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (7)Amanda says

    This looks fantastic, I cannot wait to make it! Thank you for sharing!

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  2. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (8)Beth says

    This is just the thing for our next family dinner. I love the addition of the broccoli for more flavor and health benefits.

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    • Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (11)lee says

      did you have to boil the tortellini before adding it into the pot ?

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  3. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (12)Catalina says

    Love how creamy are these tortellini. Must make for Sunday lunch!

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  4. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (13)Sandra says

    This is such an amazing meal! My family was really impressed!

    Reply

  5. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (14)Vikki says

    So easy cheesy and delicious! I love this tortellini!

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  6. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (15)Dawn says

    Just curious I know it doesn’t say but do you pre cook the tortellini’s or do you just throw it in the pot

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    • Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (16)admin says

      It all goes into the pot together. 🙂

      Reply

  7. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (17)Kristen says

    Amazing! 10/10 picky kids even loved it. I doubled the recipe 🙂

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    • Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (18)admin says

      Yay, I love to hear that!

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  8. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (19)Emanuel says

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  9. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (20)Gayle Bullock says

    Can I use Chicken broth instead of Milk in this recipe but still add the cream cheese??

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  10. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (21)Stephanie says

    Do you precook the broccoli or put it in raw

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  11. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (22)Lauren says

    How did you cook the chicken? It looks delicious!

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  12. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (23)Brenda says

    How did you cook your chicken?

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  13. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (24)James says

    I hope this will for my sister in law to lose her weight. Thanks for the information and ill forward this to everyone. https://bit.ly/3CBjhlv

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  14. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (25)raudaf says

    I hope this will for my sister in law to lose her weight. Thanks for the information and ill forward this to everyone. https://bit.ly/3CBjhlv

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  15. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (26)Emily says

    I made this tonight. My boyfriend and I really liked it. (Halving it was perfect)

    I added garlic powder, Italian seasoning and a little bit of lemon juice to add flavor.

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  16. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (28)Meghan says

    I made this tonight, delicious, I did add some extra seasoning like Italian onion powder season salt. Came out fantastic will definitely be making again. Thanks for the recipe.

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  17. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (29)Neely says

    I made this tonight. It was incredible. And so quick. Used rotisserie chicken.

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  18. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (30)Gwen says

    I made this tonite absolutely delish. I used canned chicken and it turned out better than i thought it would. thank you!!

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  19. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (31)Johnny Steinbecker says

    Chicken is good. Broccoli is bad. Put em together tho, and you’ll get a clutzy husband who spills it all over the floor. Well, not all of it. Enough tho that we got a floor refinishing about a week later. However, we still held enough to try it. AMAZING. I didn’t drop it the next night and it was just as amazing.

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  20. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (32)joyce says

    The entire recipe is here on the site. Read the ENTIRE post to see it. I’m not the author of it, and I spotted it immediately.

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  21. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (33)T says

    Hi, I made this tonight & I feel like the sauce was mostly absorbed and it was so thick. is that normal for the recipe?

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  22. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (34)Katie says

    I made this yesterday. my husband and I hated it. The cream cheese ruins the whole thing, complete waste of time and groceries 😒.

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  23. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (35)Kelsea says

    I don’t like the taste of cream cheese what else could I add instead?

    Reply

  24. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (36)Libby says

    This was delicious but my fitness pal has a totally different calorie breakdown: near 800 calories per serving!

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  25. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (39)SAGATOTO says

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  26. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (40)Cassandra says

    Why doesn’t it say how much milk, oil, garlic, or chicken broth to use?!?!?????

    Reply

  27. Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Tortellini (41)Amanda Livesay says

    Hi! If you scroll down to the recipe card, it has all the info you need. Let me know if you try it!

    Reply

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