No-Boil Baked Cheese Tortellini Recipe
No-Boil Baked Cheese Tortellini - everything cooks in the pan, even the frozen tortellini! Super easy weeknight meal!
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We love baked pasta dishes at our house. I especially love no boil baked pasta dishes! Just toss everything in the pan and let the oven do all the work! Saves on dirty dishes too! Chicken Legs loves any recipe that does that! (He is the kitchen cleaner.)
In addition to being super easy, this dish is also super delicious! It is packed full of great flavors. We ate this for dinner and again for lunch the next couple of days. It was equally delicious reheated! I used Italian sausage in this dish, but you can certainly use hamburger if that is your preference. You could also leave it out if you prefer a meatless dish.
Yield: serves 8
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No-Boil Cheese Tortellini
prep time: 5 MINScook time: 40 MINStotal time: 45 mins
ingredients:
- 1 (24 to 26-oz) jar pasta sauce
- 1-1/2 cups water
- 19-oz bag frozen cheese tortellini
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella, divided
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
- 1 lb sausage, cooked and crumbled
instructions:
- Preheat oven to 400ºF. Lightly grease 9x13 pan; set aside.
- Combine sauce, water, 1 cup of mozzarella, sausage, parmesan and cheese tortellini. Pour into 9x13 pan and cover with foil. Bake for 35 minutes.
- Remove foil and top with remaining mozzarella cheese. Bake for 5 to 10 minutes, until bubbly.
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Looks really good! What kind of tortellini did you use?
ReplyDeleteIf you were to add spinach to this, would you suggest wilting fresh before adding or just using fresh (uncooked) spinach?
ReplyDeleteIf you were to add spinach, would you suggest cooking/wilting fresh or just adding it uncooked?
ReplyDeleteI would just add in uncooked.... It will turn out well... that's how I do it when I bake my lazy lasagna... hope that helps
DeleteI made this with hamburger - it was really good!
ReplyDeleteWould the tortellini need to be thawed or is the cook time frozen?
ReplyDeleteJim - I cooked the tortellini frozen.
DeleteWhat is this, 1 lb sausage, cooked and crumbled? :-)
ReplyDeleteSorry to seem an idiot but I am from South Africa, although we do use and have the same kind of ingredients, we just use different names for it so I often look for the meaning on the net this time what is Tortellini is it cheese or pasta.Thank you for a great blog, I really enjoy it as I love food and cooking and as I am now a cripple after a stroke I have all the time to look at new ideas and I have also written a cook book but not published yet as I do not have the funds to have it printed.
ReplyDeleteIt is a cheese filed pasta. Enjoy!
Deletewould frozen ravioli work as well? Small raviolis rather than large?
ReplyDeleteI think small frozen ravioli would work fine. Enjoy!
Deletewould frozen ravioli work as well? Large or small?
ReplyDeleteSounds so yummy!! I wonder, could I make this in the crock pot (obviously brown the ground meat first)?
ReplyDeleteYes. I think it would work. Let me know how it turns out!
DeleteSooooo delicious and so quick to throw together! Love it! My family absolutely loves cheese filled pasta, and therefore really enjoyed this dish, as did I. On a busy weeknight, it just doesn't get any easier than this. LOVE these no-boil recipes.
ReplyDeleteWould refrigerated tortellini work,maybe with a shorter cook time? Or should I freeze them first?
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried this with the refrigerated tortellini. If you give it a try, let me know how it turns out. Enjoy!
DeleteCould you make this as a freezer meal? Just thaw before cooking?
ReplyDeleteI’ve never made this as a freezer meal. Not sure how the pasta would turn out with all the extra water. You can certainly try it. I would recommend thawing before baking.
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