Crock Pot Chicken Vegetable Tortellini Stew

Total Time: 8 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb chicken tenderloins
• 2 medium carrots
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup celery
• 1 (19 ounce) can beans
• salt and pepper
• 8 cups water
• 3 chicken bouillon cubes
• 1 (9 ounce) package cheese-filled tortellini
• 2 green onions, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 cup fresh spinach leaves (optional)
• parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 chop carrots, celery, and garlic. drain and rinse beans (can use great northern beans, cannellini, or navy beans--whatever your store has).
• 2 layer in crock pot: carrots, garlic, chicken, celery, and beans. sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 3 pour water over top and immerse bouillon cubes.
• 4 cook on low setting for 6 to 8 hours.
• 5 about 30 minutes before serving, turn setting to high and stir in tortellini, green onions, basil and (optional) spinach.
• 6 cook until tortellini are tender. break up any large pieces of chicken into bite-sized chunks.
• 7 sprinkle about 2 t. grated parmesan on top of individual servings.