# 5 Ingredient Dinner

A simple and delicious dinner recipe with only five ingredients.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 pounds ground beef
- salt
- pepper
- garlic powder
- 1.5 jars Rao's Homemade Marinara
- 1 block cream cheese
- 1 family size Buitoni three cheese tortellini
- mozzarella cheese

## Instructions

1. Brown the ground beef in a pan and season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
2. Boil salted water in a pot to cook the tortellini.
3. Drain oil from ground beef after cooking.
4. Mix in pasta sauce and cream cheese until melted.
5. Cook tortellini according to package directions for 5 minutes.
6. Place the cooked and strained tortellini in a baking dish.
7. Pour the meat sauce over the tortellini and stir to combine.
8. Top with mozzarella cheese.
9. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
10. Broil for the last few minutes to crisp the cheese.

## Equipment

- pan
- pot
- meat mallet
- tongs
- wooden spoon
- strainer
- knife
- baking dish

## Tips

- Use a meat mallet to break up the ground beef.
- Use lean ground beef.
- Use block of mozzarella for best melting results, but shredded cheese is also ok.
- Add red pepper flakes and parmesan cheese to serve.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjgFaq75/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/15e104aa-1d6e-44a5-9201-182bcc88c773
- Extracted: 2025-06-08

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