# 5 Ingredient Dinner

Let's make a lazy mom dinner that only has five ingredients.

- Total time: 25 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 pounds ground beef
- salt
- pepper
- garlic powder
- 1.5 jars Rao's Homemade Marinara sauce
- 1 block cream cheese
- 20 oz three cheese tortellini (family size)
- mozzarella cheese
- red pepper flakes

## Instructions

1. Brown the ground beef in a frying pan and break it up with a meat mallet.
2. Season the ground beef with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
3. In parallel, bring a pot of salted water to a boil for the tortellini.
4. Once the ground beef is cooked, use paper towels held with tongs to soak up excess oil.
5. Add one and a half jars of Rao's Homemade Marinara sauce to the ground beef.
6. Add a full block of cream cheese to the meat sauce.
7. Stir the cream cheese into the sauce until it melts and combines fully.
8. Add the family-size three cheese tortellini to the boiling salted water and cook according to package instructions (5 minutes).
9. Place the cooked and strained tortellini into a baking dish.
10. Carefully pour the meat sauce on top of the tortellini.
11. Give the mixture a good stir to combine everything.
12. Slice the block of mozzarella cheese into rounds.
13. Top the dish with the mozzarella cheese slices.
14. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes at 350°F (175°C) to melt the cheese.
15. For the last couple of minutes, put the broiler on to make the cheese a little crispy.
16. Serve and optionally add red pepper flakes.

## Equipment

- meat mallet
- frying pan
- pot
- tongs
- spoon
- baking dish
- knife
- cutting board
- oven
- colander

## Tips

- Use a meat mallet to break up the ground beef easily.
- Drain excess oil from ground beef using paper towels.
- Stir the cream cheese into the sauce until fully combined.
- Cook tortellini according to package instructions (usually 5 minutes).
- Broil the dish for the last few minutes to make the cheese crispy.
- Optionally, top with Parmesan cheese before serving.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMNeGDVr/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/7c6cdb17-3346-4653-b04f-d133cf3678e2
- Extracted: 2025-09-24

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