Chicken Basil Pasta

Total Time: 17 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups rotini pasta (i used muellers whole grain)
• 3/4 lb chicken tenderloins, cut into bite-sized chunks (i used 6 frozen tenderloins, which was about 12 oz)
• 1 small yellow onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 cup fresh basil, torn & packed
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes (garlic & onion)
• 2 tablespoons sun-dried tomatoes (dry in package, not packed in oil. if you do use the kind in oil, i suggest rinsing them first)

Recipe

• 1 heat skillet on medium. spray with nonstick spray.
• 2 cook pasta according to directions. (i put the water on to boil while i'm cooking the garlic/onions/chicken, so the pasta is finished about the same time as the rest.).
• 3 toss in onion and garlic. stir 1 minute.
• 4 add chicken. stir and cook 3-5 minutes, until chicken is mostly cooked through. at this point, i sprinkled with some ground pepper.
• 5 add can of diced tomatoes and half of basil.
• 6 simmer 3-5 minutes, until basil is wilted.
• 7 add sun-dried tomatoes and rest of basil.
• 8 simmer another 2 minutes or so, to let the sun-dried tomatoes soften.
• 9 spoon on top of pasta. sprinkle with parmesan cheese & enjoy!