Chicken Basil Pasta

photo by Karen Elizabeth

- Ready In:
- 17mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 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)
directions
- Heat skillet on medium. Spray with nonstick spray.
- 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.).
- Toss in onion and garlic. Stir 1 minute.
- Add chicken. Stir and cook 3-5 minutes, until chicken is mostly cooked through. At this point, I sprinkled with some ground pepper.
- Add can of diced tomatoes and half of basil.
- Simmer 3-5 minutes, until basil is wilted.
- Add sun-dried tomatoes and rest of basil.
- Simmer another 2 minutes or so, to let the sun-dried tomatoes soften.
- Spoon on top of pasta. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese & enjoy!
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Reviews
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Very nice, a simple dish much enjoyed as a weeknight dinner. Used chicken breast fillets and penne, tossing the penne in the sauce. I have lots of fresh basil in the garden right now, which complements this dish so well. A great fan of sun-dried tomatoes, they are always a good addition to any meal and go so well with chicken! Thanks Kiki, good recipe, enjoyed for PAC Fall 2012
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This dish was very good and really simple. I made it exactly as the directions stated except I used penne pasta because that was what I had on hand. I also used 2 chicken breasts instead of the tenderloins. My family also enjoyed this meal but did not prefer the flavor and texture of the sun-dried tomatoes. I thought the sun-dried tomatoes were great in it but next time I will omit them to please the kids. I will definitely make this again.
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This dish was very good and really simple. I made it exactly as the directions stated except I used penne pasta because that was what I had on hand. I also used 2 chicken breasts instead of the tenderloins. My family also enjoyed this meal but did not prefer the flavor and texture of the sun-dried tomatoes. I thought the sun-dried tomatoes were great in it but next time I will omit them to please the kids. I will definitely make this again.
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My first cooking experience was taking as many spices from the shelf as I could reach and mixing them all together in a huge bowl. Needless to say, my mom wasn't impressed with my concoction, but at age 3, I thought I'd make a masterpiece. Since then, my approach to cooking has been a mixture of "trial by fire" and my mom's adage of "if you can read, you can cook."