Chicken Basil Pasta - cooking recipe

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)
Preparation
    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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