Twelve Minute Pasta Toss

This is an easy-to-prepare, wonderful, flavorful pasta dish that gets rave reviews! I have had many friends ask me for this recipe. After my friends prepared this dish for their friends, their friends would ask my friends for it. Goes well with a crisp, green salad and garlic bread.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 12 mins
• Total Time: 32 mins
• Calories: 360 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ teaspoons salt
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 16 ounces rotini pasta
• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into bite size pieces
• 1 ¼ teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 ¼ teaspoons dried basil
• 1 ¼ teaspoons dried oregano
• 1 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain.

Step 2

Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Saute chicken, garlic, salt, garlic powder, basil, and oregano in hot oil until chicken is no longer pink in the middle, 5 to 10 minutes. Add sun-dried tomatoes and cook until heated through, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat.

Step 3

Pour pasta into pot and toss with chicken until combined. Top with Parmesan cheese.