Italian Chicken & Tomato Pasta Toss

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10 min

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20 min

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What You Need

3 cups (225 g) medium curly egg noodles, uncooked

1 Tbsp. olive oil

1 lb. (500 g) boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-1/2-inch pieces

2 cups grape or cherry tomatoes

1/4 cup Kraft Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing

3 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 cup chopped fresh basil

1/4 cup Kraft 100% Parmesan Grated Cheese

Make It

COOK noodles as directed on package.

MEANWHILE, heat oil in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 6 min. or until cooked through, stirring occasionally. Add tomatoes, dressing and garlic. Cook and stir 3 min. or until heated through.

DRAIN pasta. Toss with the chicken mixture and basil; sprinkle with cheese.

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Substitute

Don't have fresh garlic? You can use 1/2 tsp. garlic powder instead.

How to Easily Chop Basil

Leaves of basil are stacked, rolled lengthwise into a "cigar," then finely sliced into strips or ribbons. This term is known as "chiffonade." It's a quick and easy way to chop basil leaves.

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We liked it. The tomato flavour was good, but we didn't like the actual tomatoes. I might try diced tomatoes with the juice.
posted by a cook | on 11/1/2011

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This is a fabulous meal!! It is great to make for company (they think you spent hours on it). It is great the next day as a cold lunch!! (I do add an extra cup of the balsamic.)
posted by noreenbelle | on 6/25/2008

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My favorite dish so far. You could even turn it into a cold item ie; a noodle salad in the summer.
posted by clowjm | on 1/16/2008

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Great dish! Next time I will try with Fat Free Ranch Dressing and some peas and carrots added to the toss. Also will try it as a cold salad dish. Great to have so many options.
posted by Shahana | on 8/10/2007

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I wasn't too impressed with this recipe the first time I made it but I used dried basil, garlic powder, my usual balsamic dressing and I cooked the chicken as per the instructions. The second time I grilled the chicken first, used fresh ingredients and the Kraft Balsamic. It was much better and even my 2 toddlers ate it. I will make this again.
posted by kathrynscott03 | on 6/27/2007

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Kids weren't crazy about it, but for us parents there's lots more we could have added to it! Very simple and quick!
posted by nashiranickel | on 5/14/2007

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Not the best recipe on the Kraft website. It was very bland and I had to add quite a bit more dressing to give it more flavour (I even added my own spices to the chicken while it was cooking and it wasn't enough). It wasn't gross - it was edible. Not the best recipe in my opinion.
posted by e_stire | on 4/12/2007

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Delicious. Fast, easy, tidy. Love it!
posted by snsmyth | on 3/26/2007