Tomato Asparagus Chicken Fettuccine Pasta - delicious, healthy Summer dinner. If you love Mediterranean recipes, you'll love this pasta! Lots of garlic and olive oil in this recipe.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mediterranean
Keyword asparagus pasta, summer pasta
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 4servings
Calories 531kcal
Author Julia
Ingredients
¼cupsun-dried tomatoeschopped, drained of olive oil
2tablespoonsolive oildrained from sun-dried tomatoes, or regular olive oil
8ozfettuccine pasta(use gluten free pasta for gluten free version)
3tablespoonsolive oil(use high quality only) - OPTIONAL
Instructions
Add chopped sun-dried tomatoes and 2 tablespoons of olive oil (drained from sun-dried tomatoes or just use regular olive oil) to a large skillet, on medium-low heat. Add asparagus (ends trimmed, cut in half), chopped chicken (I used boneless skinless chicken thighs and prefer to use them, but you can use chopped chicken breast, as well) to the same skillet, sprinkle red pepper flakes and salt over all of the ingredients in the skillet, and cook on medium heat, occasionally stirring, until the chicken is cooked through and no longer pink, and the asparagus is cooked to your liking (crunchy or crunchy-soft), about 5 to 10 minutes.
Add chopped roma tomatoes, chopped fresh basil leaves, and chopped garlic to the skillet with chicken, cook on medium heat about 3- 5 minutes until the tomatoes release some of their juices. Remove from heat. Taste, and add more salt to taste, if needed. Cover with lid and keep off heat.
Cook pasta according to package instructions, until al dente. Drain, and add cooked and drained pasta to the skillet with the chicken and vegetables. Reheat on low heat, mix everything well, add more seasonings (salt and pepper), if desired. Remove from heat.
At this point, when the pasta and vegetables are off heat, you can add more high quality olive oil, which is really tasty. Or you can add more olive oil from the jar from the sun-dried tomatoes.