Chicken, tortellini smothered in pesto packed with veggies??? YES PLEASE!! Yum!

A Mediterranean inspired meal with colorful veggies and pesto makes everything better right??!??
Full recipe in video below
RECIPE:
1 lb chicken thighs boneless and skinless, sliced into strips
salt
½ cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
1 lb asparagus ends trimmed, cut in half
¼ cup pesto
1 cup cherry tomatoes yellow and red, halved
1 cup tortellini uncooked (I used frozen cheese)
In a large skillet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray warm on medium heat.
Add sliced chicken thighs (seasoned with salt), ¼ cup of chopped sun-dried tomatoes and cook everything on medium heat for 5-10 minutes, turning chicken slices over a couple of times, until the chicken is completely cooked through.
Remove the chicken and the sun-dried from the skillet, leaving the oil in.
Add asparagus (ends trimmed), seasoned generously with salt, and ¼ cup of sun-dried tomatoes to the same skillet.
Cook on medium heat for 5-10 minutes until the asparagus is cooked through. Remove the asparagus to a serving plate.
Cook tortellini according to the package instructions, drain.
Add cooked chicken back to the skillet. Add basil pesto. Stir to coat and cook on low-medium heat until the chicken is reheated, 1 or 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
Add cooked tortellini and halved cherry tomatoes to the skillet with the chicken. Stir to combine. Add more pesto if desired.
Season with more salt if needed.
Add chicken, cherry tomatoes and tortellini to the serving plate with asparagus.

4 Servings:
335 Calories
12g Fat
20g Carbs
25g Protein
Recipe inspiration from juliasalbum.com
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