Chicken and Mushroom Pasta - Today's Parent

Ingredients

• 500 g skinless, boneless chicken breasts, or thighs (or about 1 kg with bones and skin)
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1 540-mL can stewed tomatoes
• 1 cup water
• 1 tsp dried basil, (or 1 tbsp chopped basil)
• 2 cups smallish pasta, (shells, bow ties, fusilli, elbows)
• salt, to taste
• black pepper, to taste