Slow Cooker Chicken Parmesan Pasta
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Save time/effort and make everyone’s FAVORITE Italian dish in your crockpot. You can also freeze half for another meal!
Is it me or is it way too hot to put the stove on? Because right now, it’s 96 degrees F and I’m not about to make my house any hotter than it already is.
Butters will begin to sweat in that sweater of his so instead, let’s make this crockpot chicken parmesan.
The chicken gets cooked low and slow for 4 hours, yielding the juiciest chicken of all. Plus, Butters gets to keep his cardigan sweater on so we all win.
Slow Cooker Chicken Parmesan Pasta
Save time/effort and make everyone's FAVORITE Italian dish in your crockpot. You can also freeze half for another meal!
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 28-ounce cans crushed tomatoes
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional
- 1 pound penne
- 1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Equipment
Instructions
- Season chicken with salt and pepper, to taste. Place chicken into a 6-qt slow cooker.
- In a large bowl, combine crushed tomatoes, onion, basil, oregano, parsley and red pepper flakes, if using. Stir into the slow cooker and gently toss to combine. Cover and cook on low heat for 4 hours.
- Remove chicken from the slow cooker and shred, using two forks.
- In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions; drain well.
- Stir pasta and chicken into the slow cooker; top with cheeses. Cover and cook on low heat for an additional 10-20 minutes, or until the cheeses have melted.
- Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.
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Hello, This really looks good. I’m new to slow cooking, I just purchased a 7qt crockpot, I can only choose 4 – 6 hr high cook or 8 – 10 hr low cook. Would setting it on 8 hr low and putting on a timer be the only way to cook recipes that call for 4hr cooking on low, which means I wouldn’t be able to leave. Maybe I need to buy a different one that I can set at 4 hr, opinion please.
Hi, just wanted to comment that I have the same crock pot options and I went ahead and set it to the 4 hour high option not sure how it would turn out and it turned out great. My family loved it. So I can’t guarantee it will be the same for you, but just wanted to let you know I was facing the same dilemma and it turned out good.
The recipe calls for 1 pound of penne… Is that the dry weight before cooking? Thanks!
Dry weight.
Thank you for the quick reply!
Made this tonight and my hubby loved it! I thought it was kinda on the bland side, any ideas how to make it more flavorful?
You can add more of the seasoning, to taste. Hope that helps!
I am planning on making this tomorrow night. I read on one of the comments that they used frozen chicken breasts and I thought it said “as suggested” but in the ingredients it doesn’t say frozen. I’m confused. Is it supposed to be frozen or thawed before putting in crockpot?
I recommend using thawed chicken.
Can you use regular pasta sauce vs the diced tomatoes?
Yes, for sure.
I found this recipe to be very bland. I followed the recipe, but not a lot of flavor. Any helpful hints?
Oh no – what a bummer! You can always increase the seasonings, to taste, to suit your tastebuds a little bit better. Hope that helps!
I’m with u! Disappointing bland and tasteless! When my daughter was eating it she said “u don’t have to bother making this again mom” and I totally agree! Shame to throw out a slow cooker full of chicken, cheese and pasta 🙁
Hey
I made this dish and my chicken is very very very chewy. Why is that what did I do wrong ?
Oh no – I hate it when that happens! It sounds like the chicken has been overcooked. How long did you cook it for?
Can you cook this on high for shorter cook time?
Yes, absolutely.
Ymm, yum, yum. My boyfriend and I both loved this crockpot recipe
I made this once and it was amazing!!! Can you use frozen chicken breasts?
Yes, but I recommend thawing completely before adding to the slow cooker.
This was go was so delicious and easy. Made it up night before and set in crock pot before church. Was ready when we got home minus boiling noodles. I used GF noodles, (which I really don’t like but am resigned to) and I loved it. Tomato sauce and cheese have an great way of disguising stuff. Quietest meal at my table in a long time. All 3 munchkins at my without complaint.
Delicious! I’m new to slow cooking so I was praying this came out good! I cut the recipe in half (only 2 of us at home) and had enough for 2 dinners, 2 lunches, and still enough left for 2 more meals! I also added some fresh garlic for flavor because I love garlic. My chicken was fully cooked at 3.5 hours (maybe because I had only 2 pieces).
I’m not one to eat leftover pasta because it’s always dry, but this heated up very well in the microwave (just as good as fresh from the pot, actually).
It was delicious! I added 1tsp minced garlic and diced zucchini
Can you put the rest in the freezer for another meal?
This was amazing!!! I might add some mushrooms next time but that’s personal preference and a love affair I have with mushrooms! Thank you so much for sharing this!
Im using this receipe to make chicken parm sliders. Smells good so far!
What a genius idea!
I cubed the chicken instead of putting the whole breasts in the pot, after that had cooked through I put my tomatoes in with the oregano and onion powder BC my family does not do raw onions (weirdos) I know. Let that simmer while I cooked the noodles and put those in once they were done. Came out great. I’ll be making again.
I made this tonight and it was delicious! I used garlic salt instead of Kosher salt and added a bit of fresh garlic to the sauce as well as sugar. Once it was done I toasted Italian seasoned breadcrumbs and sprinkled on top. It was delish! Thanks so much for this recipe!!
I just finished and this is delicious! I added stewed tomatoes and cut back a little on the ground tomato. I added freshly chopped garlic and a small amount of mushrooms. Yummy!
How well would this work with diced tomatoes and spaghetti sauce? I don’t have any crushed tomatoes on hand.
Sounds like it could work! 🙂