Slow Cooker Chicken Parmesan Pasta
by Chungah
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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
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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Gonna try! Do you think the UNCOOKED pasta could go into the crock and cook with (or after) the chicken in the sauce is done?
I recommend cooking with the chicken to ensure that the pasta is completely cooked through.
Can I cook this on the stove?
Yes, of course, but you would have to adjust the recipe as needed.
don’t put uncooked pasta in a crockpot. It will turn out completely mushy after cooking for 4 hours. Better to let the sauce in crockpot simmer and then cook noodles separately to add to pot.
No definitely not…it would require added liquid but will still be mushy cooking it that long. Do what the recipe shows…just cook it on its own and add it in at the end…
Yeah I’m sure you could add it in the last 10 minutes or so of cooking. I use another recipe that has you add the pasta
waoo its amazing … thanks for help me in my kitchen
YUM YUM YUM. That cheese though!!! 🙂 So delicious. Can’t wait to try it!!