![]() I have gotten so achey and uncomfortable over the past few weeks, and my feet and back throb by the end of the day. ![]() I’ve been making a lot of our slow cooker favorites, including Cheesy Crockpot Tortellini, Cilantro Lime Chicken Tacos, and Loaded Potato Soup. Something that has been helping, at least where meal times are concerned, has been my trusty crockpot. This pregnancy has truly thrown me for a loop and I am in countdown to baby-time! I’ve got roughly seven weeks to go and could not be more ready to meet our little guy! Even though I’ve been feeling better sickness-wise over the past couple of months, my energy level has seriously tanked. I know it’s been been awhile since my last recipe post, and I apologize for that. Creamy noodles and juicy chicken are cooked in a savory sauce for a meal the whole family will love! I’m a purist when it comes to chicken alfredo, but sometimes it’s fun to mix things up.Crockpot Chicken and Noodles – a comforting, home cooked meal made right in your slow cooker. You can add some sun-dried tomatoes once everything is done cooking or some roasted red peppers. If you want to mix things up a little more you could swap out the pasta for refrigerated tortellini and have chicken tortellini alfredo. I’m trying to get more veggies in my diet and broccoli + cheese is okay with me. Next time I think I’m going to make my crock pot chicken alfredo with broccoli. The sauce is already hot from cooking the chicken and the pasta came out pretty darn good if you ask me. I was a little worried about cooking pasta in the crock pot and having it actually cook through, but it totally worked out. It should thicken up nicely.ġ tablespoon cornstarch + 1 tablespoon water = slurry Just make a quick cornstarch slurry, add it to your sauce, and let it cook into the sauce for 5 to 10 minutes. □ The water/juice released from the chicken breasts can impact how thin or thick your sauce is. If your Alfredo sauce is thinner than you’d like, don’t fret! It’s going to be okay. I can’t guarantee how long your slow cooker will take to cook the pasta fully. You can let the pasta cook in the crock pot with the sauce, but slow cookers vary. UPDATE: Based on reader feedback, I do recommend cooking your pasta before adding it to the crock pot. Stir everything together and top with more parmesan and parsley for garnish.Add uncooked pasta and Parmesan cheese.Cooking time depending on if you use a HIGH or LOW setting and if the chicken is raw or frozen. Add the sauce ingredients and chicken (raw or frozen) to a slow cooker.This will help thicken the sauce (like the cream cheese does). Add an extra 3/4 cup to 1 cup of Parmesan cheese after the pasta is cooked and make sure it melts it. If you don’t want to use cream cheese for your sauce base, I’ve got you covered. *Big thanks to Heather Edney for testing this out and reporting back to help everyone! Fresh parsley – chop it up and sprinkle on top with some extra Parmesan for presentation points!.Parmesan cheese – your Alfredo sauce has to have Parmesan and lots of it!!.Rigatoni pasta – any short past will work for this recipe, but rigatoni does a great job of holding onto the sauce and standing up to the shredded chicken.Garlic powder – I like this instead of fresh garlic so it gets into every bite and you don’t get a big pop of garlic that takes over your mouth.Italian seasoning – adds depth of flavor.If you don’t want to use cream cheese I have some notes for you below to change up the sauce. Cream cheese – makes your alfredo sauce SUPER creamy and adds tang.Unsalted butter – all good sauces have butter.Low-sodium chicken broth – adds flavor to the sauce and compliments the protein.Heavy cream – the basis of any good Alfredo sauce!.You can buy 2 large breasts and butterfly cut them in half, or buy 4 thinner breasts. Boneless skinless chicken breasts – I used 4 frozen breasts (totaling 1 pound) for this recipe.This crock pot chicken alfredo recipe is crazy easy. Yes, I know cooking pasta and sauce don’t actually take all that long, but some nights it’s nice to be able to pop dinner in the crock pot and then go do stuff with the family instead of hovering over the stove. I mean really, I adore my slow cooker, but just don’t use it as often as I’d like and today we’re going to remedy that. I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to come up with a slow cooker chicken alfredo dinner. Now that I’m grown up I still love a good alfredo recipe and this Crock Pot Chicken Alfredo might just be about the easiest way to get your alfredo fix for dinner! ![]() I mean really, it’s like the best mac and cheese ever and you feel all fancy getting it. Lusciously creamy, easy to make, and a family favorite dinner! This Crock Pot Chicken Alfredo is great for serving a crowd, or store half in the freezer to reheat later!Įver since I was a kid I’ve been a fettuccine alfredo addict. ![]()
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