Slow Cooker Chicken Tetrazzini
Slow Cooker Chicken Tetrazzini
Comfort food at its finest! Slow Cooker Chicken Tetrazzini has tender shredded chicken in a creamy sauce with mushrooms. A one pot meal the entire family will love.

INGREDIENTS

  • 2-3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 3-4 long pieces
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • .6 oz pkt zesty italian salad dressing dry mix
  • 1/4 cup dry minced onion, or 1 yellow onion, diced
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/6 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 TBS minced garlic
  • 1 (10.75 oz) canned cream of mushroom, chicken, or celery soup
  • 1 (10.75 oz) can chicken broth
  • 1 (8 oz) block cream cheese, cut into slices
  • 1 (8oz) package shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
  • 2 TBS dried parsley
  • 1 lb uncooked fettuccine noodles or spaghetti noodles

DIRECTIONS

  1. Spray the inside of a 6 quart crockpot with non-stick cooking spray. Cut boneless, skinless chicken breasts into 3-4 strips. Place strips into prepared crockpot.
  2. Pour melted butter over chicken. sprinkle Italian dressing mix all over chicken, minced onion, salt & pepper, minced garlic, cream of soup, & chicken broth. Mix ingredients all together with chicken. Make sure chicken is submerged in the mixture.
  3. Place sliced cream cheese over the chicken & mixture. Do not stir in.
  4. Place lid on crockpot and cook on high for 2 – 3 hours or on low for 4- 6 hours or until chicken is cooked through and fork tender.
     
    NOTE: cook time will depend on how big your chicken is in the crockpot.
  5. Once chicken is fork tender, you can shred chicken with 2 forks, a meat chopper, or cut your chicken on a cutting board into bite size pieces & place back into crockpot.
  6. Stir in mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, and dried parsley.
  7. Cook fettuccini in a large pot of boiling water with 1/2 TBS salt per directions on back of package for al dente. Drain pasta and add to crockpot with chicken and and sauce. Mix well to combine. Serve it up.

EQUIPMENT

 

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