This slow cooker recipe is a perfect winter meal. Chicken breasts are seasoned and placed in a slow cooker. Then onion, carrots, celery, bay leaves and seasoning are added to the slow cooker. Chicken stock is poured in and then everything is stirred together. After cooking on low for several hours, the chicken is removed and shredded. The chicken is returned to the pot with uncooked pasta. Next the soup cooks until the pasta is tender.
Course
Entree
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time6hours40minutes
Servings10people
Ingredients
1 ½lbsboneless, skinless chicken breasts
Salt
Pepper
8cupschicken stock
4garlic clovesminced
1oniondiced
3carrotspeeled and diced
3stalks celerydiced
½tspdried thyme
½tspdried rosemary
2bay leaves
8ozspaghettibroken into thirds
Juice of 1 lemon
2tbspchopped fresh parsley
Instructions
Season chicken with salt and pepper, to taste. Place chicken into 6 quart slow cooker.
Stir in chicken stock, garlic, onion, carrots, celery, thyme, rosemary and bay leaves; season with salt and pepper. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours.
Remove chicken from slow cooker and shred, using forks.
Stir in pasta and chicken into the slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW heat for an additional 30 to 40 minutes, or until pasta is tender.