This slow cooker recipe is a delicious fall meal. Chicken is added to a slow cooker. Then chopped carrots, celery and onions are added. Seasonings and cream of chicken soup are added to the top of the vegetables. Next cubed cream cheese is added to the top before cooking for six hours. After cooking the chicken is removed and shredded, then returned to the slow cooker with cooked pasta and frozen peas. Everything is stirred together before serving.
Course
Entree
Prep Time25minutes
Cook Time6hours
Servings8people
Ingredients
2lbsboneless skinless chicken breasts
21ozcream of chicken soup(two 10.5 oz cans), don’t add water
2cupsdiced carrotsabout 3 carrots
2cupsdiced celeryabout 3 ribs
1small oniondiced
1 ½tspItalian seasoning
1tspsalt
¼tspground black pepper
8ozcream cheesecubed
Adding later
16ozdried penne pasta
1cupfrozen peas
Instructions
Add the chicken breast to the slow cooker.
Next add the carrots, celery, onion and seasoning. Add the cream of chicken soup and cubed cream cheese on top, don’t stir. No other liquid is needed for this recipe.
Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or on HIGH for 4 hours.
When the cooking time is near done, cook the pasta according to the package directions to your liking, but don’t overcook the pasta.
While the pasta is cooking, shred the chicken with 2 forks right in the slow cooker.
Strain the pasta and add to the pot pie mixture, then add the peas. The peas will thaw and cook instantly.