Make dinner time easier with this delicious Easy Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Pasta recipe. Made with simple ingredients and prepped in just minutes, this is the perfect weeknight meal.
16ozPenne Pasta or your favorite short noodle pasta
1 ½cups2% Milk
1Vidalia onion diced
1tablespoonDUST by VooDoo Chef or use Italian Seasoning
¼teaspoonRed Pepper Flakes
26ozyour favorite marinara Saucejarred or homemade
26ozlow sodium chicken broth
fresh parsley and shredded Parmesan for garnish if desired
Instructions
Season the chicken breasts with DUST seasoning red pepper flakes.
Add diced onion to the bottom of the slow cooker.
Place the chicken in an even layer in the bottom of a 6 or 7 quart slow cooker.
Add the lid, and cook on high for 3 hours.
After 3 hours, remove the chicken and either shred it or cut it into slices or cubes.
Return the chicken to the slow cooker.
Pour in marinara sauce.
Fill the empty marinara sauce jar with chicken broth, close the lid, and give it a shake so that you get all the sauce from the jar, then pour the chicken broth into the slow cooker.
Add the pasta and milk.
Press the noodles down to make sure they are submerged in the sauce.
Put the lid back on, change the temperature to low heat, and cook for an additional 45 minutes. Be sure to stir occasionally to make sure the noodles are evenly cooked.
Serve hot with a side salad and bread.
Sprinkle with fresh parsley and shredded Parmesan cheese if desired.
Enjoy!
Notes
The noodles can go from cooked to overcooked very quickly, so check them often.