Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Pasta
This Slow Cooker Chicken Pasta is creamy, cheesy and high in protein. Made with chicken, marinara sauce, alfredo sauce, and cheese, this high protein crockpot recipe is one of our favorites to add to the dinner rotation. Perfect easy weeknight meal thats easy to make and even picky toddler approved!
Servings 6 servings
Equipment
- 1 8 qt slow cooker
- 1 large pot
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken breast
- 8 oz dry protein pasta
- 1 24 oz jar marinara
- 1 15 oz jar alfredo sauce
- ¾ cup mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup cottage cheese
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
Instructions
- In a 8 qt slow cooker, add chicken breast, marinara sauce, alfredo sauce, minced garlic, and seasonings into crockpot
- Cook chicken on high for 2-3 hours or low for 3-4 hours.
- Once the chicken is cooked, set the temperature of the slow cooker to warm.
- In a large pot, boil pasta until al dente. Once the pasta is cooked, drain and set aside.
- Remove chicken from crockpot, and shred chicken. Place shredded chicken back into the crockpot.
- For additional protein, add cottage cheese and stir together.
- Once the cottage cheese is incorporated into the mixture, add pasta into crockpot.
- Stir together then add shredded mozzarella cheese.
