Slow Cooker Anyday: Creamy Italian Chicken
*** UPDATE: This recipe—with a few additions—was featured in the February 2012 issue of Salt Lake Magazine. I’ve added a much tastier photo plus a printable recipe of Creamy Italian Chicken with Sundried Tomatoes & Baby Bella Mushrooms at the end. ***
This recipe for Creamy Italian Chicken is a family favorite for sure! My good friend Kim shared this with me, and for how simple and crowd-pleasing it is, I don’t make it nearly often enough. It’s one of those crock pot recipes where you always have the ingredients on hand—especially if you stock up—and you can easily tweak it when you feel like changing it up. I’ve thrown in a can of Italian petite diced tomatoes before and it was super yummy! Enjoy!
Creamy Italian Chicken
4-5 frozen chicken breasts
1/2 cup water
1 package dry Italian dressing mix
1 8-oz. package reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
1 can cream of chicken soup
1-2 small cans mushroom pieces OR 1 package sliced fresh mushrooms
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Place frozen chicken breasts in the crock pot. Whisk together dressing mix and water; pour over chicken.
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Cook on high for 2 hours. Remove chicken, cut into bite-size pieces and place back in crock pot. Combine cream cheese, cream of chicken soup and canned mushrooms. (If using fresh mushrooms, DO NOT add them yet.) Pour over chicken.
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Cook on high another 3 hours and then reduce heat to low. (If using fresh mushrooms, add them now and cook on low at least 1 hour.) Serve over white or brown rice.
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Recipe as featured in the February 2012 issue of Salt Lake Magazine
(I think my food plating and photography has improved a bit, don’t you?)
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Printable recipe for the updated slow cooker creamy Italian chicken below.
- 4-5 frozen chicken breasts
- ½ cup water
- 1 package dry Italian dressing mix
- 1 (8-oz) package reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
- 1 can cream of chicken soup
- 1 (8-oz) package baby bella mushrooms, sliced
- ½ cup sundried tomatoes in oil, drained (optional)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Place frozen chicken breasts in slow cooker.
- Whisk together water and dressing mix; pour over chicken. Cook on high for two hours.
- Remove chicken, cut into bite-size pieces and return to slow cooker.
- Combine cream cheese and cream of chicken soup. Pour over chicken. Cook on high another three hours and then reduce heat to low.
- Add mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, salt and pepper and cook on low one hour. Serve over rice.
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Previous Slow Cooker Anyday recipes:
- Market Street Clam Chowder
- Rocky Road Chocolate Cake & Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Cafe Rio-Style Shredded Pork
- Lemon Herb Chicken
- (Sneaky) Honey BBQ Ribs
- Chicken & Mushrooms
- Cheesy Taco Soup
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Emily Reply:
March 11th, 2011 at 10:35 am
Definitely!
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Looks yummy and EASY!
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Emily Reply:
March 11th, 2011 at 2:42 pm
That’s why I love it!
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I love it! Easy and delicious:)
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Emily Reply:
March 11th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
So much easier than a Bento box, though you could easily slap some of this in one…with a separate container of rice formed in the shape of an Angry Bird character of course. ;)
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Oh yummy! We make this a lot but we call it “Oklahoma Chicken” because we once ate it in Oklahoma.
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Emily Reply:
March 11th, 2011 at 6:06 pm
I love that name! I actually like it better than Italian chicken. ;)
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That looks great. I like the addition of sundried tomatoes.
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Emily Reply:
March 28th, 2012 at 3:12 pm
Me too though my kids disagree. ;)
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I saw this recipe on Pinterest and repined it & fixed it for my family this evening and it was a HUGE hit! Thanks so much for posting and sharing!
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Emily Reply:
March 29th, 2012 at 11:25 pm
Yay! I am so glad they enjoyed it! Thank you for taking the time to stop by and let me know. You made my day. :)
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This is in my crockpot right now. I am so excited to try it! I have a question though. Have you ever tried it over noodles? My son and husband aren’t fans of rice so I wondered what it would taste like on top of noodles instead.
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Emily Reply:
April 21st, 2012 at 9:48 pm
Sorry, Kami! I just saw your comment. I think it could easily go over noodles, especially egg noodles, farfalle (bowtie) or penne. Let me know if you try it and what your family thinks!
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