This slow cooker chicken with garlic Parmesan sauce recipe is perfect for a busy day. It makes creamy, flavorful chicken and pasta ready to go.
It’s ideal for those who love a rich sauce but don’t have time to spend in the kitchen. While the slow cooker does all the work, the chicken becomes tender and full of flavor. Easy, delicious, and perfect for the whole family!
Easy Slow Cooked Fusilli with Garlic Parmesan Chicken
Every so often, you want a plate of comfort food without too much effort. For those days, I grabbed my slow cooker. That way, you hardly have to worry about the food after a long day. This slow cooker chicken with garlic Parmesan sauce is the perfect dish: creamy, tasty, and easy to make. You prepare everything in the slow cooker; you only have to cook the pasta afterward. Ideal for a weekday meal!
What do you need?
- Chicken breast: Chicken thigh fillet is also an option if you like.
- Garlic Parmesan sauce: This creamy garlic Parmesan sauce recipe is easy to make yourself. It is ready in fifteen minutes and can also be made a day in advance and stored in the refrigerator.
- Cream cheese: Makes the sauce extra creamy and rich.
- Fusilli: The twisted shape holds the sauce well for extra flavor.
Preparation
- Place the chicken in the slow cooker.
- Pour the Parmesan sauce over the chicken fillet and add the cream cheese. Mix everything well.
- Set the slow cooker to low and let everything cook for 6 hours.
- Cook the fusilli according to the package instructions. Meanwhile, pull the chicken apart with two forks and mix it through the sauce.
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ pound chicken breast
- 2 cups garlic Parmesan sauce
- ½ cup cream cheese
- 1 pound fusilli
Instructions
- Place the chicken in the slow cooker. Pour the garlic Parmesan sauce over it and add the cream cheese.1 ½ pound chicken breast, 2 cups garlic Parmesan sauce, ½ cup cream cheese
- Set the slow cooker to low and let the chicken cook slowly for 6 hours. The flavors will soak into the chicken, making the sauce deliciously creamy.
- After 6 hours, pull the chicken apart with two forks to get nice chicken threads. Stir the chicken well through the sauce so that everything is nicely mixed.
- Meanwhile, cook the fusilli according to the package instructions. Drain the pasta and mix it with the chicken in the slow cooker.1 pound fusilli
- Scoop the creamy chicken with fusilli onto plates and enjoy this easy, tasty meal!
Notes
- Refrigerator: Store the chicken with sauce and pasta in a sealed container in the fridge for two days. Because of the creamy sauce, freezing is less suitable; the sauce can then curdle.
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