#Chicken alfredo pasta recipe mac#

Add uncooked pasta and Parmesan cheese.

Cooking time depending on if you use a HIGH or LOW setting and if the chicken is raw or frozen.

Add the sauce ingredients and chicken (raw or frozen) to a slow cooker.

This will help thicken the sauce (like the cream cheese does).

Add an extra 3/4 cup to 1 cup of Parmesan cheese after the pasta is cooked and make sure it melts it. If you don’t want to use cream cheese for your sauce base, I’ve got you covered. *Big thanks to Heather Edney for testing this out and reporting back to help everyone! Fresh parsley – chop it up and sprinkle on top with some extra Parmesan for presentation points!.Parmesan cheese – your Alfredo sauce has to have Parmesan and lots of it!!.Rigatoni pasta – any short past will work for this recipe, but rigatoni does a great job of holding onto the sauce and standing up to the shredded chicken.Garlic powder – I like this instead of fresh garlic so it gets into every bite and you don’t get a big pop of garlic that takes over your mouth.Italian seasoning – adds depth of flavor.If you don’t want to use cream cheese I have some notes for you below to change up the sauce. Cream cheese – makes your alfredo sauce SUPER creamy and adds tang.Unsalted butter – all good sauces have butter.Low-sodium chicken broth – adds flavor to the sauce and compliments the protein.Heavy cream – the basis of any good Alfredo sauce!.You can buy 2 large breasts and butterfly cut them in half, or buy 4 thinner breasts.

Boneless skinless chicken breasts – I used 4 frozen breasts (totaling 1 pound) for this recipe.This crock pot chicken alfredo recipe is crazy easy. Yes, I know cooking pasta and sauce don’t actually take all that long, but some nights it’s nice to be able to pop dinner in the crock pot and then go do stuff with the family instead of hovering over the stove. I mean really, I adore my slow cooker, but just don’t use it as often as I’d like and today we’re going to remedy that. I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to come up with a slow cooker chicken alfredo dinner. Now that I’m grown up I still love a good alfredo recipe and this Crock Pot Chicken Alfredo might just be about the easiest way to get your alfredo fix for dinner!

#Chicken alfredo pasta recipe mac#

I mean really, it’s like the best mac and cheese ever and you feel all fancy getting it. Lusciously creamy, easy to make, and a family favorite dinner! This Crock Pot Chicken Alfredo is great for serving a crowd, or store half in the freezer to reheat later!Įver since I was a kid I’ve been a fettuccine alfredo addict.