Here are some popular slow cooker chicken pasta recipes to try:
- Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Pasta with marinara, heavy cream, and penne pasta. Chicken is cooked first with seasonings and marinara, then shredded. Pasta and cream are added later and cooked until tender. Total cook time about 4 hours.
- Crockpot Creamy Chicken Pasta with cream cheese, Dijon mustard, garlic and onion powder, and Italian herbs. Chicken cooks with seasonings and cream cheese. Pasta is cooked separately then stirred in with parmesan cheese. Cook on high for about 3 hours or low for 5 hours.
- Slow Cooker Pesto Mozzarella Chicken Pasta using pesto, butter, lemon juice, mozzarella, and parmesan. Chicken cooks with pesto and butter for 5-6 hours, then cooked pasta and cheeses are stirred in and melted.
- The Easiest Slow Cooker Chicken Pasta uses boursin cheese, tomato soup, chicken breasts, penne pasta, and water. Chicken cooks with cheese and tomato soup for 6 hours, then pasta cooks in the sauce for 45 minutes.
Each recipe involves cooking chicken in the slow cooker first with seasonings and sauces, shredding or chopping the chicken, then adding uncooked or cooked pasta with cheese/cream and cooking until pasta is done. The times range from about 3.5 to 6 hours depending on the recipe and slow cooker settings. Would detailed step-by-step instructions for any particular recipe be helpful? Or a comparison of the flavors and ingredients?