Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, easy crockpot chicken parmesan pasta. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Easy Crockpot chicken Parmesan pasta is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Easy Crockpot chicken Parmesan pasta is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook easy crockpot chicken parmesan pasta using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Crockpot chicken Parmesan pasta:
- Make ready 3 chicken breasts flattened
- Get 48 oz pasta sauce (homemade or store brand)
- Make ready 1/2-1 yellow onion
- Prepare 1/2-1 green bell pepper
- Make ready As needed mozzarella cheese
- Take As needed Parmesan cheese
- Take As needed Italian style bread crumbs
- Make ready As needed season:oregano/Italian seasons,parsley, basil, s&p
- Take As needed minced garlic
- Take 1 box pasta noodles penne or whatever
Instructions to make Easy Crockpot chicken Parmesan pasta:
- Wrap trimmed and cleaned chicken breast in Saran Wrap, and beat to just semi flatten so not so thick. Don't flatten completely, just thin down the thickness a little bit.
- Season and Add breasts to crockpot. I seasoned with a meat tenderizer, that had salt/pepper/garlic and onion powder.
- Pour pasta sauce over chicken breasts.
- Add oregano/Italian seasonings that have an assortment of Italian seasonings mixed. Set crockpot to high for 4 hours.
- After about an hour or so I added the onions, bell pepper, garlic.
- When it is about 25 min or so from being done. Start pasta water, and boil pasta noodles until al denta. Drain.
- Now your chicken should be done, shred with fork, and stir around. Add the noodles,coat and mix all in sauce, add in just a little bit cheese, stir and mix around. Then smooth/ flatten everything.
- Now. On top-Sprinkle and add however much mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, parsley, bread crumbs, a little more oregano seasoning on top of cheese. Put top back on and let cheese melt. Once done, turn to warm setting.
- Tip: you can also coat chicken in beginning with a breadcrumb/grated cheese mixture before adding to crockpot, but remember it may turn out soggy. Also, you can leave whole and not shred. Your choice.
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