Description
Cubed chicken breast cooked in the slow cooker with a creamy sauce mixture. This healthier version includes peas, low-fat cream cheese, butter instead of margarine, and natural cream of chicken soup. You also make your own seasoning mix instead of using a packaged mix. Serve over hot cooked rice or noodles, if desired.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon chopped carrot
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- 1 tablespoon chopped onion
- 1 clove garlic
- ¼ teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves – cubed
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 ounces Neufchatel cheese
- 8 ounces natural cream of chicken soup
- 1 cup frozen peas
Instructions
- Combine the carrot
- parsley
- onion
- garlic
- lemon zest
- salt
- and ground pepper in a small blender or food processor. Process until finely chopped and transfer to slow cooker. Add chicken and butter and mix. Cook on Low for 5 to 6 hours.
- Stir in Neufchatel cheese
- chicken soup
- and peas. Cook on High until heated through
- about 30 minutes.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 5 hrs 30 mins
Total Time: 5 hrs 40 mins
Servings: 4