Slow Cooker Creamy Pesto Chicken and Pasta

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Description

Super-creamy and flavorful from pesto and grated Parmesan cheese, this chicken and pasta dish is made in a slow cooker and perfectly rich.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 2 cups water, or as needed
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 (8 ounce) jar pesto
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream, divided
  • 1 (16 ounce) package egg noodles
  • 8 ounces grated Parmesan-Romano-Asiago cheese
  • ½ cup milk

Instructions

  1. Place chicken in a slow cooker on High power. Add broth and water to cover. Season with salt and pepper.
  2. Cover and cook until chicken is no longer pink inside
  3. about 3 hours.
  4. Remove chicken from slow cooker
  5. shred using a fork
  6. and return meat to the pot. Add 1 cup cream and entire jar of pesto.
  7. Cook on High 1 more hour.
  8. Add remaining cream
  9. egg noodles
  10. and 3/4 of the grated Parmesan-Romano-Asiago cheese to the slow cooker. Add milk.
  11. Cook on High until noodles are cooked
  12. about 1 hour more. Add extra milk for a thinner sauce. Top with remaining Parmesan-Romano-Asiago cheese.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 5 hrs

Total Time: 5 hrs 10 mins

Servings: 8

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