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Slow Cooker Mozzarella Chicken & Pasta is a Satisfying, Delicious, and Easy Way to Treat Your Family to a Wonderful Dinner!

We love Slow Cooker Chicken recipes! Some of our family’s favorites include Slow Cooker Chicken, Potatoes, and Carrots and Chicken Tortellini with Alfredo.

SLOW COOKER MOZZARELLA CHICKEN & PASTA

This recipe just has so much to love. Chicken is always a winner for weeknight dinners, but mozzarella, pesto, parmesan…add these in, and the recipe is an instant winner. Mozzarella Chicken & Pasta is sure to please!

With the slow cooker, this delicious dish is so easy to prepare. It does almost all the work for you!

DOES THIS SLOW COOKER MOZZARELLA CHICKEN & PASTA FREEZE WELL?

It certainly does! I recommend freezing it without the pasta, since it is so easy to cook separately and add in. This way, the texture of the pasta is not affected. You can freeze the mozzarella, but I do suggest freezing it in a separate bag. Just pack the freezer bags together in a kit, and when you’re ready to pull it out, everything is there!

CAN I LEAVE THE PESTO OUT OF THE RECIPE?

You can, but I really recommend leaving it in! It really enhances the flavor of the dish.

If you are worried that your kids might not like it, I encourage you to try it and see! My kids loved it and didn’t mind “green” in the dish at all. It melds so well with the creamy sauce and the cheese!

CAN I USE HOMEMADE PESTO FOR THIS RECIPE?

By all means! I actually love using homemade pesto when my basil’s overflowing (and I have the ingredients on hand). I just know this isn’t always the case, so feel free to use jarred pesto! There are some amazing brands out there. Either way, enjoy!

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Slow Cooker Mozzarella Chicken & Pasta

Slow Cooker Mozzarella Chicken & Pasta is a Satisfying, Delicious, and Easy Way to Treat Your Family to a Wonderful Dinner!
Prep Time 3 hours 53 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 53 minutes
Author Sarah

Ingredients

  • 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • ¼ tsp dried basil
  • 1 cup jarred pesto
  • 1 lb rotini
  • 1 Tbsp lemon
  • ¼ cup butter
  • ½ cup Parmesan cheese
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella
  • Non-stick cooking spray

Instructions

  • Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray
  • Place chicken in slow cooker
  • Sprinkle with salt & pepper
  • Spread pesto on chicken & lemon juice over chicken
  • Cook on low 5-6 hours
  • Cook pasta according to package
  • Shred chicken & return to cooker
  • Add remaining ingredients and stir
  • Cook on low 10 min

Freezer Bag Instructions

  • This recipe requires no prep work on freezer day
  • Label chicken & lay flat to freeze
  • Remember to remove bag from the freezer the night before cooking
  • Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray
  • Place contents of bag in the slow cooker
  • Sprinkle with salt & pepper
  • Spread pesto on chicken & drizzle lemon juice over chicken
  • Cook on low 5-6 hours
  • Cook pasta according to package
  • Shred chicken & return to cooker
  • Add remaining ingredients and stir
  • Cook on low 10 min

 

 

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Happening From Our Family Of 9

This is my 16 year old daughter Reagan.  Hopefully she won’t kill me for sharing this picture, lol.  We went out to Braum’s for ice cream on their 50th anniversary sale, where they had 50 cent cones and $1 single dip sundae’s.  If you’ve never visited a Braum’s be sure to check them out when you’re in the midwest.  So yummy!  They grow their own meat, have their own dairy and produce a lot of the food that they sell themselves.  The ice cream is amazing!  We took the whole family, but this was the only decent photo I got.  I need to remember to take more pictures while I’m out and about, I guess.

 

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  • Amorette DavisUser of the Free Freezer to Slow Cooker One Week Menu

    Thank you so much! As a special needs mommy these recipes have helped us so much.   I often am very busy with being a nurse for our child that I don't have time for making sure we get meals.  This allows me to do all my prep on the weekends, while my husband is home to help, and to cook during the week.  So grateful!

  • Linda SearsOwner of Freezer to Slow Cooker Menus

    Sarah’s Freezer to Slow Cooker ebooks have been a fantastic addition to my meal plans.  They make meal planning easy and my family happy. I love the way each recipe is laid out, with a shopping list and ingredient prep list, along with cooking instructions. Sarah’s done all the hard work for me!  The recipes have used have all been delicious and easily adaptable to my family’s taste and the number of people I’m serving.

  • FranOwner of Freezer to Slow Cooker Ebooks
     I purchased all of your freezer to slow cooker ebooks a month or so ago and I'm in love with this way of cooking.  I now have taken all 10 weeks of recipes and written them of my menu planner and then I repeated the 10 weeks and will continue to do so throughout the year.  My family of 5 adults and 1 child enjoy the meals that you have planned and I have cooked and I'm excited that the next time when that meal comes due up in the rotation I won't have to purchase anything but just pull it from the freezer.  Thank you so much
           A Happy Slow Cooker User
  • rayzn2angelsfrom Freezer to Slow Cooker Series

    This makes my life so much easier. I'm a busy work at home/stay at home mom, wife, business woman and I feel like dinner is always the thing I just never get time to do. We have done like 15 of the crockpot recipes from Sarah and they are all very yummy. They get a thumbs up from my husband and kids every time. And there is always enough for my husband to take the left overs at least 2x per recipe. I have a family of 5, 2 adults, 21, 13, 16. So it makes plenty. Thank you Sarah.

  • Dawn S.Buyer of Freezer to Slow Cooker Ebook Series
    I am a 59-year-old wife and mother of two grown children.  I love your idea of fixing a lot of meals ahead of time and then pulling one out, put it in the crockpot, and you have dinner when you get home.  I hate feeling rushed when I cook so Monday - Friday I use those crockpot meals and make enough that we have lunch the next day.  I take Sunday afternoon, fix up what I need for the week (I don't have a lot of freezer space so I do a week's worth at a time) and I'm done with it!  Saturdays I like to try new recipes from some of my cookbooks which I am finding I can freeze as well!  So you have shown me a whole new way to organize my time and still put a healthy meal on the table.  Thanks so much and I look forward to future blogs.

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