Slow Cooker Creamy Italian Chicken
Slow Cooker Creamy Italian Chicken has been a favorite recipe of my family’s for years. This hearty and delicious meal will make everyone happy and asking for seconds!
I think the first time I ever made this recipe was the year Kale and I got married. One of my sweet friends, Mary Kay, who I worked with at Rococo’s gave me this recipe one night at work.
Mary Kay and I were always swapping recipe ideas. Or at least she was always giving me ideas and I would write them all down. 🙂 Well, I ended up making this Slow Cooker Creamy Italian Chicken for dinner the following night and the rest is history. It’s been on our dinner rotations ever since.
I do have a very similar recipe already on my blog. But I have tweaked it a bit over the years and make this version always now. It’s lightened up but still tastes delicious as ever. My kids sometimes ask me to make this for their birthday dinners! They love it that much.
We like to serve this yummy chicken over all kinds of things! Mashed potatoes, rice, cauliflower rice (yum), noodles.. basically any carb! haha. It really is so delicious. I usually make green beans or a green salad to go a long side it. It truly is one of our very favorite dinners at the Lofthouse residence. 😀
P.S. For those of you that do not like to use canned cream of chicken soup, here is a homemade version I make with this Slow Cooker Creamy Italian Chicken recipe all the time. —> HOMEMADE CONDENSED CREAM OF CHICKEN SOUP.
Slow Cooker Creamy Italian Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Mr's Dash's Original seasoning blend to taste
- pepper to taste
- 2 cans (10 ounces, each) cream of chicken soup OR use my homemade condensed cream of chicken soup
- 1 envelope Good Season's Zesty Italian dressing mix
- 1/2 block (4 ounces) cream cheese cubed
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup milk as needed
- chopped parsley for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Spray a large slow cooker insert with cooking spray. Lay chicken breasts in the bottom. Season with Mr's Dash's original seasoning (I use about one teaspoon) and a sprinkle of black pepper, to taste.
- Pour cream of chicken soups and Italian dressing mix evenly over chicken. Lay the cubed cream cheese all over the tops. Cover slow cooker with lid and cook on low heat 5 to 6 hours OR on high heat 3 hours.
- Carefully shred chicken with two forks and mix up the sauce/gravy. If it’s too thick you can thin it out with a little milk.
- Serve chicken over cooked noodles, rice, or mashed potatoes. Garnish with parsley, if desired. Enjoy!
Notes
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I really liked how easy this recipe was holly. My sons are adults and very critical of my cooking (I am not that great), but when I came across your website I fell in love with the ease of your recipes. They all look so good to. I made the Creamy Italian Chicken with Mashed Potatoes. My son accidentally added to much milk when I was at work and I whisked in 2 tblsps of flour and it thickened up. They both really liked it. Tonight I can’t wait to try the Creamy Beef Enchilada recipe. Thanks a bunch (also, I didn’t have Mrs. Dash at home so i used 1 tsp of garlic powder.
Thank you so much Coleen 🙂
Can you freeze leftovers?
Could this be in a slow cooker longer if it switches to warm after the 5 hours?
Yes Jamie, I have done that. I would just be careful not to leave it in too much longer. An extra hour is fine.
Could frozen egg noodles be added 2 hours before cooking is finished? Make it more of a chicken and noodle recipe instead of a sauce. Thoughts?
I worry that as they cook/thaw it will create a lot of added water. If you try it let me know how it turns out!
My kids are coming home this week, I think I should definitely try this one. It also looks easy comparing to other Slow Cooker recipes I already went through! Thank you Holly!
This turned out very good. Next time I’m skipping the cream cheese. It didn’t blend very well and we were left with little white chunks. The taste was great and the chicken was really tender.
It is truly WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!! We took it one step further at the suggestion of my husband 🙂 he transferred it to a baking dish, sprinkled it with mozzarella cheese and some parsley for color and placed it under the broiler until light brown and melted.
Thank you for the homemade cream of ch recipe. I dont like thE flavor of the canned version, so this is very helpful.
Wonderful! Love the homemade soup addition as well. No more running to the store because im out of cream of chicken soup, i can just make my own!
I want to rate this recipe but 1) my typing is in all caps (no caps lock on) and 2) I can’t give it the 5 stars I would like to. No matter how I move my cursor only 4 stars light up. Help!!
Yeah! I’m so glad I can give this recipe the 5 stars it deserves. So easy. So delicious. I’ve used it over pasta noodles, zoodles, rice or steamed veg. I make a batch and then switch out the base so leftovers don’t get boring. I even dumped in some frozen peas and carrots once and it tasted like crustless chicken pot pie! Thank you so much for sharing.
Can I add sun dried tomatoes, chopped spinach?
Yes definitely! 🙂
This was so good. I ADDED garlic to the sauce then mushrooms and broccoli with an hour to go. Used low fat soup and cream cheese. This is true comfort food. We will make this over and over again.
I made this last NIght. I don’t have Ms. Dash so I didn’t use that, and I added about a 1/4c. Of Italian salad dressing to thin out the cream of chicken soup. I was away from home for a large part of the cooking time, so I was surprised to find out that almost 30 minutes before the dish was done, there were chunks of cream cheese still laying on top of the chicken, and not melted. Since I got burned on a new recipe the night before, I took off the crock pot lid and stirred the contents.
**WHEW** Not an issue. I shredded the chicken and served over noodles.. .and definitely needed the milk (or if cooking pasta, the pasta cooking water will serve the same function) in order to thin the sauce after it sat about 5 minutes.
We really enjoyed this recipe, kids included, but I thought that the Italian seasoning from the dressing mix, plus the tiny bit of salad dressing I added was not predominant enough, especially for a dish labeled Italian Chicken. I will definitely make this again but will most likely marinate the chicken in Italian salad dressing beforehand, and may even add more salad dressing to the pot.
I don’t believe that the omission of the Ms. Dash seasoning was the culprit, especially since you only use a tsp or 2. All in all a great new addition to our weeknight menu. Thanks a bunch!!
I Love this recipe!!!!!! I kept it simple and just put the chicken breast, Italian seasoning cream of chicken soup cook then 3 hours in added the cream cheese! Absolutely delish! All on top of Egg noodles!!! Family absolutely loves it! Favorite winter meal!
So good!
Hello! I absolutely love this recipe! Have made it several times. Was wondering if this could be made in an instant pot? I’m afraid to leave it in the crockpot all day while I’m away at work just for the fear that it might turn to a puree. Thanks!
I don’t have the zesty Italian package but I saw someone asked about the dressing but the thing is I don’t know how much to put it in?
Hi Christy, I have never replaced it with prepared Italian dressing, but if I did try it I would put in about 1/2 cup or so. Please let me know if you try it. 🙂
could this possibly be baked in the oven or done in a skillet? thanks
Leah, I think you could bake this in the oven in a 9×13 inch baking dish or larger. I would make it as directed for the crock pot, but bake it covered in the oven at 350 degrees F. for 40 to 45 minutes.
This is exactly what I was looking for – planning to serve it over homemade biscuits. Thanks!!
Wow Holly! I dOn’t usua use can soup for saUce but I did this time a added musgr and pras in the ladt hour. I serv it over egg noodles and it was amazing! I had to thin it out a lit with milk but it did not take anything away from the flavor!
Thank you Holly!
This is amazing. Made it this weekend and used mash potatoes instead of noodles. Will def. be making again.
Curious to know if this dish can be made in a instapot? I will be making in a slow cooker, but im sure my neighbor, who uses one ofteN, will want to know once she tastEs mine, lol.
Also, thank you for the homemade creme of chicken soup recipe! I do not like the meat in the can.i have made a SIMILAR RECIPE and it turned out pretty good, however yours sounds a lot better. LoOking forward to making this today!
Hi Angie, I honestly have never used an Instapot! Can you believe it? lol So I can’t say how this would work in one. I’m sure it could work great but I wouldn’t know how long to cook it. Sorry!
I LOVE this recipe! It’s so easy. My daughters are picky and they both love it so thats a win! I add a can of cream of mushroom for extra sauce. So good!
Just found this recipe. I dug out 3 chicken breasts but they are frozen. Will let them thaw a little bit and throw this into the crock pot. Looks devine!