Comfort food at its finest! This Slow Cooker Chicken Tetrazzini is a family favorite!
As you may know, I mostly post dinner recipes on the blog. Having dinner together with my family is most important to me. We try as much as possible to eat dinner at the table, so finding a meal we all love makes dinner time run smoother (remember I have a very picky 6-year old).
This slow cooker chicken Tetrazzini starts out with Foster Farms Simply Raised fresh chicken breast fillets. I try to find this brand for my recipes, my local Fred Meyer stocks it regularly. I love that there is never any antibiotics used and that it is always fresh and locally grown.
I start by adding the chicken, seasonings, mushrooms, and onions to the slow cooker. I let that cook all day. When I am ready to serve dinner, I add cream cheese, shred the chicken then stir in a half-pound of cooked spaghetti. Add a bit of mozzarella and cover the slow cooker until the cheese melts. This meal is great with 1/3 less fat cream cheese and reduced-fat mozzarella cheese, make it to accommodate your family’s diet!.
What I love about this meal is that it’s great for spaghetti night, but a fresher spin on pasta.
More pasta recipes like this one:
- Slow Cooker Chicken Bacon Pasta
- Slow Cooker Southwestern Cheesy Chicken Pasta
- Slow Cooker Baked Spaghetti
- Slow Cooker Pesto Mozzarella Chicken
- Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Spaghetti
Slow Cooker Chicken Tetrazzini
Equipment Needed:
- Slow Cooker- 6 quart or larger
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 lbs. Foster Farms Simply Raised fresh chicken breast fillets
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp. dried tarragon
- 1 cup diced white onion
- 2 cups sliced mushrooms
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, ⅓ less fat or regular
- 1/2 pound dried spaghetti noodles 1/2 a box, cook according to package directions
- 8 oz. pkg. mozzarella cheese, grated (reduced-fat or regular)
Instructions:
- Add the chicken, sea salt, garlic powder, pepper, tarragon, onions and mushrooms. Pour over the chicken broth. DO NOT ADD THE CREAM CHEESE OR SPAGHETTI YET. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours, or HIGH for 4 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- Cut the cream cheese into squares and add the slow cooker, cover. In the meantime cook the spaghetti according to the package directions.
- After the cream cheese has had some time to melt. Take 2 forks and shred the chicken. Stir the sauce and chicken together. Add the cooked and drained pasta. Stir. Add the mozzarella cheese over the pasta and sauce. Cover for about 10 more minutes or until the cheese has melted. Serve and enjoy!
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Sponsored by Foster Farms though all opinions are mine alone.
Simply the best!!!
this recipe is heaven on a plate …. love love love
Just tried this last night and it turned out great. Took your reasoning that my slow cooker runs hot and altered accordingly. Thanks.
This recipe is not a dump and go, but it’s still pretty darn simple and worth the effort. Especially when the entire family ate it, even the 2 year old. Thanks for sharing! Printing for my family recipe binder.
I added garlic and Mongolian hot sauce, and you can’t go wrong with more cheese!
My family loved this and it was requested again by my soon to be sister in law, I actually just chucked the pasta in and left it half an hour at the end of the cook, (admittedly was a little long and was a bit mushy, next time I’ll only leave it in for twenty minutes and check it after fifteen). Thank you.
Delicious! I left out the mushrooms and used Italian seasoning instead of tarragon. So so good. Making again today for my mom’s birthday supper. Crockpot makes the best chicken and I use it even if i’m home all day (like roast).
I made as directed and really wanted to like it, but all that cream cheese just ruined it for me. The cream cheese in the sauce was just too intense.
Another awesome recipe Sarah tks you..omy it was so so good..
I made it today with such high hopes. I have double checked all my measurements thinking I must have done something wrong but I did everything the recipe called for. Something is just not right with this recipe. It is SO bland with way too much mozzarella cheese in it. It was so bad that I had to throw it away and cook another meal for my family.