Crockpot Chicken Spaghetti Recipe
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Crockpot Chicken Spaghetti Recipe
Description
This recipe combines diced onion, red and green bell peppers, diced mild green chiles, and seasonings like cumin and garlic powder with chicken breasts and a condensed cream soup base in a crockpot. The mixture is cooked on high to fully cook the chicken, which is then shredded and returned. Cooked spaghetti and additional cheddar cheese are added at the end to coat the pasta in the creamy sauce.
The dish offers a tender, cheesy pasta enriched by mild peppers and chiles, balanced with savory soup and spice. The slow cooker method allows the flavors to meld gradually with minimal active time.
Crockpot Chicken Spaghetti is practical for casual dinners and potlucks, suitable to serve as a hearty main dish. The recipe includes freezer directions where the uncooked ingredients (except pasta) can be prepped ahead, frozen, and later thawed and cooked, enhancing convenience.
Adjust sauce consistency with chicken stock as needed when combining pasta and cheese for desired creaminess. Cooking on low after adding spaghetti helps melt cheese evenly.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup yellow onion diced
- 1/2 red bell pepper diced
- 1/2 green bell pepper diced
- 4 oz green chiles 1 small can, mild, diced
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 1 lb chicken breast 2 breasts
- 10.5 oz cream of chicken soup or cream of mushroom soup; 1 can
- 3/4-1 lb spaghetti cooked
- 3 cups cheddar cheese grated
- a few plashes chicken stock optional
Instructions
- Place onion, bell peppers, green chiles, cumin, garlic powder, salt, pepper, chicken, condensed soup and 1 cup of grated cheese together in a crock-pot. Stir to mix ingredients.
- Cook on high for 3-4 hours or until chicken is fully cooked. Remove chicken breasts, shred and return to crock-pot.
- Pour in cooked spaghetti and remaining cheese. Toss to coat pasta in sauce and melt cheese, adding in a few splashes of chicken stock where necessary to get sauce consistency you want. Cook another 20-30 minutes on low and serve.
Notes
- Freeze the mixture of onion, peppers, chiles, spices, chicken, soup, and cheese in a bag for easy make-ahead meals.
- Thaw frozen mix in the refrigerator before cooking in the crockpot as directed.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 858 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 858kcal | 43% |
| Carbohydrates | 77g | 26% |
| Protein | 58g | 116% |
| Fat | 34g | 52% |
| Saturated Fat | 19g | 95% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 165mg | 55% |
| Sodium | 1024mg | 43% |
| Potassium | 1270mg | 27% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 1743IU | 35% |
| Vitamin C | 44mg | 49% |
| Calcium | 655mg | 66% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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