Easy Crock Pot Chicken Scampi Recipe
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
6 hrs
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Total Time
6 hrs 10 mins
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Servings
6
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Calories
435 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Italian
Easy Crock Pot Chicken Scampi Recipe
Description
Easy Crock Pot Chicken Scampi is a slow-cooked dish utilizing boneless, skinless chicken breasts sliced and combined with sliced red onion, red and green bell peppers. These ingredients slowly cook in chicken broth infused with Italian seasoning, minced garlic, salt, and black pepper over 6-8 hours until everything is tender. After cooking, the chicken can be shredded and mixed back with the vegetables and broth. This mixture is served over cooked angel hair pasta with a generous topping of Parmesan cheese.
The slow cooking process softens the peppers and onions, blending their flavors well with the seasoned chicken and broth, resulting in a moist dish with tender chicken and light vegetable texture. The Parmesan adds a salty, creamy finish to the meal.
This recipe suits those who want a hands-off approach to a chicken pasta dinner, allowing the crock pot to do most of the work and delivering meltingly tender chicken and flavorful vegetables combined in a mild, savory sauce. The pasta serves as a neutral base to soak up the sauce.
Notes suggest a simple method to thicken the sauce by whisking cornstarch with cold water and stirring it in if a thicker consistency is preferred, offering an easy adjustment to suit personal taste.
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breast sliced, boneless, skinless
- ½ red onion sliced
- ½ red bell pepper sliced
- ½ green bell pepper any color will do actually -the more the merrier, sliced
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 16 oz angel hair pasta
- 1 cup Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
- Place the chicken in the slow cooker. I used a 6 quart crock pot.
- Add the onion, peppers, and broth on top.
- Top with all the delicious seasonings and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until everything is tender and delicious.
- Once everything is finished cooking, I like to shred the chicken and then stir it back into the crock pot with the veggies.
- Serve over angel hair pasta and top with Parmesan cheese. Yum!
Notes
- To thicken the sauce, mix equal parts cornstarch and cold water and whisk it into the sauce after cooking.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 435 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 435kcal | 22% |
| Carbohydrates | 60g | 20% |
| Protein | 29g | 58% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 47mg | 16% |
| Sodium | 749mg | 31% |
| Potassium | 526mg | 11% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 780IU | 16% |
| Vitamin C | 26.6mg | 30% |
| Calcium | 235mg | 24% |
| Iron | 1.9mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
5
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