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Home » Chicken » Slow Cooker Extra Creamy Chicken and Noodles

Slow Cooker Extra Creamy Chicken and Noodles

July 22, 2016 by Judith Hannemann

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This chicken and noodle dinner goes above and beyond creaminess. Your slow cooker makes it easy!

This chicken and noodles dinner goes above and beyond with creaminess. Your slow cooker makes this big bowl of comfort food easy peasy.

The Perfect Comfort Food

Chicken and noodles is usually on everyone’s list as a favorite comfort food.  It’s easy to see why because it’s simple, tasty and not in any way “fancy.”

Chicken and noodles always reminded me of pot pie filling and I do love a pot pie. This meal brings back many childhood memories because any time I was on the mend from being sick and was gaining my appetite back, it was usually the first meal my mother would give me.

Back in those days, there weren’t any slow cookers around so mom would make this on top of the stove.  In fact, I have a quickie version of Chicken and Noodles that only takes one skillet, but the longer, slower cooking that crock pots are famous for, produces a much more flavorful dish.

This chicken and noodle dinner goes above and beyond creaminess. Your slow cooker makes it easy!

About The Noodles

Lots of people think noodles or pasta and crock pot cooking don’t mix. At face value, that’s totally correct. Placing uncooked, or worse yet, cooked noodles at the beginning of long, slow cooking will destroy noodles and pasta.

The very best way to deal with noodles and slow cooking is to partially cook the noodles so they are al dente and add them in the last hour of cooking. If you have leftover pasta or noodles, they just have to heat through so add any cooked noodles in the last half hour of the cooking time.

Totally uncooked noodles may be added at midpoint, but my experiments resulted in a rather poor-tasting product and the only reason I can think of for that is all the starch remains in the food. At least par-cooking noodles washes away some of the starch.

It’s always best to partially cook and add toward the end of cooking.

This chicken and noodle dinner goes above and beyond creaminess. Your slow cooker makes it easy!

You Want Creamy, You’ve Got It Here

It’s no secret why this tastes so good and is so creamy. Not only does this use heavy cream but there’s half a bar of cream cheese added as well. Nope, this is definitely not a diet dish. I don’t recommend any lower-fat alternatives either. Reason being is most “diet” products simply do not taste good. So go for flavor and use the real deal. It’s not like this meal is an every-day indulgence.

The Recipe

 

This chicken and noodle dinner goes above and beyond creaminess. Your slow cooker makes it easy!
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Slow Cooker Extra Creamy Chicken & Noodles

This chicken and noodles dinner goes above and beyond with creaminess. Your slow cooker makes this big bowl of comfort food easy peasy.
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time6 hrs 30 mins
Total Time6 hrs 40 mins
Course: Chicken, Comfort Foods, Slow Cooker
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chicken and noodles
Servings: 4 -6
Calories: 690kcal
Author: Judith Hannemann

Ingredients

  • 2 medium boneless skinless chicken breast halves cut in chunks
  • 1 cup high-quality chicken stock or broth
  • 10.75 oz can cream of chicken soup (I use low-sodium)
  • 1/8 tsp thyme
  • 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
  • 4 oz cream cheese cubed
  • 3 cups partially cooked egg noodles see NOTES
  • 1 cup defrosted frozen peas see NOTES
  • 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms optional
  • 1 cup defrosted frozen sliced carrots see NOTES

Instructions

  • Place chicken, stock, soup and thyme in the slow cooker. Stir to blend the ingredients so the mixture is smooth.
  • Cover and cook on low 3 hours, high 2 hours (the chicken should be cooked at this point)
  • Add the cream, cream cheese and veggies and cook on low 2-3 hours, high 1-2 hours. Times are approximate since all cookers cook differently.
  • Add the noodles and cook for an additional 30-60 minutes on either setting.

Notes

Noodles should be cooked so there is a "bite" to them--al dente. They will finish cooking in the crock pot.
I thaw the peas & carrots on the counter. You could also microwave them for about 1 minute before adding to the crock pot.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 690kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 47g | Saturated Fat: 27g | Cholesterol: 220mg | Sodium: 579mg | Potassium: 884mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 7680IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 127mg | Iron: 2mg
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  1. evelyn says

    July 22, 2016 at 4:55 pm

    what could i use instead of heavy cream………>>>???????

    • Judith Hanneman says

      July 22, 2016 at 11:33 pm

      Anything will be a poor substitute for the cream. The only thing I would suggest–is half-and-half cream and you will have to thicken it as well, else it’d be more like soup if you didn’t. At the very outside, undiluted evaporated milk. If you are lactose intolerant, then this isn’t a dish you could make over.

  2. Carole from Carole's Chatter says

    July 23, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    thanks for the tips about how to use pasta in the slow cooker. Have a great week. Cheers from Carole’s Chatter

    • Judith Hanneman says

      July 23, 2016 at 10:24 pm

      Cheers Carole!! xoxo

  3. Miranda says

    July 26, 2016 at 8:12 pm

    This sounds like the perfect comfort food! I can’t wait to try it!
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