RECIPE
Crockpot Creamy Parmesan Chicken and Potatoes
I think my crockpot is becoming a staple for dinner lately. In fact I have been using it almost every day in the past ten days. I have been making dinner and appetizers. I am even working on some dessert and breakfast ideas too. I never thought I would be a fan of using it so much, but I am. Even the kids are saying my crockpot is my new best friend and they are loving all the meals I have been making with it. They love coming home from school or their activities and smelling dinner.
This dinner was a super easy and kind of a thrown together. It is a lot of staples that most people have. I have used diced tomatoes and sundried tomatoes, both work will work. If you don’t keep chicken stock or broth in your pantry, I highly suggest you do. I have began doing it and I am using at least once a week. You just need chicken, potatoes, chicken stock, diced or sundried tomatoes, heavy cream and parmesan cheese. And oh garlic, you ca’t forget the garlic. I just keep minced garlic on hand now. I love the frozen garlic cubes from Trader Joes and I also like using minced garlic. I also keep parmesan cheese on hand , we do pizza and or pasta once a week. We love our cheese in our family.
I throw everything in the crockpot except the cheese and heavy cream, that comes at the end. Let it cook for 4 hours. Pull the chicken out and let it sit. Add the heavy cream and the parmesan cheese to the crockpot. Give it a good stir. Let it cook for 20-30 minutes. Shred the chicken and add it back to the crockpot and let it cook for another 20-30 minutes. Top with additional cheese if you want.
There you go. This is the perfect dinner when you want a little bit of comfort food, but you don’t want pasta.
Love from my Kitchen to your Kitchen ????
Billie-Jo
Ingredients
- 2 lbs of skinless chicken breast
- 1 lb small potatoes, cut in half or quarters
- 1 cups chicken stock
- 1 tbsp minced garlic (little less if you don’t want it super garlicky)
- 1 15 oz diced tomatoes or a jar of sundried tomatoes
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup parmesan cheese
Directions
- In a large crockpot place chicken. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add chicken stock, potatoes, garlic and sundried tomatoes. Cook on high for 2-3 hours or low for 6-8 hours.
- Take chicken out of the crockpot and place on a plate.
- Add heavy cream and parmesan cheese to the crockpot and mix together. Let cook for 20-30 minutes, before placing chicken back into the crockpot. I prefer to shred the chicken before placing it back in the crockpot. Let cook for another 20-30 minutes. The chicken will be super tender and easy to cut if you don’t want to shred it.
- Serve and sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese if desired.
- Leftovers will be good for up to 3 days. Keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Tips & Recommendations
If you want a thicker sauce cut back on the chicken stock to 3/4 cup and add an extra cup of the cream. We do the thinner sauce in our family.