This Italian Shredded Chicken is one of those great recipes you can put in the crock pot hours earlier, let the delicious flavors cook together, and then make into a fast and delicious meal. I love how the chicken shreds up, you add a couple of things, and you have a zesty creamy chicken sauce that you can eat over noodles or rice. Not only was my husband crazy about this, my kids love it too! You can’t beat a slow cooked meal that is easy, delicious, and family friendly!
Slow Cooker Zesty Italian Shredded Chicken
INGREDIENTS (with Amazon Links)
- 4-6 chicken breasts frozen is ok
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 pkg. Good Seasons Italian dressing mix dry*
- 1 pkg. 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 can cream of chicken soup
INSTRUCTIONS
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Combine chicken, broth, butter and dressing mix in crock pot and cook on high for 3 1/2 to 4 hours. Chicken should shred into small pieces.
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Add remaining ingredients and cook on high for another half an hour. Add milk or heavy cream to thin the sauce if it’s too thick. Serve over noodles or rice.
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*Today we had all the ingredients to make this dish EXCEPT for the dry Good Seasons Italian Dressing Mix. We didn't want to go to the store, so we made our own mix, it turned out great! Here is what we used:
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-3 tsp. Montreal Chicken seasoning (if you don't have this, you can mix together a little salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and black pepper together.. and maybe even a dash red pepper flakes)
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-2 tsp sugar
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/4 tsp. oregano
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/2 tsp. lemon pepper
Mathy says
A doubt… 1st step of method – cooking the chicken n “1/2 cup” broth on HIGH??? For THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR HOURS??? Really?
Janelle says
Yes, really. I make this recipe all the time and I don’t even use the broth, just the margarine and the chicken. It’s a great recipe.
These girls never give a bad recipe!:)
Shayna says
Agreed!
Lori A. says
I’ve made something similar and even left out the butter. Just put the chicken and Italian Dressing.
Blair @ The Seasoned Mom says
This looks perfect for my family. Can’t wait to try it!
Joza says
Can this be cooked on LOW for a longer amount of time? I like to throw stuff in my crock pot before leaving for my P-T job and cone home 6 hours later to a cooked meal!
Liz says
Thank you for the nice easy recipe. Have a Great Day and Week!
Cathy says
What would you suggest to serve with this?
Emily says
Well, we serve it with rice or noodles. Then I like to do veggies or a salad on the side.
Lori A. says
My kids love this over No Yolks noodles
Kim says
Wow! Easy and delicious. Just followed the instructions and it was perfect. My kids loved it, even my somewhat picky 7 year old. My husband enjoyed it too. Will defintely make this again.
Sheena says
I have tried many versions of Italian Chicken, but after trying this one I won’t try another one. This was so yummy! Thanks for the easy recipe. 🙂
Sheena
karen says
Do you really use frozen chicken?
Erica says
You can use thawed or frozen– I fixed it on the recipe 🙂 Thanks for catching that
Louise Hinton says
Sounds wonderful, what size pkg of cream cheese?
Emily says
An 8 oz. package
Mike Ace says
Do you break up the cream cheese when added? Placed on top of the chicken, sides or both?
Echo says
I’ve made this recipe dozens of times and I do like to break up the cream cheese before adding it to the crock pot. I quickly stir it in with the chicken so it can soften and melt, and then replace the lid. I hope this helps!
vicki says
What size package of cream cheese?
Emily says
An 8 oz. package
Kathy says
I use a full 12oz can of chicken broth, that way you don’t have to thin it as much at the end. Sometimes if I don’t have a package of dry Italian seasoning, I use some of the liquid Italian dressing. I have been able to find the liquid Italian dressing sometimes at the dollar store for a dollar a bottle. You can’t beat that! I like to shred the chicken before I put it on the noodles.
Erica says
Great tips! Thanks for sharing 😀
Mim Ondercin says
Can I use chicken legs/thighs instead of breasts? My hubby won’t eat white meat.
Erica says
Great idea! I’m sure it turned out great with the dark meat, yum!
Tom says
What size can of cream of chicken ?
Emily says
The small can
Mike Ace says
Curious, do you add the water to the soup as instructed on the label or just put in the pot as is?
Echo says
Mike, you just add the soup as is – don’t add water. Thanks for asking!
Pat White says
Do you use boneless/skinless or bone-in?
Erica says
boneless, but bone-in would be ok too!
Echo says
We use boneless, skinless chicken breasts. Thank you for asking!
Barb says
This was so delicious. I am Gluten free so I omitted the can of chicken soup. I added more broth and thickened with cornstarch. I loved all of the spices!
Allison says
Hi, I’ve been making this for a few months now & was in a rush for time, so I added everything all at once…mixed the liquids & spread on too of frozen chicken thighs. My family LOVES it!
Erica says
So glad you like it! Great idea to put on chicken thighs. Totally going to try that! Thanks!
lauren says
do you do you use boneless skinless breasts or bone in skin on chicken breast
Erica says
We always use boneles-skinless but bone in would be fine if that is all you have on hand
Kellie says
You are my go-to gals!
I’m a football booster mom and tonight I’m trying this one.
I know that your recipes are always delicious.
I’ll be doubling it .????
The guys look forward to “Pasta Thursday” all week.
And they’re 5-0 so we must be doing something right! ????
Erica says
Thank you so much Kellie! I hope you liked this recipe (it has been one of our favs for YEARS)! Those football guys are lucky to have you as a booster mom! Way to support your team!
Amy says
Are your listed measurements for seasoning correct? 4 tsp or oregano seems like a lot, and wanted to make sure it wasn’t supposed to be a fraction of this amount. I love this recipe with the regular seasoning packet but just looked in the pantry and I’m out so want to use your mixture.
Erica says
yep, that is right 🙂 you can cut down on it if you don’t like oregano though
Marcie says
This sounds amazing! I leave the house at 7:30 a.m. And don’t get home until 3:00 p.m.. I have a crock pot that will automatically switch to ‘keep warm’ when the time is up. My question for you is, can I cook this on low for 7 1/2 – 8 hours so that it doesn’t need to be on the warm setting for hours? Does 7 1/2 hours sound right if I cook it on low?
Erica says
Yes, 7 1/2 hours will be plenty of time. Hope this helps!