Slow Cooker Creamy Italian Chicken

By MaryEllen

I HIGHLY recommend using the low setting for cooking...it allows the juices from the chicken to really seep into the dressing.

Ingredients

• 2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1 pkg Good Seasons Italian dressing mix
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 8oz pkg low fat cream cheese
• 3 cups cooked white, long grain rice
• Makes 6 servings. Approximately 2/3 cup mixture with 1/2 cup rice.
• Nutritional Info
• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 368.7
• Total Fat: 10.3 g
• Cholesterol: 115.5 mg
• Sodium: 737.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 24.2 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
• Protein: 41.7 g

Details

Adapted from recipes.sparkpeople.com

Preparation

Step 1

*1. Place chicken in crock pot
*2. Mix together Italian dressing mix and water. Pour over chicken.
*3. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours OR low for 8 hours.
*4. Mix together cream cheese and soup in separate bowl.
*5. Carefully remove chicken from crock pot to plate.
*6. Pour cream cheese/soup mixture into crock pot and mix together with dressing in bottom.
*7. Return chicken to crock pot and mix gently to shred the chicken.
*8. Cook on LOW until heated through.
*Serve with rice or noodles.

**You may add skim or low fat milk in very small quantities to thin the sauce a little. It does not significantly affect the nutritional value if you use up to 2 tablespoons**

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Made this when Edith and Jean were visiting at the same time. They both loved it and requested the recipe.

This recipe can be made with FAT FREE cream cheese and it saves about 6 grams of fat. However, I feel that the dish benefits from the flavor of the low fat over the fat free.