Italian Chicken Recipe is a long time favorite at our house. . .we just love it so much! It’s simple to make in the slow cooker with only a few ingredients and then let the magic of the crock pot do it’s thing! Chicken recipes turn out so tender and flavorful in the slow cooker. . . we know you’ll love our Italian Chicken Recipe just as much as we do!
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Italian Chicken is one of our most favorite recipes ever… my sister, Camey, gave this recipe to me forever ago AND we’ve loved it ever since. I especially love quick and easy Crock-pot suppers for crazy busy days 🙂
Slow Cooker Tips & Tricks
Let’s just have a little crock pot talk here for a minute…
As most of you know I’m a graduate of the Culinary School and one of the class that’s required is Sanitation and Safety. During this class we had an eye-opening chat about slow cookers and how they can be the perfect breeding ground for bacteria and pathogens.
• If not careful they can be the perfect breeding ground for bacteria and pathogens.
• Preheat your crock pot just like you preheat your oven so plug it in and turn it to the high setting to get it nice and hot from the start for cooking.After all there is only one little probe heating the whole slow cooker!
• Add everything into the crock pot as warmed up as it can be, to cut down on the getting-the-food-hot portion of cooking, this is where you need to be cautious and make sure it is all hot and up to cooking temperature in 2-3 hours.
• If food stays between 41 degrees and 135 degrees for 4 hours, then it has to be thrown out because the bacteria and pathogens have had much too much time to grow and a food borne illness is a likely result.
• If you add meat make sure it is thawed and NEVER frozen, if it’s beef or pork brown it first.
- Add liquids hot ie: like use HOT water or warm up any liquids in the microwave first then add them in already hot.
- Spray the ceramic insert with cooking spray to make clean up a snap! It’ll wipe out with no sticking!
Slow Cookers are wonderful things and if we take a couple of quick precautions to keep food safe while using them… they are even better! 🙂
More slow cooker recipes you may also enjoy:
• Coca-Cola BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwich
•White Chicken Chili
• Slow Cooker Honey Chipotle Chicken
•Mediterranean Chicken with Brown Rice
•Slow Cooker Creamed Corn
•Cafe Rio Sweet Pork (copycat)
•Slow Cooker Chicken Cordon Bleu
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time6 hours
Total Time6 hours 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 6 chicken breasts, thawed
- 2 packets of dry Italian salad dressing seasoning packets
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 8 ounce neufatchel (1/3 less fat) cream cheese
- 6 servings whole grain noodles or brown rice, cooked according to package
- garnish with green onion, if desired
Instructions
- Place first 3 ingredients in slow cooker, cook on low 6 hours or high for 3 hours.
- (Stir occasionally if you’re around)
- When ready to serve shred the chicken with two forks; reserve 1/3 of chicken for additional recipe.
- Add the neufatchel cream cheese into slow cooker; allow to melt in while preparing noodles or rice.
- Stir in cream cheese until completely incorporated.
- Serve over noodles or rice.
- Enjoy!
Use the reserved shredded chicken from this recipe in this deliciousItalian Artichoke Chicken Pasta! I even freeze the chicken in a freezer bag and pull it out later when I need a quick and easy dinner.
Italian Chicken Recipe is a dish the whole family will love- you’ll be huge fans!
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Love Always,
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FAQs
What is cacciatore sauce made of? Chicken Cacciatore sauce is a full-flavoured sauce using simple ingredients. Onion and garlic are sautéed in oil in the same skillet with bell peppers, carrots, mushrooms and herbs. I love using brown mushrooms in this cacciatore.
What makes chicken super tender? ›
The best tenderizer though, is a salted yogurt marinade. The salt has the same effect as in a regular brine, but the lactic acid in the yogurt further tenderizes the meat. A 15-minute marinade with one cup of yogurt and one teaspoon of salt makes for the most tender chicken breasts imaginable.
What is Italian chicken made of? ›
Italian Chicken Ingredients
To make this recipe, you will need boneless skinless chicken breasts, parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, black pepper, butter, potatoes and fresh parsley.
How do you thicken cacciatore sauce? ›
You could also add a cornstarch slurry to thicken your sauce. Remove your chicken, and whisk together 1 tablespoon cornstarch with 1 tablespoon water and 1 tablespoon of your sauce. Then, stir this mixture into the slow cooker and let simmer until thickened.
What goes good with chicken cacciatore? ›
Chicken cacciatore is great served over buttered egg noodles or orzo pasta tossed with butter, salt and fresh parsley. It's also great over mashed potatoes or polenta.
What is the secret to moist chicken? ›
There are three key tricks: tenderize, marinate, and controlled cooking time. When you use all three of these methods, you will have succulent, moist chicken every time, and you can apply these strategies to other cuts of meat as well.
Why is KFC chicken so tender? ›
If you've ever wondered how KFC makes its chicken so spectacularly tender and crispy, it has everything to do with the moisture retention and pressurized seal of the devices the chicken is fried inside of.
What is velveting chicken? ›
Velveting is a Chinese cooking technique that takes your thin pieces of raw meat and coats them in a cornstarch marinade. The meat is then lightly cooked on the outside before cooking it all the way through. In order to do this, simply cut your meat into small pieces or strips.
What does buttermilk do to chicken? ›
The secret to making the perfect fried chicken is the use of buttermilk, as it helps tenderize each piece while leaving each bite juicy and crispy.
What is Gordon Ramsay's famous recipe? ›
Gordon Ramsay's best recipes include Beef Wellington, Coq au Vin, Beef Stroganoff, Chicken Piccata, Rack of Lamb, Baked Salmon with Lemon and Dill, Shrimp Scampi, Beef and Guinness Stew, Spaghetti Carbonara, and Beef Burgundy.
To start, brine your chicken in a mixture of water and a few tablespoons of salt for about 20 to 30 minutes. This will boost the natural flavor and moisture of the chicken breasts and will leave you with a super tender piece of meat. This is the one step that will really ensure your chicken won't be dry or tough.
Why is chicken yellow in Italy? ›
Why are plucked chickens sold in grocery stores yellow in Italy and white in the USA? - Quora. Not everywhere in Italy: in Northern and Central Italy chicken were traditionally corn fed and had yellow skin. In many areas of the South, they were wheat fed and had white skin.
What should you season chicken with? ›
Aside from classics like salt, pepper, basil and garlic, you could try using chilli powder, ginger, cumin, cayenne, paprika, oregano, sage, rosemary and thyme.
What is chicken cacciatore made of? ›
Aside from the chicken, the basic ingredients in chicken cacciatore are: onions, herbs, tomatoes and sometimes mushrooms. Some variations will call for carrots and celery, while others call for bell peppers or other vegetables. Some even flavor the tomato sauce with anchovies, which I haven't tried yet.
Why is it called cacciatore? ›
The secret of how it came to be actually comes from its name; in Italian, cacciatore roughly translates to “hunter”, meaning that those who prepared this meal usually hunted the chicken themselves. In their travels, they found other ingredients to pick up along the way that eventually evolved into staples of the dish.
What's the difference between chicken parmesan and chicken cacciatore? ›
Chicken parmesan uses boneless skinless chicken breasts that are pounded thin and fried crisp before they're smothered in tomato sauce and topped with cheese. Chicken cacciatore is different. It's more like a hearty stew that's made with bone-in chicken.
What does cacciatore mean in Italian? ›
Translation of cacciatore – Italian–English dictionary
hunter [noun] a person who hunts. huntsman [noun] a hunter.
