Slow Cooker Creamy Tuscan Chicken has great flavor from a creamy garlic sauce with sun dried tomatoes, and tender chicken breasts. Making this crock pot creamy Tuscan chicken recipe is easy, and my whole family loves it!
Slow Cooker Creamy Tuscan Chicken
The concept of semi-homemade is one that I have adopted. I like to use whole foods and less processed ingredients when possible. However, once in a while using a canned soup, a jarred sauce, or a flavor packet will help me get a meal on the table easier, faster, and still create the flavor that I want.
This Slow Cooker Creamy Tuscan Chicken Breasts recipe uses a jarred Alfredo sauce, and that is the semi-homemade part of the recipe. You can use heavy cream and garlic, salt & pepper if you wish, and it will still be delicious!
Here’s how to make Slow Cooker Creamy Tuscan Chicken Breasts:
I like to serve Slow Cooker Creamy Tuscan Chicken Breasts over linguini or fettuccine noodles, but you can serve it over any pasta you have on hand.
You could also serve it or over mashed potatoes, or even gnocchi (very Italian) or rice, which is wonderful in the sauce.
I really like the pretty colors in this recipe. It makes for a nice presentation, which is a bonus when serving this dish to your guests.
For a side vegetable, broccoli goes well with this dish. I also like to serve asparagus, Brussels sprouts, or a bright side salad.
How Many Servings Does This Recipe Make?
As written, you will get four servings. However, if you slice the chicken breasts, you may get more as not everyone will eat a whole breast piece (that will depend on the size of breasts used).
You could also cook an additional chicken breast if you need to serve more people.
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Slow Cooker Creamy Tuscan Chicken recipe is a gourmet meal made in your crock pot. Creamy and delicious crock pot Tuscan Chicken is ready
- 1 (7 oz jar) Sun Dried Tomatoes, sliced (drained)
- 2 Tbsp Butter
- 4 Chicken Breasts, boneless/skinless
- 1 small Onion, diced
- 1 lg clove Garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 tsp Italian Seasoning
- 1/4 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
- 1 (15 oz jar) Alfredo Sauce* (with roasted garlic)
- 3/4 cup Parmesan Cheese (more for garnish)
- 2-3 cups Fresh Baby Spinach
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Drain the sun dried tomatoes and set aside.
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Heat a skillet on med-high heat and add the butter. Add the chicken breasts and brown both sides. Remove chicken and place in the slow cooker.
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Add the onions to the skillet and cook until just turning translucent.
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Add the garlic and sun dried tomatoes to the onions and cook for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Turn off heat and add onion/sun dried tomato mixture to the slow cooker.
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Sprinkle in the Italian seasoning and red pepper flakes.
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Pour the Alfredo sauce over the top and close the lid. Cook on Low for 3-4 hours or High for 2-3 hours. Actual time will depend on how thick your chicken pieces are. Don't let it overcook or the meat will be dry.
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When cook time is finished, open lid and stir in parmesan, then stir in the spinach and close the lid. Let cook for a few more minutes, until spinach is wilted/softened.
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Serve over pasta or potatoes.
*If you don't have, or don't want to use jarred Alfredo sauce, you can use 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream and 3 cloves of garlic (pressed or very finely minced).
**You can thicken the sauce a little with extra parmesan cheese or make a corn starch slurry that you will add about 45 minutes before serving so it has time to thicken..
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Stacy R
My wife and I have made this several times and it is an excellent, easy meal. We like to get 2 meals so we use 8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, 2 onions & 3 lge garlic cloves, minced. We also add 1 1/2 tsp Kosher salt. Keep everything else the same. Depending on how much time we have, we found you can put all the onions and garlic on the bottom of the crock pot without sautéing but it is better if they are sautéd. We found it works better for the second meal if we don’t add the spinach to the pot. We plate some spaghetti, add spinach on top of the spaghetti, and add 2 thighs and some sauce on top of the spinach to wilt it. For the 2nd meal, we reheat in the microwave and do the pasta, spinach, thighs on top again.
Michael smit
Can I use a whole young chicken ?
Sandy
I would maybe cut it up so the meat all gets in the sauce.
Sue
Amazing…..my entire family loved it and asked for more. I added mushrooms because we love them & it was even better if that’s possible! Thanks so much
Michelle
I am making this today for the 2nd time. It is SO good. I first made it with chicken thighs; served it to my neighbors and they absolutely loved it! Today I have no spinach so I am using some asparagus. This definitely is one of my go-to slow cooker recipes.
Jeanne
This was great. I used bone-in thighs and legs instead of breasts and cooked a little longer. I served it with rice the first night and served the leftovers with mashed potatoes. This is definitely a keeper.
Betty
I followed the recipe exactly and think it’s a bit of a stretch to say you can get all the prep work done in 15 minutes. I would say a minimum of 25 minutes, even if you buy already sliced sun dried tomatoes. For the person who said her family wasn’t a fan of the Alfredo sauce, I really don’t think they could guess that’s what was used, in the finished dish. Overall, I think it needed some salt and depending on the thickness of the chicken breasts, you may want to keep an eye on it so the chicken isn’t dry. I might make it again, but with a few changes, and additional sauce.
Steve
My wife & kids loved this recipe…I’m the hero of the night! It so easy too!
Maria Weed
I’m not seeing a time element? 2 large chicken breasts?
Sandy
Low for 3-4 hours or High for 2-3 hours. You want the chicken temperature to be 160 when you take it out, then let it rest 5 minutes and the temp should climb to 165°.
Niki
Could this be converted to Instant Pot? Any tips?
Sandy
Yes, you will need a little more broth to get the pot to pressure. Cook about 1 minute per ounce of chicken.
Hannah
Hi! I put the chicken in the crock pot before browning it on both sides…any idea how much longer it should stay in the crock pot? Thank you!!!
Sandy
Probably not that long. Chicken cooks fast. Maybe 15 minutes.
Hailey C
Hi! Could you tell me what kind of parmesan cheese you used? I.e. powdered or the fresh shredded kind?
Sandy
Hi, I use the fresh grated parmesan that you find in the deli section of the store.
Tori
This was delicious! I followed the recipe exactly, just added some more spinach after the first batch wilted. Our chicken actually shredded up mostly, and we served this with couscous. Yum! Thanks for the recipe, it seems like it will be a regular in our house!
Gloria
Do you know the nutritional values? I’m trying to determine if it’s keto.
Thank you
Gloria
Sandy
Hi, I’m not sure. I use a calories calculator.
Ashley
Are you supposed to stir it at all while it’s in the crockpot? I’ve got mine in there now and I’m concerned it’ll be dry. Thank you!
Sandy
If it isn’t covered with sauce, then stir it once halfway through cook time.
Lauren
This dish was sooooo good! There is a little prep work but not too much. I served it over whole-wheat pasta which was delicious!
Sandy
That’s great, Lauren! Thank you!
Lindsey
Would cooking the chicken before hand and then putting it in the crockpot make it dry or no?
Sandy
If you put cooked chicken in the crock pot, then cook it fir the amount of time the recipe calls for, it will be very dry.
Kait G
What can I use as an Alfredo sauce substitute? If the picky eaters I’m feeding don’t like that sauce.
Sandy
Heavy cream and garlic, and parmesan at the end.
Kshitiz
This was so easy to make!
Thank you Sandy.
Marcel
Turned out really good,
Thanks
Sandy
Great! Thanks for your review!
Shawn
How would the cooking times change if the recipe is doubled?
Thanks!!
Sandy
I think if you allow for an extra 15 minutes on High and 30 minutes on Low, you should be fine (the size of the pieces makes the biggest difference, and how much they overlap each other). Try not to stack the chicken too much, if you can. If you do have to stack it, I would flip it halfway through. But don’t lift the lid again after that as it slows down the cook time.
Judith
I loved this dish..so easy to prepare..thanks for sharing!
Sandy
Hi Judith, I’m so happy you liked it! Thank you for your review!