Crockpot Pam's Cream Cheese Chicken With Broccoli Recipe
4 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts, frozen (yes 4 lbs.!)
olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
1 package of dry Italian salad dressing mix (Good Seasons is fine)
1 can condensed low-fat cream of chicken soup (or cream of mushroom, cream of celery, etc.)
1 8 oz brick of low-fat cream cheese or Neufchatel, cut up in cubes
1/4 cup dry sherry or dry white wine (optional, can use all chicken juices instead)
1 large onion
1/2 lb. sliced fresh mushrooms
crushed garlic to taste
10 oz. frozen broccoli florets (can use fresh, lightly steamed broccoli florets)
Spritz chicken breasts with olive oil from a mister and sprinkle with the dry Italian salad dressing. Place into crockpot.
Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours.
About 45 minutes before done, saut the onion and sliced mushrooms in a pan with cooking spray and then add the cream cheese, soup, and sherry to the saucepan, along with 1/4 cup of the juices that accumulate in the Crock-Pot, heat gently. If you have a fat separator, be sure to use that on the juices first. Add the crushed garlic and stir all ingredients until smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Pour sauce mixture over chicken in Crock-Pot (do not drain out the rest of the juices, but use a fat separator on them if you can) , add frozen florets and cook an additional 30-45 minutes. Remove chicken to platter and stir sauce before putting in gravy boat.
Serve over mashed potatoes, boiled egg noodles or fettucini noodles.
This is a lower fat version of a classic crock pot recipe. I do not recommend using any non-fat substitutions, I feel they just do not blend together as well in the end. Do not defrost the breasts first, it helps keep them from drying out.
One thing I had started doing not noted above, is cubing the chicken, misting with the olive oil and tossing with salad dressing mix prior to freezing it. I then just toss it into the crock pot frozen to cook for three to four hours on LOW and proceed with the recipe from there. Done this way, no knives are needed to eat the recipe.
Jane's note, using MasterCook: Using diced chicken, this made about 13 cups. 1 generous cup = 5 points (13 servings = 227 cal., 6 g. fat, 1 g. fiber; 12 servings = 246 cal, 6 g. fat, 1 g. fiber)
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