Family friendly comfort food! One of the most popular recipes on Restless Chipotle is now in a super easy slow cooker form that makes it perfect for busy weeknights.
It's one of our favorite recipes and I know you'll love it, too.
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🗝️ Key takeaways
- This super easy meal has almost no prep time.
- It's the perfect cozy meal for busy weeknights or weekends when you don't want to be in the kitchen.
- Always cook chicken on low so that you don't dry it out.
If it was even possible to love this cheesy crock pot chicken spaghetti recipe more than my original chicken spaghetti I would.
Honestly? I kinda do. They both are my idea of the ultimate comfort foods.
This crock pot recipe is rich, creamy, and practically ready to eat when you get home from work. You know what that means, right?
More time for binge-watching your favorite show on Netflix.
🧾 Ingredients
📖 Crockpot chicken spaghetti variations
- Try adding a can or two of green chiles if you like them.
- Boneless skinless chicken thighs work great in this!
- If you don't like the flavor of green pepper use red bell pepper or just leave it out.
- You can substitute cream of celery or cream of mushroom soup for the cream of chicken if you prefer.
- Try cooked ground beef instead of the chicken.
🔪 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the green recipe card below.
- Add the chicken breast and top with the bell peppers, onion, and soup. Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours, or until the chicken is done.
- Shred the chicken and add the cheeses, reserving 1 cup of the Cheddar.
- Add the cooked pasta to the crockpot with the shredded chicken mixture and stir to cover with the chicken mixture.
- Sprinkle with the reserved Cheddar. Cover and cook on low for 30 more minutes.
🥫 Storage
Remove leftovers from the crock. Let the crockpot chicken spaghetti come to room temperature and then store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
Or, place leftovers in an airtight container or zipper freezer bag. Freeze for up to 3 months.
💭 Things to know
Expert Tip: For extra creaminess use up to 8 ounces of extra cream cheese in this easy slow cooker recipe.
- I always break the spaghetti noodles up into 3 pieces as I'm adding it to the boiling water. It's just traditional but it does make it easier to eat.
- Cook the spaghetti earlier in the week so you only have to add it to the crock pot when you get home and dinner is ready to go by the time you've changed your clothes and had a glass of wine... or tea...
- Add 2 cans of cream of chicken soup for an extra creamy chicken spaghetti.
- Feel free to add an extra can of Rotel if you like a little extra kick.
👩🍳 FAQs
For this recipe you'll want to cook the pasta separately and then add it in at the end. It doesn't take that much time to cook - and you can actually cook it a day ahead of time and keep it in the refrigerator until you need it.
The chicken cooks in 5 to 6 hours minimum on low.
Dry chicken is the worst! The trick is to always cook chicken on low - and with this recipe there's a lot of fat so it doesn't dry out.
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🍽️ Serve with...
Wondering what to serve with this easy crockpot chicken spaghetti?
I really love either garlic bread sticks or garlic knots with almost any kind of pasta. If you're not a garlic fan a crusty bread is nice, too.
Add a few vegetables like this green bean salad, oven roasted brussels sprouts (bowl-me-over blog opens in a new tab), or delicious fennel & orange salad (all our way blog opens in a new tab) and you have yourself a fantastic meal.
Check out 50 more of my favorite side dishes!
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- Crock pot
- boneless skinless chicken breasts
- bell pepper
- onion
- Rotel tomatoes
- cream of chicken soup
- cream cheese
- Cheddar cheese
- Pepper Jack cheese
- spaghetti noodles
📞 The last word
My cheesy chicken spaghetti recipe is an easy recipe the whole family loves but sometimes I don't have time to watch the oven, or I need something to just stay warm without drying out.
That's when this crockpot chicken spaghetti with Rotel recipe is up at bat. It's the perfect meal for a busy day.
It simmers all day in the slow cooker. I usually have already cooked the pasta and just slide into the kitchen to do the last minute stuff; shred chicken and add the cooked pasta from the fridge.
Then everyone is on their own. It's ready when they are.
It stays hot, cheesy, gooey, and delicious until everyone has eaten no matter how long that takes.
You may also like this cream cheese chicken spaghetti. It's absolutely the creamiest!
Wondering what to serve with for chicken spaghetti? Check out 50 of my favorite side dishes!
If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need.
If you love this recipe please comment below and give it 5 stars!
📖 Recipe
Crock Pot Chicken Spaghetti
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast
- ½ cup bell pepper, diced
- ½ cup onion, diced
- 10 ounces Rotel tomatoes
- 21 ounces cream of chicken soup
- 4 ounces cream cheese, cubed
- 3 cups Cheddar, shredded from a block
- 1 cup Pepper Jack, shredded from a block
- 16 ounces spaghetti
- ¼ cup heavy cream
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Instructions
- Spray the inside of your slow cooker with cooking spray. You'll need a 6 quart size for this.
- Add the chicken breast and top with the tomatoes, bell peppers, onion, and soup.
- Cook on low for 8 hours, or until the chicken is done.
- Shred the chicken and add the cream and cheeses, reserving 1 cup of the Cheddar.
- Cook the spaghetti and drain.
- Add the spaghetti to the slow cooker with the shredded chicken mixture and stir to cover with the chicken mixture.
- Sprinkle with the reserved Cheddar.
- Cover and cook on low for 30 more minutes.
- Serve.
Notes
- I always break the spaghetti noodles up into 3 pieces as I'm adding it to the boiling water. It's just traditional but it does make it easier to eat.
- Cook the spaghetti earlier in the week so you only have to add it to the crock pot when you get home and dinner is ready to go by the time you've changed your clothes and had a glass of wine... or tea...
- Boneless skinless chicken thighs work great in this!
- If you don't like the flavor of green pepper use red bell pepper or just leave it out.
- You can substitute cream of celery or cream of mushroom soup for the cream of chicken if you prefer.
- Feel free to add an extra can of Rotel if you like a little extra kick.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Stacy Koonce
I feel like it needs a lot of seasoning.
Cindy Crews
Have you ever substituted with Velvetta cheese ? Can you recommend how much you would use ?
Marye
I never have so I'm not sure.
Meredith
If I half the recipe, what would the cook time be? This will make way too much for my family with the original recipe 🙂
Marye
The cook time won't change. 🙂
Kaitlyn
Did you use frozen or thawed chicken?
Marye
I used fresh.
Sherri Rochester
I made this over the weekend with a Tex-Mex flavor. Full 6 6qt crockpot came home virtually empty from my Church's potluck dinner on Sunday. We had about 20 people....maybe. Everyone loved it and made me promise to bring it again! Thank you!!!!
Amanda Robbins
Can you cook on HIGH? If so, how long? 4-5 hours?
Marye
I don't recommend high but if you must then 4 hours should do it.
Kris
Can you freeze this dish???
Marye
I've never done it but I don't see why not.
Erica Otto
I liked it, but once you add salt, pepper and cayenne it definitely takes it to the next level.
Scarlet swails
I am making this with no heavy cream since there is no mention of when to add it. Have never cooked with it and no clue when to add. Hope it comes out good. Might want to add to instructions for beginning cooks. Thank you
Kathie
It's in step 4.
Scarlet swails
When does heavy cream go in?
Marye
The cream goes in with the cheese.