Recipe: Appetizing Chicken Artichoke Pesto Pasta (crocpot)

Chicken Artichoke Pesto Pasta (crocpot). Chicken Artichoke Pesto Pasta (crocpot) Sara Brenegan Maryland. A concoction my daughter and I made up to fulfill a craving of artichoke spinach dip for one of us and chicken for the other one of us. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat.

Healthy eating is now a good deal more popular than it used to be and rightfully so. There are numerous illnesses associated with a poor diet and there is a cost to the. This Crock Pot Chicken Artichoke Pasta is a meal everyone eats, and is really not much more work than butter noodles. You can cook Chicken Artichoke Pesto Pasta (crocpot) using 16 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken Artichoke Pesto Pasta (crocpot)

1. It's 5 lb of chicken thighs, I used the frozen pack I had in freezer.
2. Prepare 1 pack of frozen spinach.
3. Prepare 3 cans of condensed cream of mushroom soup.
4. Prepare 3 of mushroom soup cans of milk.
5. It's 1 can of black olives drained and halved.
6. You need 1 (4 oz) of pack sundries tomatoes cut into quarter size pieces.
7. It's 1 of lg can mushrooms drained.
8. Prepare 2 (6.5 oz) of jars marinated artichokes drained and halved.
9. Prepare 1 tbsp of pesto.
10. Prepare 1 box of your favorite pasta like ziti, rigatoni etc.
11. Prepare 2-4 cups of mozzarella or provolone etc (cheesey texture to food).
12. It's 1 tbsp of crushed red pepper flakes.
13. You need 1 tbsp of black pepper.
14. You need 1 tbsp of dried minced onion.
15. You need 1 tbsp of fresh minced garlic.
16. It's 1 tbsp of parsley flakes or Italian seasoning.

I modified it from Add a Pinch, and actually made it twice, because I forgot to take a picture the first time. No one is complaining about having to eat tasty pasta twice, I'll tell you that much.. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute mushrooms and red pepper in oil until tender. Reduce heat; stir in the chicken, artichokes, pesto, tomatoes, salt and pepper flakes.

Chicken Artichoke Pesto Pasta (crocpot) instructions

1. In crocpot put chicken frozen or thawed. **(I recommend without skin or bone.) Pro tip: If frozen and has skin, after about 45 min into recipe remove chicken and it will be warm enough to easily break apart the pieces and deskin. (Remove bone once chicken is thoroughly cooked.).
2. Add into crocpot all ingredients EXCEPT PASTA.
3. Cook until chicken is thoroughly cooked. Then pull into smaller chunks remove the bone if any, and mix in the now drained COOKED box of pasta. Adding in your cheese and mix..

Drain pasta; toss with chicken mixture. Sprinkle with cheese and pine nuts. When it's about done, cook the pasta according to package directions and drain well. Using two forks, shred the chicken. Add the cooked pasta, the mushrooms, and the parmesan cheese, stirring everything until the pasta is well-coated with the buttery pesto sauce and the shredded chicken is evenly dispersed.