3 Cheese Chicken Alfredo
Serves 10
Directions
- 1Add diced chicken breast, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, and butter to the slow cooker and mix.
- 2Place garlic cloves on aluminum foil, add a little oil and salt, then enclose the garlic in the foil.
- 3Add the foil-wrapped garlic to the slow cooker next to the chicken.
- 4Cook on high for 2-3 hours or on low for 3-4 hours.
- 5Remove the garlic from the slow cooker.
- 6Shred the cooked chicken.
- 7Add the perfectly roasted garlic to the shredded chicken.
- 8Add half-cooked pasta to the slow cooker with the chicken.
- 9Pour the high-protein three-cheese alfredo sauce (made with cottage cheese, cream cheese, parmesan reggiano, asiago, and milk, seasoned with salt and pepper) over the pasta and chicken.
- 10Mix everything well in the slow cooker.
- 11Add about half a cup of reserved pasta water to the mixture.
- 12Cover and cook on high for an additional 15-20 minutes.
- 13Divide the prepared Alfredo into 10 equal-sized containers for meal prepping.
Ingredients
- 900 g chicken breast
- 1 Tbsp salt
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 30 g butter
- handful garlic cloves
- 5 g oil
- pinch salt
- 672 g pasta, cooked to 50%
- 0.5 cup pasta water
- 800 g 2% cottage cheese
- 120 g 1/3 fat cream cheese
- 120 g parmigiano reggiano
- 60 g Asiago
- 360 ml milk
Equipment
slow cookeraluminum foilspatulapotfork
Tips
- Store frozen and microwave for 4-5 minutes to reheat.
- Add 2-3 tablespoons of milk when reheating if sauce absorbs during reheat.