Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Orzo
Directions
- 1Add the chicken, bolognese sauce, tomato purée, garlic purée, stock, herbs, salt and pepper to your slow cooker.
- 2Mix everything together.
- 3Cook on high for 3 to 4 hours, or low for 6-7 hours.
- 4Shred the chicken once it's nice and soft.
- 5Add the orzo, cream cheese, mozzarella and frozen mixed veg.
- 6Mix everything again.
- 7Put the lid back on and cook on high for another 20 to 30 minutes, stirring once or twice, until the orzo is soft and everything is creamy.
- 8Serve up and try not to eat all four portions.
Ingredients
- 700 g chicken breast
- 300 g orzo
- 1 jar bolognese sauce
- 150 g light cream cheese
- 80 g mozzarella, grated
- 300 g frozen mixed veg
- 500 ml chicken stock
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 tbsp garlic purée
- 1 tsp mixed herbs or oregano
- salt
- black pepper
Equipment
slow cooker
Tips
- Criminal for the lack of effort involved. Chuck everything in a slow cooker, ignore it for a few hours, come back and suddenly you’ve got a creamy, high-protein dinner the whole family will demolish.
- Arthur approved!
- Awesome to feed family, and it tastes good. Win, win, win, win, win, win, win.
- Try not to eat all four portions.
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