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One Pot Chicken Alfredo Pasta

Chicken alfredo pasta .. making use of hot cooked chicken you may have as leftovers, or just grab one on your way home to add to this easy cheesy dish!
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Serving: 4
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 15 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 35 minutes

Ingredients
 

Sauce

  • 800ml cooking cream
  • 375g Philadelphia cream cheese block, cubed
  • 90g butter, cubed
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon of onion powder
  • Salt and Pepper to Taste

Add

  • Shredded cooked chicken (I used 2 breasts and some meat from the back of the whole chicken)
  • 150g penne pasta
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

Instructions
 

  • Place all sauce ingredients in the slow cooker and cook on low for 2hrs 45mins
  • Stirring occasionally to break down the cream cheese
  • (no tea towel required)
  • Add shredded, cooked chicken and dry, uncooked pasta (see notes below)
  • Cook for an additional 1hr or UNTIL pasta is cooked to your liking (this may vary between cookers. It took 1hr in my Morphy Richards slow cooker today to be nice and tender)
  • Keep an eye on your alfredo during this time to be sure that it doesn't dry out - additional cream could be added if needed
  • Stir through another 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese then serve immediately

Notes

  • This is a thick creamy coated pasta. If you like a runnier, saucier alfredo then add par boiled pasta instead of raw pasta along with the shredded chicken stage and cook for only 15mins or until chicken is heated through and pasta is tender. Semi cooked pasta won't absorb as much of the sauce as the raw pasta does.