Description
A delicious slow cooker recipe featuring cheese tortellini, chicken, and a creamy sun-dried tomato sauce that is sure to impress your dinner guests.
Ingredients
Scale
- 600 g chicken breasts or cutlets, trimmed
- 600 g fresh or refrigerated cheese tortellini, thawed if frozen
- 1 jar (approx. 200 g) sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained and julienned
- 1 onion, finely chopped (about 100 g)
- 4 cloves fresh garlic, minced
- 350 ml chicken stock
- 250 ml heavy cream
- 80 g freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus extra for garnish
- 15 fresh basil leaves, sliced
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1.5 tsp Italian seasoning mix
- 1 tsp Cajun seasoning
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 tbsp cornstarch (optional, for thickening sauce)
Instructions
- Preheat the slow cooker on sauté function. Add butter and olive oil, then brown chicken on both sides for 2 minutes per side. Move chicken to the side and add onion and garlic, sautéing until fragrant for about 1 minute. If no sauté function, add raw seasoned chicken, onion, and garlic to the base of the slow cooker.
- Pour in chicken stock, heavy cream, sun-dried tomatoes, Italian seasoning, Cajun seasoning, salt, and black pepper over the chicken and aromatics.
- Cover and cook on High for 3 hours. Once the chicken is tender, shred it directly in the slow cooker using two forks.
- Stir Parmesan cheese into the sauce and shredded chicken. Add tortellini, ensuring it is submerged in the liquid. Cover and cook for an additional 15 minutes, or until tortellini is just tender.
- Fold in basil leaves. Switch slow cooker to the ‘keep warm’ setting for serving. Optionally garnish with extra Parmesan in each bowl.
Notes
- For a thicker sauce, add the optional cornstarch.
- Feel free to substitute the chicken with a different protein if desired.
- Adjust the seasonings according to your taste preferences.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 hours 15 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 800 mg
- Fat: 28 g
- Saturated Fat: 15 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 25 g
- Cholesterol: 80 mg