Recipes

[Carol1229]

As you probably can tell. we love chicken and I love using my crock pot. This recipe is a favorite when I have a gazillion things to do and we feel like having Italian for dinner.

Even though I love homemade sauce and do try to have some in the freezer at the ready at all times if I can, many is the time that I lose track and run out before I get a chance to make some.

This "sauce" is very tasty and makes the chicken so nice and moist.

The photo above was taken the first time I made this.......what I do now is double the sauce ingredients so I'll have plenty of sauce to serve over the pasta. I'll note what I doubled in the list of ingredients. If you're going to serve this with something else and would like just enough sauce for the chicken, go with the recipe as written.

This is quick, easy, DELICIOUS and OHHHH does the house smell wonderful while this is cooking. It's like torture waiting for dinner!

Cook some pasta, toss together a salad, serve some garlic bread on the side and you've got yourself a feast!


Carol


BEV'S ITALIAN CHICKEN
(Source: adapted from Diane Rattay @Southernfood.about.com, posted by Bev)

6-8 boneless chicken breast halves
1 (1 1/2 oz.) pkg. dry Italian spaghetti sauce mix (I use 2 packages)
1 (14.5 oz.) can diced tomatoes (I use 2 cans)
1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce (I use 2 cans OR 1 (15 oz.) can)
Grated Parmesan Cheese
Shredded mozzarella cheese (optional)

Lightly brown the chicken in a pan sprayed with nonstick cooking spray or you can use a little olive or vegetable oil.

Combine the spaghetti sauce mix, diced tomatoes and tomato sauce; pour over the chicken in the crock pot. Cover; cook on Low for 7-9 hours or on High for 3 1/2-4 1/2 hours.

Serve with Penne pasta or spaghetti, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese, if desired. 6-8 servings.