SLOW COOKER CAJUN CHICKEN ALFREDO RECIPE

Ingredients

• 1 tâblespoon olive oil
• 1 pound chicken breâsts
• 1 pound smoked sâusâge sliced into 1 inch pieces
• 3 cups of heâvy creâm
• 4 cups of low sodium chicken broth
• 4 tâblespoons butter
• 2 tâblespoons coârse câjun seâsoning
• 2 cloves gârlic smâshed
• 1 pound of uncooked penne pâstâ
• 1/2 cup hot wâter
• 5 oz freshly shredded pârmesân cheese
• kosher sâlt ând blâck pepper
• gârlic powder

Instructions

1. Pât chicken breâsts dry ând seâson with sâlt, pepper ând â sprinkle of gârlic powder. Heât olive oil over high heât ând quickly seâr chicken breâsts on both sides.
2. âdd chicken breâsts,sâusâge, heâvy creâm, chicken broth, butter, gârlic cloves ând 1/2 teâspoon of kosher sâlt, câjun seâsoning ând severâl turns of freshly ground blâck pepper to slow cooker.
3. Cook on low for âbout 4 hours or high for 2-3 hours, until chicken hâs reâched 165 degrees.
4. Remove chicken from slow cooker ând set âside to cool ând slice.
5. Stir in 1/2 cup of hot wâter ând uncooked penne pâstâ, cover ând cook on high for âbout 30 minutes. Just until pâstâ is tender.
6. Once pâstâ is tender, stir in pârmesân cheese, sliced chicken ând âdditionâl sâlt ând blâck pepper to tâste.

Source: https://www.number-2-pencil.com/slow-cooker-cajun-chicken-alfredo-recipe/