Slow-Cooker Creamy Italian Chicken

Here is another favorite dish from sparkrecipes.com

It's great over rice, but we've never tried it over pasta...but the picture looks good. This is one of those dishes you can throw together in 2 minutes before you head out the door in the morning!

Creamy Italian Chicken

Ingredients

• 1.5 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1 pkg Good Seasons Italian dressing mix
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 8oz pkg low fat cream cheese (softened)
• 1 TBSP minced garlic
• 1 can 98% fat free cream of chicken soup
• 3 cups cooked white, long grain rice

Directions

1. Place chicken in crock pot.
2. Mix together Italian dressing mix and water. Pour over chicken.
3. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours OR low for 6-8 hours.
4. Mix together cream cheese, garlic and soup in separate bowl.
5. Carefully remove chicken from crock pot to plate.
6. Pour cream cheese/soup mixture into crock pot and mix together with dressing in bottom.
7. Return chicken to crock pot and mix gently to shred the chicken.
8. Cook on LOW until heated through.
9. Serve with rice or noodles.

You may add skim or low fat milk in very small quantities to thin the sauce a little if you wish. It does not significantly affect the nutritional value if you use up to 2 tablespoons.

Makes 6 servings. Approximately 2/3 cup mixture with 1/2 cup rice.

Recipe by SparkPeople user ORANGECOWCAT.
Nutritional info: Calories=327, Fat=10g, Carbohydrates=24g, Protein=33g