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Italian cream cheese chicken is a simple way to enjoy tender, creamy, flavorful chicken over noodles, rice, or potatoes. With only four ingredients, this is definitely one of those slow cooker recipes you will have on repeat.
Make sure you keep the ingredients needed for this recipe on hand so you can whip this up for busy weeknights. I have a few more recipes that use similar ingredients and come together quickly. Try my Olive Garden chicken pasta, and my Italian chicken and potatoes.
Reasons You’ll LOVE This Recipe
- Customizable: I love how customizable this recipe is. You can keep it simple with just the four ingredients that are already in the recipe, or you can get creative! Try adding sauteed garlic mushrooms, your favorite cooked pasta, or steamed broccoli.
- Great for a crowd: Double this recipe and you will be able to feed a LOT. Or, you can use all of the leftovers throughout the week and have delicious lunches ready to go!
Ingredients for Italian Cream Cheese Chicken
This recipe uses only four ingredients, and you probably already have them in your kitchen! Scroll down to the recipe card for exact measurements.
- Chicken Breast: Boneless, skinless chicken breasts absorb flavors well and pair perfectly with cream cheese and Italian seasoning. Their tender texture creates an ideal consistency for the sauce.
- Zesty Italian Dressing Mix: The Italian dressing mix will add zest and flavor to this dish, which is what makes it so incredible!
- Softened Cream Cheese: Provides a rich, creamy texture and a tangy, sweet flavor that enhances the dish.
- Canned Cream of Chicken Soup: Adds a smooth texture and a savory chicken flavor to the dish.
How to Make Italian Cream Cheese Chicken
I love how simple this slow cooker creamy Italian chicken recipe is! You can easily have this prepped in 10 minutes, set the crockpot and forget it! Dinner is ready without much effort at all!
- Combine: Mix the cream of chicken soup and Italian seasoning in a crock pot. Cube the cream cheese and then place it in the crockpot.
- Add Chicken: Lay the chicken over the soup and cream cheese, set the crockpot to low, and cook for 3 hours.
- Stir and Flip: Remove the chicken and mix the sauce together. Replace the chicken flipped from how it originally was. Cook for another 2-3 hours or until the chicken is cooked through.
- Shred: Once the chicken is cooked, shred it inside the crockpot. Remove the shredded chicken and serve with your favorite sides!
Tips for Making Italian Chicken
This recipe is hard to get wrong, but here are some tips and suggestions to make sure it turns out just how you like it!
- Sauce: Typically, the chicken will produce enough juice, but if the sauce is too thick, add a little milk or chicken broth when flipping the chicken.
- Timing: If you want to speed up the cooking process a bit, once you flip the chicken over and mix the sauce, set the heat to high and cook for another 1-2 hours. Always check to make sure the chicken is fully cooked.
- Side Suggestions: The beauty of this dish is that it goes well with so many options, such as rice, potatoes, and pasta.
How to Store Leftover Italian Cream Cheese Chicken
This is by far one of my favorite recipes to have a bunch of leftovers. My kids devour it so I usually make a double batch! It is perfect for them to heat up and eat for lunch the next day or as a snack.
- Let Cool: Ensure the chicken mixture has cooled completely before transferring to an airtight container.
- Refrigerate: Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.
- Reheat: Place the desired amount in a microwave-safe plate or bowl—heat on high in 30-second increments until it reaches your preferred temperature.
More Crockpot Chicken Recipes
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Italian Cream Cheese Chicken
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 packet Zesty Italian dressing seasoning
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 (10.5-ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
Instructions
- Add the cream of chicken soup, Italian dressing packet, and cubed cream cheese to the crockpot.
- Place the chicken breasts on top of the soup and cream cheese.
- Cook on LOW for 4-5 hours or HIGH for 2-3 hours.
- Shred the cooked chicken inside the crockpot. Stir the chicken and sauce until creamy and combined.
- Serve over pasta, rice, or potatoes!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
this is a great recipe. My only question is how to get the cream cheese to be creamier… it tends to be “chunky” and separate when first adding to the crockpot.
You add the cream cheese at the beginning?? Does it cook ok like that? I tried that in another recipe and the cream cheese got chunky and yucky cooking in the crockpot. ? Just don’t want to ruin the recipe.
I always add the ingredients together and microwave it and stir it until it smooth and then spread it over the chicken. 🙂
trying this tonight…I added some other spices. I will let you know how it turns out. Sounds so yummy!
This is one of our favorites and so easy!
I made this tonight & it was a hit with everyone! Super easy & super yummy! Thanks so much 🙂
There are no instructions with this recipe. Do you put the chicken in first, and then mix all the other ingredients together and pour over chicken?
That was my question as well
I put the soup in the bottom of the crock and put the chicken on top, then add Italian seasoning, salt, pepper and chicken broth. Let that cook 4-6+ hrs (until chicken is done) Take 2 forks and shred the chicken then add the cream cheese and cook another 30 minutes. If you are using noodles, cook them then add to the crock at the very end just to marry the flavors with the noodles. I have made with minute rice too and its very yummy- With the rice you can add uncooked at the end and it only takes about 10 minutes to finish in the crock. Make sure there is enough chicken stock to cook the rice.
How much chicken broth do you use?
I am in love with this dish! I had only the regular Italian dressing mix on hand and being short on time took another reviewer’s suggestion to bake in the oven. Fresh chicken breast in a 350 degree oven for about 40 mins was all it took for this easy dish to make my night! Highly recommend!
What brand of zesty Italian dressing mix so you suggest?
Also, does this have a spicy taste with it being “zesty” Italian?
I made this today. It was so easy and smelled so good. However the sauce was very thick and it was sooo salty. Not sure if I would make again but if do I would add some chicken broth and only half package seasoning.
If I have a bottle of the Italian dressing how much do I add? Does the sauce not burn?
You have to use the dry seasoning packet for this not the stuff in the bottle.
I’ve used the bottle before and it just makes it more saucy. Don’t use the entire bottle. Sometimes I just throw what I have lying around in a crockpot. 🙂
Is there a way to make it without the soup I am celiac and there is no cream soup I can eat. .????
I think Amy’s makes some gluten free cream of soup. If not Amy’s, I know some brand does. Publix carries it. If you don’t have Publix & your grocery stores don’t carry it, try the health food store.
Our family doesn’t care for white meat. Could I substitute thighs and then for how long should I cook them? I can’t wait to try it—-sounds wonderful!
Do you add the cream cheese at the beginning, or at the end?
At the beginning