Looking for a quick and easy dinner recipe? This creamy Italian chicken is a great freezer meal your entire family will love!
For the past few months I have been on a mission to create easy foolproof freezer meals that my family loves. Quite honestly, for me this is no small task–as a vegetarian I have never been all that confident about cooking meat.
But since meat is apparently my entire family’s love language, I have pressed on. Not every dish is a hit–I don’t usually share the failures–but this super easy creamy Italian chicken was an absolute home run! In fact, my oldest daughter called it the yummiest thing I have ever made. Not bad for a dish with just six easy ingredients and 5 minutes of prep!
Here is what you need:
1 16oz bottle Italian salad dressing (about 2 cups) 1 package Italian salad dressing mix 2 8oz packages cream cheese, softened 2 cans condensed cream of chicken soup 3-4 pounds skinless, boneless chicken shredded Parmesan cheese (optional)Step 1: In large bowl, whisk together Italian dressing, dressing mix, cream cheese, and cream of chicken soup until smooth.
Step 2: Divide cream cheese mixture into 2 gallon-size freezer bags. (Be sure to label bags first!)
Step 3: Divide chicken into bags; press out air and freeze.
Step 4: Place contents into slow cooker; cook on low for 3-4 hours until chicken is cooked through. Or, if preferred, thaw and bake in shallow dish at 350 degrees for 30 minutes, then sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and broil for several minutes until cheese is lightly browned and bubbly. Serve over pasta.
Can also be cooked in slow cooker for 3-4 hours.
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It looks really delicious thanks for the recipe.
This looks so good and simple! The perfect weeknight meal!
Paige
http://thehappyflammily.com
Definitely too much dressing. I don’t think these comments are being read or the recipe would be updated. Waste of food on our end too. I really like the other recipes though.
Hi, just letting you know I'm linking this to my post about freezer meals over at hampersandhiccups.com
Thanks for the great post!
Katelynn
Made this tonight for my husband, my son, and myself, and we loved it. My son is 18 months and so picky, I really struggle to get him to eat. He went to town on this! I had made him his own dinner, but he kept pointing at my bowl, so I let him try a bite, and it was clear that it was a hit with him. Thanks, Ruth!
I have made a very similar version. However, I just use one brick of cream cheese and the dry Italian seasoning mix only....the bottle of dressing is over kill. I put 4-5 frozen chicken breasts in the crockpot on low with 1 stick of butter. Once I get home from work, I shred the chicken with 2 forks, add the 2 cans of cr. of chicken and the brick of cr. cheese cut into cubes. Throw it all back in the crockpot until cr. cheese is all melted. I serve it over egg noodles, but you can also service it over rice!
Do you put the chicken contents straight into the crock pot frozen? Just wondering if you thaw first.
Hi Corrie,
Yes, you can place the chicken from the freezer into the slow cooker. If your not comfortable with that. Then you can place chicken in fridge over night and pop it in the slow cooker in the morning. :)
Made this a second time with this adjustment:
I let the chicken marinade in the Italian dressing only. Mixed the cream cheese and condensed soup and froze in a separate bag. When I thawed them, I only put chicken not marinade in the crock pot with cream cheese mixture. Perfection! Putting the dressing in the crock pot the first time made the dish too tart for our taste. Leaving it out this time was perfect. Thanks again!
Kids hated it.. Won't make again, sorry.Too much Italian dressing flavor that overpowered the entire dish!! On our way to Taco Bell for dinner tonight instead.
I use pkg. of dry Italian Good seasons mix and butter instead of bottled dressing with a 1/4 c water. Then I add the soup and cream cheese only for last hour. Yummy
This sounds good Berni, I will try this.