Description
Hearty crockpot chicken parmesan soup combines classic Italian flavors with comforting slow-cooker convenience. Melted cheese, tender chicken, and rich marinara create a satisfying meal you’ll crave on chilly evenings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 boneless chicken breasts
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 (28 oz / 794 g) can crushed tomatoes
- 1 (15 oz / 425 g) can tomato sauce
- 8 oz (227 g) rotini pasta (uncooked)
- 1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup freshly shaved Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- ½ cup bread crumbs
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 tsps Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preparation: Load crockpot with chicken breasts, minced garlic, crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, dried herbs, and chicken broth, ensuring comprehensive ingredient integration.
- Slow Cooking: Deploy crockpot at low temperature for 6-8 hours or high temperature for 3-4 hours, allowing chicken to tenderize and flavor profiles to meld harmoniously.
- Meat Transformation: Deconstruct cooked chicken using two forks within the crockpot, creating delicate, pull-apart meat fragments that absorb surrounding liquid.
- Cheese and Pasta Incorporation: Fold in grated Parmesan, heavy cream, and uncooked rotini, distributing ingredients uniformly throughout the developing soup.
- Final Simmering: Continue cooking on low setting for 30 minutes or high setting for 15 minutes until pasta reaches optimal tenderness and soup achieves desired consistency.
- Crispy Garnish: Craft golden bread crumb topping by browning butter and toasting bread crumbs until they develop a rich, crunchy exterior.
- Presentation: Ladle soup into serving vessels, crown with melted mozzarella and toasted bread crumb garnish, creating a visually appealing and texturally complex dish.
Notes
- Slow Cook for Tenderness: Allow ample time for chicken to become fork-tender and easily shredded, which enhances the soup’s overall flavor and texture.
- Pasta Precision Matters: Add rotini towards the end of cooking to prevent overcooking and maintain an ideal al dente consistency that doesn’t turn mushy.
- Cheese Melting Tip: Stir Parmesan and cream in gradually to ensure smooth integration without clumping, creating a rich and creamy base.
- Crunch Factor Enhancement: Toast bread crumbs carefully to achieve a golden-brown color and crispy texture that adds delightful contrast to the creamy soup.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 6-8 hours (on low) or 3-4 hours (on high)
- Category: Lunch, Dinner
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 7
- Calories: 460
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 800 mg
- Fat: 28 g
- Saturated Fat: 15 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 32 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 25 g
- Cholesterol: 95 mg