Chicken Cordon Bleu- Slow Cooker Style

Here is a quick and easy recipe for you with little time.


Ingredients
4-6 slices ham
4-6 slices swiss or mozzarella cheese
4-6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, flattened to 1/4 inch
1 (10.75- ounce) can cream of chicken soup, condensed
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs

Directions
So... it says to flatten the chicken breasts, however, I simply cut mine in half (they were thick). Then I placed the ham and cheese on top and folded it over. To tie it all together I stuck in a couple toothpicks. Easy breezey. I then placed it all in the slow cooker.

Next, I mixed the milk and cream of chicken soup. Once it is well mixed,  I poured it over my little chicken creations. Now, the recipe called for Italian season breadcrumbs. I'm sure that would taste nice, but I just sprinkled some Italian season over the whole deal, put the slow cooker lid on and called it good (I was on my lunch break... little time).

I then cooked it on high for 4 hours.

The home smelled delicious when my hubs and I walked in. He thanked me for working so hard on our meal... little did he know I quickly threw it all in and got on pinterest until I had to head back to work (guess I did have time for the bread crumbs after all). :)

It was so good! Lot's of flavor from the Italian seasoning and cream of chicken. Also, the chicken was super tender.

Creamy Slow Cooker Chicken

Don't you love slow cookers? You put in the ingredients and then... forget about it (I hope you inserted a Brooklyn accent when you read that last part). So I prepared a yummy chicken dish that was super easy (remember me? Miss Simplified).

Here is the yummy recipe... *note- the recipe makes a ton. So I'll give you the original and you can prepare it according to your individual family needs. Seeing how I was making din din for two... I cut it way down.

Creamy Slow Cooker Chicken

8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1/2 cup butter, melted

2 envelopes (o.7 ounces each) Italian salad dressing mix

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened

8 cups cooked rice

Dip chicken in butter and then sprinkle generously with dry dressing mix. Place chicken in a 6- to 7- quart slow cooker. Mix any remaining butter and dry mix and pour over chicken. Cover and cook 3-4 hours on high heat or 6-8 hours on low heat. Remove chicken and stir cream cheese into liquid in slow cooker. Add water in necessary to make the consistency of gravy. Return chicken pieces and cook another 30 minutes on high heat. Serve chicken with sauce over rice. Makes 8 servings.

This was from the "101 Things to do with Chicken" cookbook by Stephanie Ashcraft... I fancy her recipes.