WW Recipe of the Day - Slow Cooker 2-Ingredient Italian Chicken
Everyone will love this super easy slow cooker Italian chicken.
With just 2 ingredients, it's perfect when you're short of time or feeling incredibly lazy but still need to get dinner on the table.
WW Friendly Crock Pot Italian Chicken
All you need are frozen boneless skinless chicken breasts and a jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce.
I sometimes add a little more garlic powder, splash of red wine and extra teaspoon or two of dried Italian seasoning, or oregano, to jazz things up a bit.
This is one of my favorite, super-easy, busy day go-to meals.
But since Rod's not a huge red sauce fan, I don't make it as often as I might. He prefers this creamy 3-Ingredient version made with Italian dressing and light cream cheese.
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Italian Chicken?
According to my calculations, each serving (not including pasta or zoodles) has about 158 calories and:
5 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
2 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
2 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
4 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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Under the Weight Watchers Freestyle Plan (Blue plan), this is reduced to *2 WW Freestyle SmartPoints. Enjoy!
To make this easy slow cooker Italian chicken work for Simply Filling, you could use plain canned tomato sauce (instead of jarred spaghetti sauce) and season it up yourself with garlic, basil, oregano, etc.
If you enjoy this easy slow cooker Italian chicken, be sure to check out my other Weight Watchers friendly recipes including 3-Ingredient Creamy Italian Chicken Made Lighter, Italian-Style Pot Roast, 3-Ingredient Italian Beef, Italian (Pizza) Sloppy Joes and Italian Pork & White Bean Stew
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Easy Slow Cooker Italian Chicken
Ingredients
- 8 frozen boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 5 ounces each)
- 1 jar (about 26 ounces or so) marinara / tomato based spaghetti sauce
- 2 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning (optional)
- Cooked spaghetti, pasta or zucchini noodles for serving (if desired)
Instructions
- Ideal slow cooker size: 4-Quart.
- Place the frozen boneless skinless chicken breasts in the slow cooker.
- Stir the Italian seasoning into the sauce, if using. Pour the sauce over the chicken.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours, or until the chicken is fork tender.
- Break the chicken into bite-size pieces before serving.
- Serve the chicken and sauce over spaghetti, your favorite pasta or zucchini noodles.
Recipe Notes
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
Watch this video to see how easy it is to make your own version of Crock Pot Italian Tomato Chicken:
More Weight Watchers Friendly Italian Chicken Recipes
- Baked Chicken Parmesan (Simple-Nourished-Living)
- One-Pot Italian Chicken & Quinoa (Cookin'Canuck)
- Sheet Pan Italian Chicken & Veggies (SkinnyTaste)
- Slow Cooker Italian Red Pepper Chicken (SlenderKitchen)
- Italian Herbed Chicken in a Creamy Mushroom Wine Sauce (LaaLoosh)
- Italian Pesto Chicken Bake (SlenderKitchen)
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Here's another easy way to make slow cooker Italian chicken for dinner using Italian dressing instead of marinara suace you might like:
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Elyce Fischer
Is is okay to put frozen chicken in crock pot???? I was always told that it is unsafe (not healthy).. Please advise... this looks soooo delicious.. I can't wait to make it~
Elyce
Martha McKinnon
Hi Elyce,
If you are concerned, use thawed chicken. I think it's always best to do what you feel safest/most comfortable with. If you use thawed chicken the cooking time will be less, depending on the size of your chicken breasts and how hot your slow cooker cooks. When I cooked thawed boneless skinless chicken in the slow cooker it's usually done in about 4 hours.
annemarie
Hi Martha, I am so anxious to make this recipe for lunch next week. Is it 4 hrs on high, i am thinking? Thanks, love your recipes. Annemarie
Martha McKinnon
Hi Annemarie, I haven't tried it on high, but would think that it would be done in 3 to 4 hours on HIGH. Hope this helps!
Trisha
I have recipes that call for frozen chicken breasts in slow cookers and they are delicious. No reason to worry.
Martha McKinnon
Thanks, Trisha!
Bette
Has this been updated? I'm asking because according to what I see, the Smart Points and Free Style are the same on WW now.
Martha McKinnon
Yes, this is updated to Freestyle SmartPoints. Hope this helps - Martha
TammyD
What brand of spaghetti (marinara) sauce do you use for it to be this point count?
Martha McKinnon
I use Classico Tomato Basil Pasta Sauce as my default.
Betsy Harshman
So easy and delicious, thank you!