Slow Cooker Pesto Mozzarella Chicken Pasta

This new recipe for Slow Cooker Pesto Mozzarella Chicken is a spin-off from a freezer meal I made a few months ago called Lemon Pesto Chicken. Looking back at that recipe I wish I would have done this to it from the start. Adding the pasta and parmesan in the slow cooker at the end of the cooking time THEN topping with mozzarella cheese turned that basic recipe I made a few months ago into a meal I want to make weekly now.

For this recipe I tried the Mezzetta pesto, It did well in this recipe! Of course homemade pesto would be better but I don’t have time for that! Besides topping the chicken with the pesto I also add fresh lemon juice and butter. The way the butter tastes with the pasta can’t be beat.

Slow Cooker Pesto Mozzarella Chicken Pasta

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs. chicken breasts
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1 cup jarred pesto I used Mezzetta
• 1/4 cup salted butter
• 1/2 lemon

These items don't get added until the end

• 1 lb. rotini cooked and drained
• 1/2 cup parmesan
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella
• 1/4 tsp. dried basil to garnish

Slow Cooker Size

• 6 Quart or larger

Instructions

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