Chicken Parmesan For Crock Pot

Total Time: 6 hrs Preparation Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 pieces skinless chicken (your choice on cut, i used thighs & legs)
• 32 ounces tomatoes (canned or frozen, whole or chopped with the juice)
• 14 ounces dry pasta (your choice on type, i used wide egg noodles)
• 2/3 cup plain yogurt (or sour creme)
• 1/2 cup shredded provolone cheese (or mozzarella, use as much as is needed to adequately cover the top)
• 2 -3 cups water
• 1 teaspoon oregano (amount is for dried)
• 1 teaspoon ground oregano (amount is for dried)
• 2 teaspoons sweet basil (amount is for dried)
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder (or 2-3 cloves fresh minced garlic)
• 1 -2 teaspoon italian seasoning (dried)
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (more or less to suit your taste)
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (or less to suit your taste)
• 2 -3 tablespoons sugar (or less to suit your taste)
• 1 -2 teaspoon salt (more or less to suit your taste)

Recipe

• 1 put tomatoes & chicken into crock pot.
• 2 add 1/2 of the dried herbs 1/2 vinegar.
• 3 if using chicken with bone in, cook on high until chicken begins to come off of bone (approx 3 hrs), remove bones, return chicken to pot, at this point add water to within 1" of the pot rim (2-3 c was a guess, use more or less as needed, you will need it at the end for the noodles, & will want it to cook with rest of ingredients so that it has flavor).
• 4 continue to cook for another 2 hours.
• 5 then add remaining dry herbs, rest of vinegar, sugar, stir.
• 6 then add pasta, stir & cook for approximately another hour & a half. you should be able to tell when it is done by the consistency of the noodles, most of the sauce should be absorbed, but not all of it.
• 7 5-10 min before serving, add the yogurt (or sour creme), stir, then add cheese to top & cover for another 5 min or so, or until cheese has melted.
• 8 when serving, try to give each portion part of the cheese top.
• 9 serve with a nice salad, or whatever strikes your fancy.
• 10 this reheats nicely for leftovers.
• 11 **do not substitute balsamic with another type of vinegar, omit it if you don't have it, as you need balsamic for the sweetness.
• 12 this would also really be nice with 1-2 cups of fresh or frozen spinach added 1/2 way through.