This Crockpot Italian Chicken and Peppers is a healthy and delicious dinner that’s easy and customizable. It’s gluten free, low calorie and has a Paleo option too. A weeknight dinner recipe the whole family will love! Gluten Free + Low Calorie with a Paleo option
I keep forgetting that everyone else in the country is freezing. When I was talking to my Mom last weekend, she mentioned that it was “warm” there. I asked her what warm meant and she said “oh, in the high 30’s” Me…oh, right, 30’s because that’s totally flip-flop weather. Silly me! It’s just a chilly 90 here.
I swear, sometimes I feel like I’m living in a much farther away place like Australia instead of Arizona. I mean really how is there THAT big of a difference? I told her to send some cool weather my way. I’m not ready for all this heat and by ready I mean I haven’t baked enough summer recipes yet.
No, I don’t usually shoot that far ahead but I do try to make a few muffins and melt-y stuff in advance so I don’t have to sweat my eyeballs out doing it in the summer and there’s the whole problem of them melting on me too. On the bright side, there’s always plenty of sun!
BUT back to Mom and her 30’s…our conversation reminded me how I still hadn’t posted this Italian Chicken and Peppers recipe. When she mentioned the cold, I realized a ton of people are probably not ready for salads, smoothies and green juices quite yet and would appreciate a super doper comforting and EASY dinner like this.
What’s ironic is that I use my infamous crockpot during the summer so I don’t have to turn on my oven during the unGodly Arizona heat. The struggle is real people. So don’t feel pressured by us online foodies if you’re not ready for green juices and smoothies quite yet. Your time will come!
This is Crockpot Italian Chicken and Peppers is a spin on the Chipotle chicken taco knock-off bowls I make. Another recipe I haven’t made for the blog, but one that I make all the time! Toss everything in the crockpot, go to work and when you come home it’s ready.
Plate over some rice or lettuce (if you’re doing low-carb or Paleo) and enjoy a home cooked dinner! Does it really get any easier than that? Now that dinner is covered, will you please excuse me? I have a few recipes to shoot before it’s 115 thousand trillion billion degrees.
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Crockpot Italian Chicken and Peppers
This Crockpot Italian Chicken and Peppers is a healthy and delicious dinner that's super easy and customizable. It's gluten free, low calorie and has a Paleo option too. A weeknight dinner recipe the whole family will love!
Ingredients
- 1 green bell pepper sliced into strips
- 1 red bell pepper sliced into strips
- 1 yellow bell pepper sliced into strips
- 1 orange bell pepper sliced into strips
- 12 ounces chicken breast boneless skinless
- 2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 24 ounce Marinara sauce
- pinch salt & pepper
Instructions
Layer bell peppers and chicken breasts in the crockpot with some on the bottom and some on top then add seasonings, salt and pepper and marinara sauce.
Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours.
Once it's cooked, break apart the chicken with a tongs. It will shred easily after cooking this long in the sauce.
Serve over rice or lettuce and top with parmesan as desired.
Recipe Notes
- 1 serving is approximately 1 1/2 cups
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I love recipes like this that are easy, healthy, and that my kids will also enjoy! Looks delicious, Megan!
Thanks Blair! I’m all about easy.
This is totally up my ally! Sounds so delish and you have me craving chicken…at 6am 😛
HAHA the blogger struggle is real isn’t it?
90s for that long might kill me! It’s starting to feel warmer here now that a few days are in the 60s. For some reason I haven’t taken out my crockpot all winter, needs to change!
It’s dry so it feels cooler than you think. You need to start making some of your desserts in the crockpot!
I can’t believe how easy this recipe is! It’s right up my overworked alley, and I bet the bf would actually eat it too. Thanks for the inspo, I am actually going to make this on Sunday. My “throw things in and let them cook” experiments with the crock pot have all been huge flops!!
Let me know how you like it!
I am pretty convinced that the crock pot is God’s gift to the world. I mean, it’s so easy and makes everything SO delish. This is a perfect, healthy weeknight meal!
Yes! Don’t you think it should be a standard appliance and have it’s own space in the kitchen?
90 degrees sounds great right now. We slept w the window open last night so it was really cold when we got up. I’m sitting in my sweats with the heat cranked drinking hot tea to try and normalize my temperature haha. I should add this meal into it as well!
Yeah, I don’t miss that at all. 90’s is good weather, but when it starts so soon that means it’s gonna be a long summer.
Every time I go to AZ or NV I marvel at the nut job weather. Or even here… it never really got cold! I mean…. it’s like 65 now which feels chilly in the shade. But that’s nothing!
But this crock pot meal IS something. I need to break mine back out. It’s been a couple weeks!
It’s been strange weather here. It was 60 the other day and this weekend it’s supposed to be 90’s. It’s been this way all winter. At least once it’s hot, you know it’s just HOT.
Yum. JUST YUM. I’m a sucker for marinara sauce, and we love bell peppers. and just yum. This would be gone in about 2 days.
If only you lived closer!
I know, I’ve been hesitant to share warm recipes because it’s spring but it’s still snowing in some places so meals like this are much appreciated. I love how short the ingredient list is and that it’s so easy to make!
I still have some I’m going to sprinkle in. In case you didn’t notice!
Approximately how many chicken breasts or pounds of chicken are you using here?
12 ounces is approx 3/4 pound.
Can you double this recipe if you have a6Qt crockpot. I have to cook for a crowd and they can’t have dairy. This would be perfect!
I’m sure you could. They will love it!
How is the servings measured? Is 1 cup 1 serving?
I don’t know how many cups. I place in separate containers to count & seperate the servings.
I have a 2 qt crockpot that my daughter gave me for Christmas and I still haven’t used. I keep finding these huge recipes. So, can I make this halved? Only use two peppers, and 6 oz of chicken? That will still last me about 4 meals. I bet it is good with an Italian roll instead of lettuce or rice, or over a small portion of pasta. I only use all natural non-hormone fed meat, but very little. Can you add some garlic and onion?
Yes, you can half the ingredients and add garlic and onion!
I tried to recreate it but added raw garlic and fresh dill at the end. Turned out pretty good! Thank you Megan, you are a goddess!
I have made this a few times and always turns out great. My grandson says he loves it when Grammy makes things in her “crocodile” pot! Love that kid! He is here with me today and told me he would help Grammy get out the Crocodile!
Thanks for such a great recipe for this cold blizzard day!
Can I use frozen Chicken or will it be too watery?
I wouldn’t recommend it. Chicken gets tough and weird when it’s not thawed first.
I throw frozen chicken in the slow cooker. We use the Foster Farms thin chicken breasts (purchased from Costco); and, in my own experience, the chicken isn’t tough. Perhaps it’s because the breasts are thin, but it’s really easy to pull apart with forks at the end and tastes delicious!
Good to know, I haven’t tried it. I always assumed it would water down the other ingredients.
I happen to make this on accident one day . I was tired of making the same meals for my family so I put chicken ,peppers and onions in my crockpot I added ragu 7 herb and other spices and my family loves it I even cut up potatoes and il add kidney beans sometimes and other veggies . It’s a great way to get kids to eat them
Glad you liked it! I’ve heard from multiple parents that kids love this recipe.
I came across this recipe last night, and I happened to have all the ingredients on hand, so I made it for dinner tonight, served over rice. It was delicious! It’s going into my collection of slow-cooker recipes!
Hi! This looks divine. Im wondering if you have any idea how i would go about cooking this in an instant pot? Im new to the instant pot game and dont have a crockpot and neeed to cook this asap
Thanks so much
I haven’t tried it in the Instant Pot, but most IP’s do have a slow cooker function so maybe check that out!