Cheryll's Celery Leek Crock-pot Chicken

Total Time: 3 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 -6 boneless chicken breasts
• 1 cup approximately chicken broth (can be low sodium)
• 1 (10 ounce) can 98% fat free cream of celery condensed soup
• 8 ounces softened neufchatel cheese (can be light) or 8 ounces cream cheese (can be light)
• 0.5 (1 7/8 ounce) package knorr leek soup mix
• 3 -4 fresh carrots, sliced or 3 -4 fresh carrots, diced
• tastefully simple garlic garlic
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1 pinch ground cayenne pepper (adjust to your taste and may be omitted) or 1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes (adjust to your taste and may be omitted)

Recipe

• 1 preheat crockpot on high.
• 2 approximately one even shake of garlic over one side of each piece of chicken.
• 3 1 - 2 turns of ground pepper on each piece of chicken.
• 4 lay seasoned side down in crockpot.
• 5 lightly sprinkle over top of chicken with garlic and ground pepper.
• 6 in bowl combine cream cheese, can soup, leek packet, and chicken broth. mix with whisk or combine and smoosh with spatula.
• 7 add cayenne or crushed pepper. mix.
• 8 smooth mixture over top of chicken.
• 9 sprinkle carrots on top.
• 10 cover and cook on high for 3 1/2 hours.
• 11 platter chicken. whisk sauce in crockpot scraping in browned sides.
• 12 pour over chicken or put in gravy boat.
• 13 sprinkle chicken with fresh or dried parsley for garnish.