Andi’s slow cooker chicken and rice is an easy meal that requires almost no prep work. It cooks while you go about your day. All you have to do is add a vegetable and dinner is ready.

Dinner plate filled with chicken and rice and broccoli, ready to eat.

Creamy rice and tender chicken makes for a popular meal. Just stir it all together and add it to a slow cooker and like magic dinner will be ready when you are.

We grew up eating chicken and rice. It was comforting, filling and always popular.

I believe a friend had brought it over after a baby was born and we liked it so much she requested the recipe. It was an oven baked chicken and rice that was tasty.

So when I saw this crockpot recipe from my husband’s aunt, I knew we had to try it. Of course it was a hit with my family now too.

Making the chicken and rice

Recipes really don’t get much easier than this. Just stir together some water, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, onion soup mix and spices.

Then you stir in some rice. I used a mix of white rice and brown rice.

Ingredients ready to be made into creamy chicken and rice.

Chicken, rice and soup mix in the crockpot ready to cook.

You can use pretty much any rice you want, but long grain rice works well. Now just put some chicken on top.

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Strips of chicken breast work well because they cook evenly. I used chicken tenderloins.

Cook chicken and creamy rice in crockpot, ready to serve.

Close up of creamy rice with chicken on top ready to eat.

You can use skinless boneless chicken thighs if you prefer. You can even use bone in chicken if you want, just make sure it is cooked through with a meat thermometer before serving it.

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Slow Cooker Chicken and Rice

Author: Carlee

Servings: Servings

Andi's slow cooker chicken and rice is an easy meal that requires almost no prep work. It cooks while you go about your day. All you have to do is add a vegetable and dinner is ready.

Prep: 10

Cook: 6

Total: 6 10

Equipment

Ingredients

▢ 1½ cups long grain rice
▢ 3 cups water
▢ 1 1 oz. packet dry onion soup mix
▢ ½ teaspoon garlic powder
▢ ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
▢ 1 10.5 oz. can cream of mushroom soup
▢ 1 10.5 oz. can cream of chicken soup
▢ 2 pounds chicken breasts

Instructions

Spray slow cooker insert with nonstick cooking spray.
Stir together 1½ cups long grain rice, 3 cups water, 1 1 oz. packet dry onion soup mix, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon ground black pepper, 1 10.5 oz. can cream of mushroom soup, and 1 10.5 oz. can cream of chicken soup in slow cooker.
Layer 2 pounds chicken breasts on top of rice mixture.
Cook on low for 5-7 hours or high for 3.5-4 hours. Check to make sure the rice is cooked to you liking and the chicken is 165°F before serving.
Serve chicken over rice or shred it and stir it in.