Crockpot Cheesy Chicken and Rice is delicious and so easy to prepare! Six ingredients is all you need for this yummy crockpot dish. The name says it all - Cheesy Chicken and Rice. You can't beat that 🙂 Best of all your entire family is going to rave about how good this recipe is!
You will start off by adding your chicken and some diced onion to your crockpot. You can cut your onion in big or small pieces however you prefer. It really depends on how your family feels about onions. If they are anti-onion you can use onion powder and they will never know.
Next you will need a can of cream of chicken soup. Just spoon or dollop it on top of the chicken and onion. Place the cover Cover your crockpot and let it cook away for the day.
When it's almost ready to eat you will need to add some cooked rice. What I like to do is cook my rice the night before and just stick it in the fridge. Then you can dump it into the slow cooker and stir it up and give it a minute or two to get heated. You can also cook your rice soon as you get home, if you prefer. You will also add your corn and cheese. Just give it a few minutes and then stir to combine, put cover on for 5 minutes and then serve it hot.
You will end up with an amazing dish of Cheesy Chicken & Rice. I love to serve this with a side salad and Sour Cream Rolls.
Crockpot Cheesy Chicken & Rice
Ingredients
- 4 whole boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 large onion, chopped (I use Vidalia)
- 1 8 ounce box of rice, prepared
- 1 cup cheddar cheese
- 1 10.5 ounce can cream of chicken soup, regular or fat free
- 1 15 ounce can whole kernel corn, drained
Instructions
- Place chicken in bottom of crockpot.
- Scatter chopped onion over top.
- Spoon cream soup over top of that.
- Cover and cook on low 7-8 hours or on high 3-4 hours.
- A few minutes before serving, add in cooked rice, corn, and cheese.
- Stir to combine, put cover on for 5 minutes.
- Serve hot.
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Mary @ Ms. Redo
Sounds great, my kids will love it - I'm printing it now.
Mary
Thanks!
Rachel
This looks great! I have sadly only used my crockpot once 🙁
but that looks like something I could make, especially on a rainy day like today....
You will love your crock pot once you start using it!
Kathy H.
This looks very yummy. I hope to try and make it tomorrow:)
Kathy H.
Made this tonight since I didn't get it done yesterday. The whole house smelled yummy and it was yummy. My 3 yr old son liked it also. Lot's of left overs. Very good and simple!
Stephanie@StockpilingMoms
Thanks Kathy! I know how 3 year olds can be sometimes so I am so glad to hear he liked it!
Kim
Making this today. Looks good.
Enjoy!
Jared
Where does the corn come in again?
Jared
Ok disregard the corn question. Dyslexia just kicked in!
Stephanie@StockpilingMoms
Happens to me sometimes too 🙂 Hope you enjoyed it!
Brittany M.
I really enjoyed this and I am a very picky eater. I used frozen corn and also added peas. Very tasty. I have a few little things I need to adjust for next time but it's something that will be on my list of things to make from now on.
Stephanie@StockpilingMoms
So glad you enjoyed it Brittany!
Melissa@stockpilingmoms.com
Love this easy recipe and it tastes so good!
Shel
Just made this tonight! Work fatigue kicked in and I threw everything in together right away! Lol, I hope it turns out okay!
Marilyn B
How would this recipe work with thawed chicken?
Yes!
Su
This is great! I love when you all have the recipes easy to print, too. thx
Glory
Thanks, this gave me a good idea and base for how I'm going to handle dinner toinght. It's 3:30pm now and I need it done by 6pm. Chicken will be from a can, sub O'Brien potatoes for rice and broccoli for the corn. Pretty much the same on the rest. Great way to start the ideas rolling!! Thanks 🙂
Kate
This is cooking in my crockpot right now!!! My family doesn't like onions so we are skipping that part. Hubby is gluten free now so I love that you have some easy recipes for me to whip up and in a crock pot. Keep em coming! Will respond with the verdict after it's cooked. 🙂 (smells amazing though!)
Jaynne
Did you make this with frozen chicken or thawed chicken?
With thawed chicken but you can make with frozen as well. You may have to allow a little more cooking time though.
marissa
Is the chicken frozen or defrosted when putting in crock pot?
Miz Helen
What a great Crockpot recipe, we will really enjoy your Cheesy Chicken and Rice dish. Hope you are having a great day and thanks so much for sharing your awesome recipe with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
laura
Looks yummy! But just an fyi most cream of anything soups are not gluten free.
Kathy Hawk
Have this in the crock pot now, smell Delish, think I'm going to cut the chicken up in bite size pieces!
Shaylah
I made this and it was good, but I doubled the cheese and added about a cup of sour cream and it made it amazing!!
4genius
how big of a crock pot did you use?
Applemama
Could you do or has anyone done this with those great pre-chopped frozen onions? Or frozen corn? Just throw the corn in earlier, maybe?
I think using pre-chopped frozen onions and corn will work!
Elizabeth
Love this!! The crock pot is definitely my friend. We may just have this for dinner tonight. Thanks for sharing!
Sarah
I made this but felt like it needed something a little extra to it to spice it up so I added a tablespoon of french onion dip and it was perfect!
Great tip!
renee
We love this recipe and have been making it often since we found it here. We have experimented and I have some suggestions to change it up if you like: We use frozen cooked rice. It's in the frozen food aisle with the frozen veggies - just throw it in the last 15 minutes of cooking with the frozen mixed veggies. We use the brown rice and we also use the fat free Cream of Chicken, Cream of Celery or Cream of Mushroom (my fave). My 6yr old picky eater granddaughter LOVES this dish. I have passed this along to many newlyweds as an easy, yummy dinner! Thank you for this.
Sara
Making this now. Can I add uncooked rice when I put everything else in
We have never prepared it that way.
sahm2girls
how much chicken would you say you used by weight? 1 Lb or 2? Different stores around me seem to carry different sized breasts. 1Lb at one store might be 2 large pieces while a pound at a different store would be 4 Small ones.
Thanks!
1 lb.
Angie W.
Would you say that's 1 pound of chicken or two?
Thanks!
1 lb.
Laura
I'm going to spice it up a bit by adding two cans enchilada sauce, a can of refried beans & some cilantro. Then maybe garnishing it with sour cream & serving with tortillas. I got the enchilada sauce, refried beans & cilantro idea from a casserole dish on pintrest. I'm preparing now, it should be yummy!
Let us know how it goes!
andy
I'm assuming you shred the chicken after cooking?
Yes.
Carol
I see you add cream of chicken soup. Do you add the can of water with that? I don't see any other liquid being added.
No you do NOT add the liquid. Just the soup.
Becky
Found your "8 Frozen Meals in 2 hours" recipes with the shopping list (most excellent - except could you add "Ziplock bags" to the list so idiots like me will remember to buy those too?) - then saw this recipe in the sidebar. Can this be prepped and frozen in a Ziplock bag, thawed, and then cooked in crockpot? I wondered if it would mess up the consistency. Thank you for all of your work. Looking forward to trying other freezer meals for my big, busy family!
You don't want to freeze the rice but you could prep all an d then add your rice when you put it in the crockpot. Great tip about the ziplocs!
Maralea
I have made this and it was a huge hit! This is definitely a keeper 🙂
Carla
Cooking this awesome looking dish now! Can't wait for my 2 1/2 year old to try! Lol..me too!
Gina
I made this today, it was good but could have been better. Too much onion for my taste, I'd say maybe 1/2 an onion, but I know to cut back next time.
Patricialynn
Looks good!
Debbie Welchert
This recipe has everything in it I like. It sounds and looks amazing. I can't wait to try it.
J
This dish must have a can of rotel added. Delicious with!
Maralea
This is one of my family favorites!
Amy
Can you make this without onions
Yes!
Laura
Third time making this for supper!!! It's so delicious and easy. We substitute mozz cheese.
Melissa Foote
What type of cheddar cheese? Shredded or a cheese sauce?
Shredded
Criss
I was hoping for this to be awesome. It turned out pretty bland but I followed the recipe exactly as stated. Next time I'll add more cheese and more seasonings and maybe some garlic. ?
AJ
I've had this simmering in the CP all day - there seems to be a lot of juice... Should i be concerned?
No concern. The chicken does produce a lot of liquid.
Janet
I am going to make this tonight! I love recipes like this........it looks so good! Thanks for posting it!!
Rett mom
Do you stir it at all while it's cooking in the crockpot?
Not until the end once it is done.
Michele
I'm going to attempt this today. But the only rice I have is Knorrs Spanish rice. I'm hoping it works. Thanks for the recipe.