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This crock pot chicken and stuffing is the easiest comfort food you’ll ever make! Toss everything into the slow cooker and let the magic happen!
Alright, so I don’t want to alarm anyone, but I often eat a bowl of Stove Top Stuffing for breakfast.
Hold up. Don’t leave me. I swear I’m not insane.
It’s just, as a kid, I never liked or ate oatmeal, but some days I needed something warm and hearty and…Stove Top Stuffing was there for me, man. And I never outgrew the habit.
Annnnnnyway. Let’s forget I said anything and instead talk about this Crock Pot Chicken and Stuffing, which I swear is really good and totally normal and even though I eat weird things for breakfast sometimes, you can totally trust me.
You don’t trust me anymore, do you?
I’m sure you have some weird food secret that you’ve never shared with the Internet before. I dare you to share it in the comments.
It’ll be like a little support group down there, all of us sharing our weirdness and coming together to stop the hate.
So, back to this slow cooker chicken and stuffing. It’s pure comfort food and it’s tossed together in a flash. Tastes like Thanksgiving dinner without all the work!
Ingredient Notes:
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Stuffing Mix – Keep things simple and just grab a bag of the dried, seasoned cubed stuffing mix from the store! It’s quick and easy and works perfectly.
Chicken – You’ll add some seasoned chicken breasts to the crockpot to slow cook with the stuffing. When it’s all ready, you’ll shred the chicken and stuffing together!
Veggies – I like to add a bit of diced onion and celery to this chicken and stuffing recipe to add some extra flavors and variety!
Soup – You can use canned soup, or try my cream of chicken soup substitute or cream of mushroom soup subtitute) along with some chicken broth!
Seasoning – Ground sage will add lots of wonderful savory flavor to this chicken and stuffing recipe! You’ll also season the chicken breast with some salt and pepper.
What Readers are Saying!
“This has good to be one of the best recipes ever created for a crockpot. First it’s extremely simple to make. Next, it’s solves that ‘I want Thanksgiving dinner, but don’t want to make it conundrum’. Taste….spot on. FINALLY, and maybe the most important bonus of this recipe is the LEFTOVERS…” – Chuck
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How To Make Crockpot Chicken & Stuffing:
Mix: Add a bag of dry stuffing cubes (not Stove Top) to the slow cooker, along with some chopped celery and onion.
Soup: Stir in the cream of chicken soup, a bit of broth, and then season it with a little sage.
Chicken: Season your chicken with salt and pepper (feel free to add additional spices here!) and pop it right on top of the stuffing mix. The juices from the chicken will drip down and add moisture and flavor to the stuffing.
Slow Cook: After preparing the chicken and stuffing ingredients you can cover your crockpot and slow cook on low heat for 4 hours and 30 minutes or until the chicken has cooked through and shreds easily.
Shred the chicken together with the stuffing and serve! This crock pot stuffing and chicken recipe is like Thanksgiving goodness you can eat any time of the year!
Helpful TipS!
I would recommend putting the chicken on top of the other ingredients, not on the bottom!
A lot of readers have tried putting the chicken on the bottom (I have too, it seems like the obvious way to do it), but I don’t love it that way!
The chicken will release a lot of juice and if it’s at the bottom, the stuffing on the bottom is soggy and the stuffing on top is dry.
If you put the chicken on top of the stuffing, the juices will soak down into it and it’ll all come out with the right consistency!
Feel free to increase or decrease the liquids in this recipe to suit your tastes, but I’ve tested it and I think the amount I used is the best!
I recommend that you make this a whole big feast and serve it with my roasted sweet potatoes and pumpkin crunch cake to really bring home that Thanksgiving at random times of the year feel.
Or just be normal and eat it with a salad. Whatevs.
Hope you guys enjoy!
FAQs:
You can keep this recipe stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for about 3 to 4 days. It may get a little soggier over time.
I’ve never tried this recipe using frozen chicken. It could probably work but it may add more liquid than you’d want. I’d recommend using fresh chicken breast!
I used a 6-quart crockpot to make this slow cooked chicken and stuffing!
Crock Pot Chicken and Stuffing
Ingredients
- 14 ounces dried seasoned stuffing cubes
- 1 medium sweet onion diced
- 1/2 cup diced celery
- 20 ounces cream of chicken soup
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 teaspoon ground sage
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 teaspoon salt more to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper more to taste
Instructions
- Spray a slow cooker with non-stick spray.
- Add the stuffing mix, onion, celery, cream of chicken soup, and chicken broth to the slow cooker and stir to combine.
- Sprinkle the sage over the top.
- Lay the chicken breasts on top of the stuffing mixture and season with salt and pepper.
- Cover and cook on low for 4 hours 30 minutes or until chicken cooks through.
- Shred the chicken with two forks or remove to a cutting board and slice into small pieces.
- Stir everything together and serve.
Rachel @ Bakerita says
This sounds so good, and I love that it’s made in the crockpot! Looks so warm and comforting. The stuffing for breakfast doesn’t weird me out, but my DESPISE for American cheese makes me get a little icky feeling about that. IDK if I have any super weird food things…I’m surprised at all the raw potato eaters though. I’ve never even thought to do that!
Shannon says
Weird food confession-I am not a huge fan of breakfast foods now, but I especially wasn’t as a kid. Every morning, I would make a bologna and American “cheese” sandwich, microwave it til good and warm, pile on some mayo, and eat it for breakfast. And I had to make it myself as my mom could not support this breakfast choice. 🙂 How this was better to me than sugar cereal or a waffle I will never know.
Sarah says
My weird food confession is a total comfort food and my mom used to make it for us…it’s so bad and I’m so embarrassed…a bowl of mashed potatoes with canned (*read…processed and very, very bad for you*) spaghetti and a big dollop of butter on top. Oh and lots of black pepper. It’s so weird but I love it so much. Mix it all together. I can’t eat this in front of my husband…he judges the carb overload. I wait till he’s working out of town to indulge.
I love the recipes I’m finding on your site Karly! Thank you!
Kristina says
This looks great and my weird food combo is I used to eat jello mixed with milk & sugar as a kid!! It was like having sugar soup lol
Karly says
Sugar soup! My kids would love that. Haha!
Karly says
That actually sounds really good to me!!
Jan says
We used to eat spaghetti on top of mashed potatoes too !! Loved it !!!!
Nicole says
I’ve been making a similar recipe for several years. I layer the following in the crockpot (in order): chicken breasts, sliced deli ham, Swiss cheese slices, cream of chicken soup, and prepared stuffing mix. It is a really great twist to chicken cordon bleu.
Nicole says
My weird food choices:
1). cottage cheese with horseradish and minced onion.
2). Tuna fish with mayo and bleu cheese crumbles. 3). Cream cheese with green olives sandwiches or cream cheese and jelly sandwiches
Karly says
I bet a cream cheese and jelly sandwich is amazing!
Nicole says
It is!
Jane says
My mom made them in our lunches when she ran out of peanut butter!
Jenni says
Nicole – that sounds amazing! My husband loves Chicken Cordon Bleu (& stuffing!). I’m wondering, do you still cook on low for about 4 1/2 hours?
Laurel McAra says
Did you use 1 or 2 cans of soup? Did you add the chicken broth or not? How long did you cook it for? Did you shred it all together in the end? Sounds great!
Lisa Riley says
Ketchup on peas, also on fried egg sandwiches!
Karly says
Ketchup on EVERYTHING! 🙂
Harvey Novack says
I like to put hot sauce and chili powder on popcorn…
Karly says
That sounds delicious!
Barbara Giacomelli says
I have to say I love black-eyed peas smothered in ketchup and black pepper, that use to gross my family out. I always like to pair them with collard greens. Now to me that is a wonderful lunch if you add some sliced tomatoes and a piece of whole wheat bread buttered!! Yummylicious! Makes me a very happy camper!
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says
Mmm this sure looks like the best comfort meal! I would love to dive into a plate of this for dinner, just what we need for this rainy weather!
Annie says
Stuffing for breakfast sounds like the best thing ever! Ultimate comfort meal
Donna B says
This recipe will be made this next weekend!
Weird food confession:
Definitely raw potatoes with salt; the raw core of a cabbage with salt; peanut butter and cheddar cheese sandwich (with salt if it’s the natural kind you have to stir the oil back into); pickles and mayonnaise white-bread sandwich with ot without cheddar cheese (I DON’T add salt to this one); oh, and salt — poured onto a plate and dip a finger in, yum!
Angela M says
Pickle and peanut butter sandwich toasted… 🙂
Karly says
Used to eat this as a kid – but not toasted. Now I’m kind of wanting to try!
Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says
This chicken stuffing looks amazing. Soooooo my weird food thing is that I like to crush up chips or pretzels until they are fine crumbs, and eat them that way ? I am also a raw potato and salt kind of girl too. I thought I was the only one that did that…but sounds like it isn’t really that weird!!
JANET TORRES says
hi , on the dressing and chicken i make it with onion ,celery and grated carrots , and i use chicken with rice soup and add a little season salt . it is really very good . try it and you will see how good it is . i have also added sliced red potatoes on top sometimes and also white cheddar cheese to it instead of the yellow . or if i have mozzarella i like to use that . i hope the lady that writes these good recipes see’s this .
Karly says
Those sound like some great changes! I bet the mozzarella is perfect in this.
jenn says
Hi, my name is Jenn and I’m here for the Weird Food Support Group! 😉
Raw Potatoes with a little seasoned salt sprinkled on top
Dorito’s dipped in cream cheese
Karly says
I love raw potatoes with regular salt – I bet they’re even better with seasoned salt. And I’m totally trying cream cheese on Doritos!
Emmy says
We use sour cream for dip with nacho doritos..
Jennifer says
Cheetos with cream cheese for dip is my favorite
Karly says
Gonna have to try that!
Kim says
My weird food is nacho flavored Doritos with a dab of regular yellow mustard!
Karly says
I put mustard on random things too. So good!
Meaghan says
I eat turnip raw with salt. My mom used to eat raw potatoes, turnips and onions
Cat says
I want to join your club, I love cottage cheese with A1 sauce mixed in. Yummmm!
Linda | Brunch-n-Bites says
Oh my my…. I don’t mind having this for breakfast either. And with slow cooking…what’s a better way than waking up to this stuffing? Bring back Thanksgiving menus again.
Amy @ The Blond Cook says
Oh wow, you’ve seriously got me wanting this ASAP! I love stuffing (and chicken). The convenience of the crock pot makes it even better… looks incredible!
Sheila White says
Tried it today. It was terrible. My husband didn’t like it either.
Karly says
Sorry this one didn’t work out for you.
Sally says
This was really good. I’m thinking of trying it with a small pork roast and substitute pork gravy and water for the soups and broth… Or I wonder if cream of celery soup might work better than the gravy?
Terry says
Hi there how long do I cook this dish in the slow cocker?
Karly says
Full recipe instructions are located in the recipe card above the comment section.
Christina says
Can we use stove top in place of the bread cubes?