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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.
Jim S. says
What about using boneless chicken thighs instead of breasts?
Would that change my cooking time?
Karly says
It shouldn’t affect cook time.
Cathy says
This looks great! When cooking for 4 hours and 30 min do I cook on low or high?
Karly says
Low.
Lori Rodriguez says
When I was in high school…that was some time ago, Campbells made a meatball alphabet soup which I loved. I had it for breakfast almost every morning. My weirdness is peanutbutter on hotdogs & burgers. Nothing like a hotdog with peanutbutter, sauerkraut & mustard.
Ann doss says
I love to cook me a pan of cornbread with my eggs, onion, celery, sage, salt, pepper. After it is cooked, tear it up in my crock pot, with my cream of chicken soup, and chicken broth. Turn it on, cook it, then enjoy it.
Karly says
I’m going to have to try that!
Donna says
So you put all those ingredients in your cornbread, then cooked cornbread? Then you crumbled in crockpot, etc?
I love cornbread dressing. Just wanted to make sure. Sounds yummy!
Rachel says
So I am making this right now. Only difference is that I used 2 boxes of turkey stuffing from stovetop, 1 can cream of chicken and 1 can cream of mushroom, 1 can mushrooms (drained), also used vegetable broth because I was out of chicken. I didn’t have sage so I sprinkled my chicken with salt, pepper, and a pinch of paparika. I also used chicken tenderloins. I used what I had in my kitchen… didn’t want to venture out in this awful rain. I will let you know how it turns out. I have to say it smells wonderful! I’ll be serving it with roasted asparagus and some cranberry sauce.
Karly says
Sounds like some great swaps. Hope it turned out well!
Rachel B says
Made this yesterday and it was a hit! My boyfriend is wary of me trying recipes I found on Pinterest since one Pinterest fail last year, but he looooved this and so did I!
Karly says
Glad you enjoyed this one!
Ayla says
I sent my husband to the store for chicken and he came back with chicken tenderloins. Any suggestions on how to adjust for time with tenders vs. breasts?
Karly says
They might cook a bit faster, but not by a whole lot. Just keep an eye on them earlier and remove when they can shred. I think the stuffing will be done either way. 🙂
Carol Schuneman says
Anyone ever try buttered popcorn with orange juice,, I can’t eat popcorn unless I have a glass of orange juice!!
Tracy says
I do, I do (jumping up and down and raising my right hand). Crazy, huh? And, if I’m making orange juice specifically for popcorn munching, I make with less water for extra tang and tartiness.
Tricia says
Omg , me too!
Amber says
I have a few weird things I like to eat… Um so cinnamon and season salt cooked in with scrambled eggs is amazing it turns the eggs this weird grey color but they are delicious. And I like ketchup mixed in with cottage cheese. O and I’m definitely going to try this recipe
Bee says
My weird food is (man, I’m going to get a lot of flack) Chef Boyardee ravioli straight from the can (sometimes for breakfast). Another weird food that my friend introduced me to in high-school is peanut butter on dill pickles. It sounds weird, but the sweetness of the peanut butter balances the tartness and saltiness of the pickle. It sounds gross, but don’t knock it until you try it.
Karly says
I’ve actually had a peanut butter and pickle sandwich before. Not my favorite, but not as bad as it sounds either. 🙂
Peggie says
I thought I was the only one! I like it better this way than heated up!
Tammy says
I have a few weird thing’s..the next day after we have dressing i put cheese on it and heat it up then put catup on it so yummy..the second is cornbread and milk and i put salt and pepper onions and chopped up pickles in it very good!!
Karly says
I was with you until you got to the ketchup. 😉
The cornbread sounds interesting!! I might give that a try.
Heidi Mosher says
Can I substitute turkey breasts for the chicken and if so how much longer do you think it would take to cook?
Karly says
I’m not sure how much longer it would take. Maybe slice the turkey breasts into smaller pieces so they are similar in size to chicken breasts and that should help keep the time the same.
Kim says
Do you think you could use the bone in chicken breast?
Heather says
I’m making this now but instead of using cream of chicken soup I’m using cream of mushroom, because I love mushrooms in my stuffing.
My weird food thing is syrup on my scrambled eggs. ( I know it sounds so gross but Oh Em Gee! It’s delicious!
Karly says
I’ve gotten syrup on my eggs by accident and it was really good! 🙂
Megh says
Have you ever attempted this with frozen chicken breast
Karly says
I’d be a little worried about the stuffing mixture drying out too much if you cooked it much longer.