You'll love the comfort of this slow cooker chicken & dressing recipe – it's an easy family pleasing meal!
Easy Slow Cooker Chicken & Dressing Recipe
This recipe is an oldie but a goodie – and gets a hearty dinner on the table in no time!
This is one of those meals we hardly ever have at our house, but it's my husband's favorite so I made it this week. (Using my slow cooker once a week is oh-so-worth it so I decided to make this in the crockpot and it turned out great!) If you need a super easy meal mixed up in 5 minutes, this one's for you. Such a great way to get dinner done in a pinch!
I found this recipe years ago in a ladies church cookbook, so you know it's gotta be good. It's one of those yummy warm meals to enjoy as it's cooling down, and when I made it last night my kids begged for more (that doesn't happen often around here!)
If you have cooked chicken that you've already shredded, this recipe is easy, and even if you don't you'll just have to cook your chicken and dump the ingredients in your casserole dish (well, there is an order to it, but it really is just dumping!) Here's what you'll need . . .
Slow Cooker Chicken & Dressing
I LOVE how easy this recipe is – and how simple it is to customize for your family! You could customize this recipe by adding in vegetables to make it more of a deconstructed pot pie. If you do add veggies, I would place them UNDER the chicken breasts. It's also super economical – a box of stuffing will only cost you around $1 and you can get Perdue Chicken Breast delivered to your door for a great deal currently. You can even make your OWN Cream of Chicken Soup from scratch – wow!
Slow Cooker Chicken & Dressing
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 1 can cream of chicken soup (reduced fat is fine)
- 4-6 boneless skinless chicken breasts (I used 4 the last time and for our family of 5 that wasn't nearly enough - will definitely add in 6 next time!)
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
- 6 oz box dry stuffing/dressing mix (Stovetop style)
Instructions
- Place chicken breast in the bottom of the crockpot (frozen chicken breast works fine too, just add a little extra cooking time).
- Pour soup on top of the chicken breast.
- In a bowl, mix together melted butter & water and add in dressing mix.
- Pour Dressing mixture over the chicken and cream soup.
- Cook on low for 4 hours
- Serve
TIP: Reader Debbie asked if you could add small red potatoes cut in half under the chicken. I think that would be a scrumptious addition and help stretch it to feed bigger eaters or more kids.
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Hi I was wondering if I could use two boxes of the stuffing ? Thank you
Yes – I would just use a little more chicken and make the dressing however the box tells you to make it – hope that helps!
Hi Carol! I’m sure you could but you may want to double the other ingredients as well?
I used have water and half chicken broth I had …hope it works.
Can you add small red potatoes cut in half under the chicken ?
Sure you could definitely do that Debbie! 🙂
4 hours on low just doesn’t seem like it’s long enough. Every other chicken dish I make in the crockpot take 8 hours on low, 4 hours on high.
Hi Judi! Chicken often cooks FAST especially in newer crock pots, but if you’re on the fence just cook a little longer, I think 6 hours at most. Hope that helps! 🙂
Do you have a print option? I couldn’t find one.
Thank you
Can you replace the chicken with turkey tenderloin
I made this at our camper this weekend. Loved it. Maybe wouldn’t add as much water to the stuffing mix next time – but the flavor was so good. My husband even suggested adding corn to the mix. Keep the great recipes coming!
So glad you liked it Kristen – thanks so much for sharing!
How long if using frozen chicken?
Hi im curious, would it be wise to add more water to cook at consistent pace?
Am I reading this correctly? You add the dry dressing from the box to the butter and water. Just checking.
Yes Jean! Just mix those three ingredients together before adding to the slow cooker. Hope that helps!
I saw your recipe, and jumped up and put the hamburger back in the freezer and made this instead. Woohoo!!! Can’t wait to see how it turns out….delicious! Thanks.
Could I use bone in chicken pieces for more flavor , instead of boneless?
I think that would work great Delores! 🙂