Looking for a delicious slow cooker chicken and dressing recipe? Try this crockpot chicken and stuffing – It comes together in no time!
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 do occasionally make it up.
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 to get started. . .
Crock Pot Chicken and Stuffing
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 even get Perdue Chicken Breast delivered to your door (note this price has increased quite a bit since we originally posted). You can even make your OWN Homemade 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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How long do you cook for frozen chicken?
Hi Christina! Hmm, you’ll probably want to add a half hour or so if using frozen chicken! 🙂 Hope that helps!
Can you use chicken broth instead of water and only one cup?Thankyou!Karen
Hi Karen, I haven’t tried that but I imagine it would work fine. Let us know how it turns out if you try it!!
About how many pounds of chicken would you say that would be?
This looks great, throwing it in the crockpot for my sons family , as this is very busy time for them there in the middle of moving, trying to get stuff moved after work each day to a different town, and 3 small children, Thanks so much for the thought.. going to add potatoes and corn to complete the meal…
That is so kind and such a great idea!!
How long would you cook it if you used pre-cooked rotisserie chicken and shredded it?
If your going to use rotisserie chicken, make it on top of the stove and use the directions on the box for mixing the stuffing, add the soup also. As soon as the chicken and stuffing have cooked for about 20 minutes, it should be done.
Thanks so much for the tip Crystal! 🙂
Could you use a roaster instead of the crock pot
Hmm, you probably could Ginger, you would just need to adjust the cook time! 🙂 Would love to hear how it goes if you give it a try!
Me too!! All measurements were exact?
I made this and the stuffing was too watery. What did I do wrong?
Did you mix the stuffing mix with the water and melted butter…THEN add to the crockpot? The stuffing should absorb the water before it is added to cover the chicken and soup. Hope that helps!
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! 🙂
Do you shred the chicken when it’s done?
Hi Kelley, I don’t shred mine but I do kind of break up the chicken a little bit to mix it all in. It’s so easy to do just with a fork or a serving spoon! I hope you love it!
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
Oh course you can use turkey tenderloins, you could switch it out with pork chops and stuffing also. Just buy the pork flavored stuffing.
Thanks for your suggestions Crystal! 🙂
I use turkey, turkey dressing and cream of celery soup. Comes out great!
I plan to use a turkey tenderloin one add chopped celery and onions to mine for Christmas Day and serve with cranberry sauce
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!
I love your husband’s idea of adding corn. I threw a drained can of it in and it’s cooking right now. 🙂
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! 🙂
Making this! Busy day tomorrow besides regular, planner chores with errand in neighboring town, gotta buy groceries, get a tire fixed, AND roofers coming! Don’t need a lot of drama for dinner! Like the idea of potatoes on bottom! One less worry! Making two other sides: -Brocolli and cheese and, trying my hand at baking mini eggplants! (They are so cute, I couldn’t resist buying them!)
Sounds delicious Gail – thank you for sharing!