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This crockpot chicken and dressing recipe is so quick and easy to make. It's comfort food right on a plate!Â
Crockpot Chicken and Dressing – EASY and Delicious!Â
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. It's a grab and dump recipe – perfect to make on a busy day so that dinner is ready when you are.Â
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!)
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Ingredients for Crockpot Chicken and Dressing:
- cream of chicken soup (or make your own homemade cream soup!)
- boneless skinless chicken breast
- butter or margarine
- stuffing/dressing mix (stovetop style)
If you have cooked chicken that you've already shredded, this recipe is easy, and even if you don't, you just have to dump the ingredients into your crock and go (well, there is an order to it, but it really is just dumping!).
How to make Crock Pot Chicken and Stuffing
I LOVE how easy this recipe is – and how simple it is to customize for your family!
Add your chicken breast into the bottom of the crockpot and pour the cream of soup on top of the chicken breast. In a bowl, mix together melted butter and water and add in dressing mix. Pour over top of the chicken and cook on low for 4 hours. That's it!
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 – $2 and you can even get Perdue Chicken Breast delivered to your door. 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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I’m confused. Do you have to cook the chicken first? When do you add the stuffing? So, assume I have raw whole boneless skinless chicken breasts; do I put everything thing in at once?
So sorry for the confusion! The cooking instructions are for using raw chicken. You can use already cooked chicken but you would want to adjust your cooking time. You want to mix the butter, water, and dressing and add it on top of the soup mixture. Hope that helps! 🙂
Making this tonight. Using Turkey flavored stove top because that’s what I already have… can’t wait!!
Can’t wait to hear what you think! 🙂
I made this morning I added a can of string beans to mine. It smells great can’t wait to eat it. Thank you for sharing your recipe with me.
Woohoo! Love that. Thanks for letting us know!
Could you double up on the stuffing?
Absolutely! As a stuffing lover myself, I love making extra. Adding more liquid to balance out the added ingredients will help!
Just wanted to verify that I DON’T use the seasoning packet that comes with the stuffing mix. No mention is made of this. Can’t wait to try it.
This is also very good if you place a piece of swiss cheese on top of each chicken breast before you dump the soup on. Just makes this even creamier.
That sounds delicious! Thanks for the tip. 🙂
Tasted good. Used 1 cup chicken broth and 1/4 cup milk. Sautéed separately 1/3 c chopped onion and 1/3 c chopped celery in 2 Tbls butter. Added all to dry dressing mix. Topped mix with 2 Tbls melted butter once in crockpot.
So glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Making this now and using 2 chicken leg/thigh quarters. Yes the dressing is watery at first, then let it set for a couple of minutes & it thickens up just fine to put on top of chicken. Will cook on high for 4 hours (chick was half unthawed) then I will stick them with a meat thermometer, 165f and its done for sure. The only problem now, is the 4 hour wait!! Love this recipe!
Thank you for the tip! So happy you love this recipe!
Not sure what kind of crockpot you used,but 4hours on low was not enough had to put in the oven to get chicken done.
So very sorry it didn’t work out for you, Mary! We appreciate you sharing your feedback!
EVERY SINGLE crock pot recipe I have ever used is 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low. Maybe it was just a typo?
I have a newer crockpot and chicken cooks fast in it. 4 hours on low was enough for me but if you are on the fence you could possible try 6! 🙂
I cooked mine 4hrs on high.
I made this last night and the stuffing was mushy other then that I loved it next time I’m gonna add some egg noodles and put the stuffing on top when everything is done.
Good to know Cassie ~ thanks for your feedback! 🙂
If I put the stuffing on at the end, would I still add water to the crockpot for the chicken and soup? And if so, how much?
I would just add the soup and chicken to the crockpot if you’re adding the stuffing later. When you’re ready to add to stuffing, mix it together with the water and butter. Hope that helps!
I made this but I didn’t have the water to the stuffing. I put the stuff on top of dry and let the steam from the top of lead run down over it during the cooking process. I did four hours on high stuffing was perfect for me.
What size crockpot? Could I double recipe?
Hi Sarah – we tested using a 6 qt crock. I do think you could double it ~ hope that helps! 🙂
I want to make this tonight but it is too late to put it in crock pot. Can it be cooked in oven? If so, I would assume to cook it at 350 for maybe 45 minutes to an hour?
Hi Kathy! Not sure if this is soon enough but yes, this could be cooked in oven for sure! 350 for 45 minutes or until chicken is cooked through would work!
Do you add anything to the soup or use straight from the can?
Hi Kim! I just used the canned – I didn’t do anything else. Hope that helps!
This is easy and it’s awesome! I used chicken broth instead of water and cream of mushroom soup (because I opened it by mistake). It was great. Thank you!
Yayyy ~ so glad you enjoyed it Nancy! 🙂
I only have the option to cook on high for 4 hours or 6 hours. Or on low for 8 or 10. Which do I go with ?
I’d do either high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours. Hope that helps! 🙂
Quick clarification Laurie – High for 4 hours? but the recipe above says LOW for 4 hours. High for 4 hours makes more sense to me. Thanks so much.
If you were to use the HIGH setting, I recommend halving the time that you would do if it was on low. So in this case, the HIGH time would be 2 hours because the LOW time is 4 hours. I hope this helps!
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!!
EVERYTIME I’VE MADE THIS I USE CHICKEN BROTH, AND I THINK IT GIVES A BETTER FLAVOR, I ALSO USE CREAM OF CHICKEN SOUP, OF YOU LIKE MUSHROOMS IT’S YUMMERS
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!
I used have water and half chicken broth I had …hope it works.
Can you a jar of chicken gravy?
Yes, that would work!
Can you add small red potatoes cut in half under the chicken ?
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!