Homestyle 4 Ingredient Slow Cooker Chicken With Stuffing

Why you'll love this easy slow cooker chicken recipe

• This tender chicken dish is one of those easy weeknight meals made with just a few simple ingredients.
• You can prepare the recipe in the morning and let your slow cooker do the work.  
• The recipe is also great for using leftover stuffing mix from Thanksgiving or other holiday dinners.
• With only 4 ingredients, it is an easy recipe that kids can help prepare.

Ingredients for delicious slow cooker chicken

• Chicken: Boneless skinless breast meat
• Sauce: The base of this easy dinner sauce is cream of chicken in a can. 
• Stuffing: Boxed dry stuffing mix ( regular or cornbread). You can use Stove Top Stuffing or your favorite grocery brand.
• Dairy: Sour cream

How to make this slow cooker chicken recipe

You can have dinner cooking in your crock pot in under 5 minutes!

1. Place chicken breasts in the bottom of the slow cooker.  

2. In a medium-sized bowl, combine cream of chicken soup and sour cream. Whisk until well blended and creamy. 

3. Spread the mixture over the chicken in the slow cooker.

4. Sprinkle stuffing mix bread crumbs over the top of the chicken. Gently pat it down into the sauce but do not stir it in. 

Note* If your stuffing mix box has a packet of seasoning, mix that in with the bread crumbs. Most brands have the seasoning in the bread crumbs but not all do.

5. Place the lid on the slow cooker. Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 to 8 hours. 

Safety tip: Using a meat thermometer, be sure the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165 degrees.

Tips and Tricks To Make This Recipe

• Easy Clean-Up: Use not stick spray or crockpot liner bags.

🦃 Make A Thanksgiving Version

Use this simple recipe to make an easy paired-down Thanksgiving dinner. Slice a large turkey breast into four pieces instead of chicken breast. When done cooking, top with a few dollops of cranberry sauce and a sprinkle of dried cranberries. 

If you are a stuffing or dressing lover be sure to check out my Make Ahead Dressing Recipes.

Substitutions and Variations

This recipe is very flexible. You can tweak it to your family's liking. 

• Chicken: You can also use boneless skinless chicken thigh meat, boneless turkey breast, or thighs)
• Soup:  This recipe would be really tasty if you used a different cream soup. Try a can of cream of mushroom soup, cream of bacon, or cream of celery.
• Stuffing: In a pinch, if you do not have stuffing, use crumbled croutons. You could also take day-old bread and make it into croutons.  Also, you could use dried bread crumbs or panko as a topping.
• Sour cream: You could also use plain Greek yogurt or non-day almond or coconut yogurt. 

Optional Add-Ins

This 4 Ingredient Slow Cooker Chicken With Stuffing is a very flexible recipe. Add some extra vegetables for a complete one-pot meal. Pick one or two of these ideas. Mix them in with the cream of chicken soup and sour cream mixture. There is no need to thaw frozen veggies. 

• 1 12 oz bag of frozen green beans
• 1 12 oz bag of frozen peas and carrots combo
• ½ cup of chopped onions and cleary 
• 8-ounce can of water chestnuts, drained
• 1 cup frozen corn
• 1 cup of sliced mushrooms,
• 1/2 cup bell peppers. Use various peppers like yellow, red, green, and orange. 
• Add a teaspoon of your favorite herbs and spices for extra flavor! I like rosemary and oregano. 
• Add some heat by sprinkling in some red crushed chili peppers. 

What To Do With Leftovers

• When reheating leftovers, add a splash of chicken broth to rehydrate and moisten the stuffing.
•  The leftovers are great for lunch the next day. Use an individual portion microwave-safe airtight container. It's an easy heat and eat lunch. 

Big Batch Cooking

If you are feeding this easy crock pot chicken recipe to a large crowd, you can easily triple the recipe. Just increase the ingredients and be sure to use a large enough slow cooker. You could also use 2 crock pots.

#️⃣ Need to make a big batch? I can help. In the recipe card below, all you have to do is tap 2X to double or 3x to triple this recipe. The amounts for each ingredient will change, then hit the print button. Or, if you prefer, slide over the sleep mode tab to prevent your phone screen from going dark. It's that easy!

More Slow-Cooker Recipes To Try