Kickin' Creamy Chicken Stew in a Slow Cooker

"For this recipe I use frozen chicken tenders or chicken breasts (yes, frozen) in my slow cooker. This is a good recipe to substitute beans, veggies, etc. and make it the way you want. This will make 10 "healthy" servings (thats 1/2 a chicken breast) so judge your servings on your families appitite."
 
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Ready In:
4hrs 5mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
10
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ingredients

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directions

  • Place frozen chicken breasts or tenders in bottom of slow cooker.
  • Add remaining ingredients except cream cheese.
  • Cook on high for 4-5 hours (less if chicken isn't frozen).
  • At this point I remove about 1/2 the liquid because I like my sauce thick, like a stew.
  • You can leave all the liquid if you want a soup.
  • Add cream cheese, cook on warm setting for 30 minutes, then stir.
  • This can be served over rice or wrapped in flour tortillas.
  • One healthy serving is 1/2 a breast or 2 large chicken tenders.

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Reviews

  1. This is always a winner. My best friend picked out this recipe about 4 years ago for girl's night dinner at my house. It's perfect and a success every time I make it. Perfect by itself or on rice or a tortilla. I just top with a little shredded cheddar and I'm set!
     
  2. This was good! Kind of like my chicken tortilla soup minus the tortillas. I had 12 tenders and 1 chicken breast. I added a little red pepper. When it was done, we ate like soup with cheese and sir racha on top.
     
  3. This was easy & tasty. I may use sour cream & red salsa next time instead of diced tomatoes. Loved the green salsa though. My fav:) Thanks for sharing. **edited to say that I forgot to mention I added about 1/2 cup of instant brown rice at the same time I added the cream cheese and it worked out perfect!!! After letting leftovers sit in the fridge for about an hour or so, the flavors melded together deliciously! YUM**
     
  4. Loved that this is healthy. I cut the recipe in half and used thawed tenders. Mine did a self shred so I served it over rice. I drained the black beans so the liquid was perfect. It was like a nice thick stew. DH raved about it. The only thing I did different was to add some chopped cilantro on top. I cooked mine for 3 1/2 hrs before adding the cream cheese. Delicious. Thanks for posting. :)
     
  5. The whole is WAY better than the sum of it's parts. We followed this nearly to a tee: a little less chicken (it's all we had), a few dashes of garlic salt, paprika, and chili flakes. Delicious and super simple. I'll definitely make it again.
     
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Tweaks

  1. You can use chicken thighs too. If thawed, cook on low until meat is fall-apart (3-4 hours). You can always substitute frozen corn for canned in a pinch.
     

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