🍗 Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken
This is a comforting, hands-off meal—tender chicken in a rich, creamy sauce perfect over rice, pasta, or mashed potatoes.
🧾 Ingredients (Serves 4)
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs
- 1 can (10–11 oz) cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup
- ½ cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2–3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp paprika
- ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp black pepper (adjust to taste)
- Optional: 1 cup mushrooms or bell peppers for extra flavor
- Optional garnish: fresh parsley
👩🍳 Instructions
- Prep the slow cooker
- Place chicken in the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Add onions, garlic, and optional veggies.
- Make the creamy sauce
- In a bowl, mix cream of mushroom/chicken soup, sour cream, chicken broth, paprika, salt, and pepper.
- Pour over chicken.
- Cook
- Low for 4–6 hours or High for 2–3 hours, until chicken is fully cooked and tender.
- Finish & serve
- Remove chicken and stir sauce.
- Slice or shred chicken, return to sauce, and mix.
- Garnish with parsley if desired.
🍚 Serving Suggestions
- Over steamed rice
- Tossed with pasta
- Alongside mashed potatoes or roasted vegetables
💡 Tips
- For extra richness, add a splash of heavy cream before serving.
- Shredding chicken in the sauce makes it perfect for sandwiches or wraps the next day.
- Avoid cooking on high for too long; chicken can dry out if overcooked.
I can also give you a one-pot, no-skillet version that’s creamy, flavorful, and ready in just 3 hours. Do you want me to do that?