You can use smaller or larger breasts and adjust cooking time accordingly.
Chicken breasts: use four 7–8-ounce boneless skinless chicken breasts pounded to an even thickness. White rice will inevitably become mushy due to the excess starch. Rice: please only use short grain brown rice. It creates comfort food so addicting you won’t be able to stop eating it. This Crockpot Chicken and Rice recipe is the epitome of low effort high reward. INGREDIENTS FOR CROCKPOT CHICKEN AND Rice You can also skip the chicken breasts altogether and stir in rotisserie chicken or any leftover protein or swap the chicken for ground beef or Italian sausage. You can omit the broccoli and carrots and just stir in frozen peas at the end or add corn, mushrooms, peppers etc. This Chicken and Rice recipe can be made with whatever veggies you like. In a perfect world, the chicken and rice would cook at the same rate, but seeing as brown rice is the best option and it takes longer to cook than chicken breasts, you’ll have to suffer through it. The chicken has to be removed from the crockpot when it is done, before the rice to create chicken so fabulous you will be eating it plain. It was unappetizingly dry, rubbery and almost chalky tasting. I have never had more disgusting chicken in my life. In my first attempt at perfecting this recipe, I cooked the chicken and rice together until the rice was done. The chicken is gloriously flavorful, and juicy by being lightly coated in olive oil then independently seasoned with Italian herbs and spices – and then the clincher – it is not overcooked. This creamy blender sauce takes less than 5 minutes to make and you get the added bonus of luxurious cream cheese! I’ve used a similar method in my crockpot potato soup and crockpot creamy white chicken chili with stellar results -and it delivered again. Instead of using any mystery canned soups or making homemade cream of chicken soup on the stove, I opted for an easier method by blending evaporated milk, cream cheese and cornstarch until smooth then adding to the cooked chicken and rice. Most recipes for crock pot chicken and rice are made with cream of celery, mushroom or chicken soup. With brown rice, you will never have that problem and it reheats like a champ.Ī killer sauce made with minimal processed ingredients. Brown rice takes longer to cook but is incredibly forgiving and very hard to become mushy – so please only use brown rice! It would be so frustrating to wait through the tantalizing aroma of the recipe for hours only to discover your rice is a goopy mess. I discovered brown rice is the only way to ensure brilliantly al dente rice every time. No mushy rice! This recipe took some repeat experimenting to get it right. It’s the best of rustic comfort food with the ease of modern-day cooking. And this Crockpot Chicken and Rice recipe is done right. Today, chicken and rice is still one of my all-time favorite foods – when it is done right. 
For me, it goes back to being a little girl making my own chicken and rice after school and devouring it in front of The Partridge Family reruns.
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Some of readers’ favorite crockpot recipes include: crockpot chicken and gravy, c rockpot beef tips and gravy, crockpot Mexican chicken, crockpot beef stroganoff, c rockpot creamy white chicken chili, crockpot Mongolian chicken and now this Crockpot Chicken and Rice! PIN THIS RECIPE TO SAVE FOR LATER How to make crockpot CHICKEN AND RICE VideoĬreamy Chicken and Rice is one of those meals you CRAVE. I love using my crockpot all year round because it creates the richest, complex flavor profiles and the juiciest chicken, beef or pork with hardly any effort in ONE POT. Your family will love this Crockpot Chicken and Rice with a side of Caesar Salad and breadsticks for an easy chicken dinner win! Instead, this stunner is a low maintenance high reward win you will have on repeat. The juicy chicken, textural brown rice, broccoli and carrots are cooked until tender then swaddled in a luxurious, creamy, cheesy sauce that is downright swoon worthy – you will be licking your plate! This recipe requires less than 20 minutes of hands-on prep, reheats like a dream and is wonderfully versatile. It also avoids the pitfalls of many other recipes such as dry chicken, mushy rice and/or bland delivery. This Chicken and Rice Crockpot recipe is an astonishingly easy, creamy, cheesy comforting dream laced with aromatic Italian herbs and cheese. Crockpot Chicken and Rice from scratch (without any mystery condensed soup) is easy, flavorful, comfort food the whole family will love!
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