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The Best Crock Pot Chicken Chili
Crock Pot Chicken Chili recipe is filled with cream cheese, corn, black beans, seasonings, and of course chicken!
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The Best Crock Pot Chicken Chili recipe is filled with cream cheese, corn, black beans, seasonings, and of course chicken! It's a hearty family dinner recipe that takes only minutes to prep and then the slow cooker does all of the hard work for you!
No matter where you take this chili recipe it is sure to be a huge hit! I guarantee it!
The Best Crock Pot Chicken Chili
If you are looking for an award winning chili recipe to make for dinner then you are in the right place. This recipe hands down is one of my all time favorite recipes.
I've made it over and over again for not only dinner but also work parties, potlucks, church chili cook offs, or anytime I need something to feed a large crowd!
INGREDIENTS FOR CROCK POT CHICKEN CHILI
Here's what you'll need to get started:
- black beans, drained & rinsed
- corn, drained
- rotel tomatoes, not drained
- Hidden Valley Ranch Seasoning mix, dry
- cumin
- chipotle chili powder
- onion powder
- ground red pepper
- minced garlic
- ground black pepper
- garlic powder
- butter
- yellow onion, chopped
- cream cheese
- chicken breasts
- chicken stock
HOW TO MAKE THIS EASY CROCK POT CHICKEN CHILI RECIPE
FIRST STEP: In your crock pot combine your black beans, corn, rotel tomatoes, ranch mix, cumin, chipotle chili powder, onion powder, ground red pepper, minced garlic, ground black pepper, garlic powder & chicken stock.
SECOND STEP: In a large skillet heat your butter and add chopped onion. Cook over medium heat until onions are translucent and tender.
THIRD STEP: Add your onions to the crock pot and mix well.
FOURTH STEP: Cut your chicken breasts in half and add to the mixture.
FIFTH STEP: Spoon the cream cheese over the top of the chicken mixture and cover with a lid. Cook on low heat 5-7 hours, or until your chicken breasts shred easily with a fork.
SIXTH STEP: When chicken is done, remove from the crock pot and shred with 2 forks. Return to the chili mixture and stir well until all cream cheese lumps have dissolved.
INGREDIENT SUBSTITUTIONS AND ADDITIONS
MEAT: This recipe calls for chicken breasts, but ground chicken that is browned before being added to the crock pot would work just fine. Ground turkey would be another option that could be used as well.
CANNED TOMATOES: If you are not a huge fan of spicy foods you could always swap out the Rotel Tomatoes for petite diced tomatoes instead. It would help lessen the amount of "kick" in this recipe.
SEASONINGS: This recipe has quite a spicy kick to it. If you're not a huge fan of spicy foods, or you are serving to kids I would suggest not adding the ground red pepper to this recipe. I'd also reduce the amount of Chipotle chili pepper I put in the recipe from 1 tbsp, down to ½ tbsp.
REMEMBER: You can always add more spice later, but you can't take it away once it's added.
Crock Pot Chicken Chili
Crock Pot Chicken Chili recipe is filled with cream cheese, corn, black beans, seasonings, and of course chicken!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 7 hours
Total Time 7 hours 15 minutes
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 15.25 ounce can of black beans drained and rinsed
- 1 15.25 ounce can of corn drained
- 1 10 ounce can of rotel tomatoes NOT drained
- 1 1 ounce package of Hidden Valley Ranch Seasoning Dry Mix
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tbsp chipotle chili powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp ground red pepper
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 medium yellow onion finely chopped
- 1 8 ounce package of cream cheese
- 2 large chicken breasts
- 1 cup chicken stock
Instructions
- In your crock pot combine your black beans, corn, rotel tomatoes, ranch mix, cumin, chipotle chili powder, onion powder, ground red pepper, minced garlic, ground black pepper, garlic powder & chicken stock.
- In a large skillet heat your butter and add chopped onion. Cook over medium heat until onions are translucent and tender.
- Add your onions to the crock pot and mix well.
- Cut your chicken breasts in half and add to the mixture.
- Spoon the cream cheese over the top of the chicken mixture and cover with a lid. Cook on low heat 5-7 hours, or until your chicken breasts shred easily with a fork.
- When chicken is done, remove from the crock pot and shred with 2 forks. Return to the chili mixture and stir well until all cream cheese lumps have dissolved.
- Serve with bread and enjoy!
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Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 92kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 155mg | Potassium: 240mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 500IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg
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Comments
Sue says
This is sooo good!!Definately worth making..
Jennifer Gann says
Used three thick chicken breast and did it in the Instant Pot for 22 minutes. Turned out great!
Andrea Ghannadian says
Oh, this was super good. Even my picky husband loved it. I only had homemade ranch powder so I used that and had no working slow cooker so I made it on the stove. I think this is one of those beautiful recipes that you really can’t mess up.
Shannon says
Can this be cooked on high for fewer hours?
Layne Henderson says
Probably but I haven't tried it that way! 🙂
Morgan says
I've made it many times in a pot on the stove and just precooked the chicken! It goes way faster and tastes just as good. I just boil & shred the chicken before adding it to everything else, then warm up as I would any other soup or chili.
SMCC says
Hi there! Have you ever subbed rotisserie chicken in for raw chicken? Mostly trying to figure out at what time to put it in, since it's already cooked! Don't want to over-do it 🙂
Layne Henderson says
I haven't tried it that way yet!
Kristie Archibald says
I love this recipe and have made it several times when I was living in the states. I now live in Australia and am sad that we don't have Hidden Valley Ranch Seasoning mix or any kind of Ranch Dry Mix. Is there a replacement so I can make this for dinner tomorrow? I sure hope so! Thank you!
alan hicks says
I've never made it myself, but I've seen homemade ranch seasoning recipes. Search "homemade ranch seasoning mix"
basic Ingredients:
• dry powdered buttermilk
• parsley
• dried dill weed
• garlic powder
•onion powder
•dried onion flakes
•ground black pepper
•dried chives
•salt
Stacy says
Hi! Have you ever doubled the recipe? I want to make this for a large group this coming weekend. Thanks!!
Layne Henderson says
I haven't personally, no! I would assume you can? I hope it turns out great for you!
emily says
can you add in a half package of taco seasoning mix?
Barbara Schuster says
I just had to report that I won our church's Chili Cook-Off tonight with this recipe exactly as written. I made it earlier this week to test it and was so impressed with the complex flavors that I knew this was the recipe for the competition. Thanks so much for sharing. I promise to give you all the credit!
The Best Blog Recipes says
Yay! That's awesome! Congrats 🙂
Keith says
We need nutritional info for this dish. Please!
The Best Blog Recipes says
Hi, Keith - I don't have any for this dish. Thanks for stopping by!
Donna says
This is my daughter's favorite meal. she even asks for it for her birthday! I make one change that we love. Instead of all of the other seasonings, I add 1 pkg. of Hidden Valley Fiesta Ranch dressing mix along with the other pkg of Ranch dressing mis. I have also tried the Hidden Valley Southwest Ranch dressing mix, but that is too spicy for our taste. I'll make this chili this week although it's still hot outside, for my daughter to take some to college with her.
The Best Blog Recipes says
Sounds delicious!
Jeff Miller says
I won a chili contest with this recipe. It is awesome.
Luis says
I really liked this recipe and I made this as written however next time I will reduce the amount of red pepper, not a heat lover and I will add cornstarch to thicken, thanks for the recipe.