This cream of chicken recipe is an easy slow cooker recipe that is also kid-friendly. Did I mention the prep time for this slow cooker chicken is 8 minutes?
As a bonus, we show you how to convert this crock-pot chicken recipe into a fast Instant Pot Creamy Chicken. (You can make it in the oven as well!)
Now let’s find out how to make this slow cooker creamed chicken, time’s a-ticking’!
Creamy Crock Pot Chicken Recipe
Have you ever taken a scavenger hunt in your freezer? Dan did last night and found some frozen chicken tenderloins. He was nice enough to take them out and put them in the fridge. And behold, this chicken tenderloins crockpot recipe was born!
Are you looking for some boneless skinless chicken crock-pot recipes? Look no further.
But, I did not discover this until 10 minutes before I left for work this morning. I’m always trying to make up new kid-friendly recipes. I wondered what sort of chicken tenderloins recipes I could make in less than 10 minutes before I left for work?
The end result is an amazing family dinner. Kids love this meal and adults love this meal. What family dinner recipe could be better for a busy mom or dad?
What you Need for this Crock-Pot Chicken Recipe
- A crock-pot or slow cooker
- Boneless skinless chicken
- Cream of chicken soup
- Water
- Sour cream
- Minced garlic
- Sharp cheddar cheese
- Onion powder
- Bag of mixed frozen vegetables
- Egg noodles
Serve this slow cooker chicken over a bed of noodles.
How to make this Easy Kid-Friendly Recipe
- Combine the cream of chicken soup, shredded cheese, sour cream, garlic, onion powder, salt, pepper, and water, in a crock-pot.
- Add boneless skinless chicken breasts and turn your crock-pot on low.
- May use a pound of chicken tenderloin.
- Stir in frozen veggies 30 minutes before serving.
- Serve over egg noodles
- Garnish and serve!
It’s hard to sneak healthy vegetables into kids’ food. The frozen veggies are a game-changer if you’re short on time.
Finally, this easy crockpot chicken recipe is an ideal choice if you want to contribute a meal to your local homeless shelter. We have more Ideas for Making Meals for the Homeless as well.
Helpful Readers’ Comments for this Cream of Chicken Recipe
- Set the slow cooker on low, when adding the ingredients.
- Omit carrots and noodles to cut carbs.
- Substitute chopped onions or dry onion soup mix for onion powder.
- Use cream of mushroom soup instead of cream of chicken soup or a combination of the two.
Readers’ FAQ and Comments for this Crockpot Chicken Recipe
Can I make this crockpot cream of chicken recipe in the oven?
- Yes. Bake at 400° in a covered baking dish, such as a Dutch Oven.
Can I use frozen chicken breasts for this chicken crockpot recipe?
- We don’t recommend putting frozen meat in a crockpot, although many people will do this.
Can I use mayonnaise instead of sour cream for this cream of chicken recipe?
- Yes, but add it at the end, just prior to serving.
Does the chicken need to be cut up before placing it in the crock-pot?
- No. You can use whole boneless skinless chicken breast for this crockpot chicken.
Can I make this Cream of Chicken Recipe in the Instant Pot?
- Yes, you can make this cream of chicken in the instant pot!
How to Make Instant Pot Creamy Chicken
Use the same ingredients for this easy crockpot chicken to make instant pot creamy chicken in about 30 minutes!
Instructions for Instant Pot Creamy Chicken
- Place 1 to 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts in the instant pot.
- Add 1 cup of broth.
- For frozen chicken breasts, pressure cook on manual setting for 6 minutes.
- For thawed chicken breasts, pressure cook on manual setting for 4 minutes.
- Do a natural release of 6 minutes for both frozen and thawed chicken breasts.
- If using frozen vegetables, thaw them in a sink of warm water while the chicken is in the instant pot.
- Remove chicken from the Instant Pot after a 6-minute natural release, tent with foil, and set aside, reserving liquid.
- For the pasta, either prepare it according to the package instructions on the stovetop or in the instant pot.
- If using the Instant Pot for cooking the pasta, add 12 oz of pasta to the reserved liquid.
- Add tap water to cover the pasta by 1/2 an inch.
- Pressure cook on manual setting for 2 minutes and use a quick release.
- Stir in the cheese, vegetables, and sour cream and then return chicken breasts to the Instant Pot and serve.
Adjust the flavors of this Instant Pot creamy chicken to your individual preference.
- I used about 4 cups of shredded cheese in this version.
- Instead of onion powder, I used a teaspoon of minced garlic.
- I added a pinch of kosher salt.
- Make it your own and use what you have on hand!
If you are new to Instant Pot/Pressure Cooker Cooking, don’t fret! Here is an informative comparison between the Instant Pot and a Cosori Pressure Cooker.
Check out some of our other popular Slow Cooker Recipes for Kids:
- Slow Cooker Beef Tips Dinner
- Stewing beef mixed with garlic and cream of mushroom soup in a slow cooker.
- Slow Cooke Shredded Beef Barbecue
- Simple and inexpensive family meal using chuck roast, barbecue sauce, and a few other common ingredients.
- Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Sandwiches
- Slow-cooked pork roast combined with white soda, brown sugar, and some other common pantry ingredients.
- Slow Cooker Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes & Ham
- An easy and affordable crock-pot meal and a good way to use leftover ham.
- Slow Cooker Sticky Caramel Pumpkin Cake
- A crock-pot dump cake that is ready to eat in two hours.
I challenge you to try this cream of chicken recipe. I know that your family will enjoy it as much as ours did.
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- White Chicken Chili
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- Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken Soup
- One of our most popular chicken soup recipes.
- White Bean Chicken Soup
- Healthy and nutritious chicken soup from Diary of a Recipe Collector.
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Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Recipe
Quick to put together, the great taste and memory of this boneless skinless chicken crockpot recipe will last a long, long time! This is one of the best kid-friendly recipes that our entire family loves.
Print Pin RateServings: 8
Calories: 360kcal
Ingredients
- 1 lb Chicken tenderloins or boneless chicken breast
- 1 Family sized can of Cream of Chicken Soup
- 1 cup water or broth Optional in crock-pot version but not optional in Instant Pot Creamy Chicken version.
- 2/3 cup of sour cream
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- Assorted vegetables for convenience I used a prepackaged bag with carrots, broccoli and cauliflower
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 12 oz. egg noodles for a side
Instructions
- Combine in a crockpot cream of chicken soup, water, sour cream, minced garlic, cheese and salt and pepper.
- Add chicken into sauce mixture, make certain to cover chicken with sauce.
- Cover and turn crock pot on low. Cooking times will depend on how thick chicken is. Because I used chicken tenderloins which are thinner, chicken was done after 4 1/2 hours. If using a thicker chicken breast, continue in the crock pot until fully cooked.
- Add the vegetables on top of sauce and then add salt, pepper, and onion powder to taste to the vegetables.
- Before you are ready to serve, prepare egg noodle according to directions on bag.
- Stir sauce in crock pot prior to serving.
- Serve over egg noodles.
- Enjoy.
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Notes
- Use white or dark meat for this crockpot chicken recipe.
- This recipe is oven-friendly; bake at 400°, covered for 30 minutes.
- Adding veggies at the end will make this less mushy!
- Use either cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup for this recipe.
- Consider substituting Lipton onion soup mix for the raw onion.
- To reduce the carbs in this recipe, omit the carrots.
Nutrition
Calories: 360kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 633mg | Potassium: 390mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 365IU | Vitamin C: 1.1mg | Calcium: 103mg | Iron: 1.9mg
Colleen Irgang says
So easy & delicious. Everyone enjoyed it! If you don’t have egg noodles available dinner rolls work great to soak up the gravy.
Annie White-Quackenbush says
This recipe sounds delicious. I love using my crockpot. Could you use bone-in chicken (drumsticks) ? Maybe adjust the cooking time to accommodate? Thank you.
Dan from Platter Talk says
Absolutely! Bone-in drumstick would be great with this recipe! Let it foo for 4 to six hours and you should have a wonderful meal.
Shawnna says
Can I just cook the egg noodles in the crockpot with everything the last 10 minutes
Dan from Platter Talk says
Hi Shawna, that should work out great!
loreen says
I admit that I must be missing it somewhere, but with Instant Pot adaptation, when does the soup get added? Before cooking the chicken? thank you.
Dan from Platter Talk says
Add the soups after the chicken is cooked.
Julie Menghini says
I made this recipe for my family and they loved it! It’s cold out and it was the perfect easy comfort food! Thank you for such an easy delicious recipe!
Amy Kohl says
Think thighs would work okay?
Dan from Platter Talk says
Absolutely; thighs will add even more flavor to this creamy crock-pot chicken recipe!
Mel Jones says
Delicious! The whole family loved this recipe. There were no leftovers. Definitely be a regular meal in our house!
Dan from Platter Talk says
Thanks so much, Mel! Our family loves this one as well!
Max says
Yes I cooked this today,bloody beautiful
Megan Brown says
I’m stumped! I’ve been cooking mine for about 4 hours . Went to stir and it’s really watery. Any suggestions on how to thicken it up? Thanks
Dan from Platter Talk says
Hi Megan, I’m not sure why it is watery! I would sift and stir in a little flour to thicken it up; hope you love it!
Alice says
The sour cream curdled when I put it in there first. Probably the cheese too. Maybe you should indicate only to add those items during the last 30 to 60 minutes of cooking.
Otherwise I would try this recipe again as the flavors were really good.
Dan from Platter Talk says
Hi Alice, I’m. not sure why that happened. We always add everything at the beginning and have not had this occur. Thanks for the comments.
Alice says
Update: I made this recipe in the oven and it was fantastic!! I realize what I did with the crockpot was put it on the four hour setting which is high- Should have put it on low for four hours. In any case this will become a staple around our house 😊
Francesca says
Try already having the crock pot
On low when you’re adding the ingredients in and mix them all together well.
Sarah Dickison says
All 14 kids liked it, except the chicken. Only 3 kids ate the chicken. All 4 adults likes it with the chicken served over egg noodles, left out the frozen vegetables. Changed the onion powder to 1/4 C fine diced onion.
Carolynn Wayman says
When I first read this, I thought you were saying that the kids liked it and the chicken didn’t. Lol
Dan from Platter Talk says
Ha-ha; now that’s funny, Carolynn!
Stacey says
This was truly one of the most amazing recipes I’ve made in a long time. Best comfort food ever! Can’t wait to make it again. I followed the directions without adding or changing anything and it was just amazing
Cindy says
This was the perfect meal, making it for the second time today. I’m cooking challanged, so this was perfect for me…thanks for sharing
Dan from Platter Talk says
Cindy, Thanks for the awesome feedback and we are happy to hear that this easy crock pot chicken recipe works well for you!
Katie says
Just made this! My family loves it. To cut the carbs, I omitted the carrots and noodles. Added more cream of chicken to make it more of a soupy consistency then shredded the chicken apart once it was done. It almost tastes like a chicken pot pie without the crust. I will try to add corn next time per my husbands request. This was super easy and will definitely be making it again! Thank you.
Dan from Platter Talk says
Thanks for the feedback on our creamy crockpot chicken recipe; sounds like you nailed it!
Hannah says
I didn’t have time to wait for the slow cooker, so I made this in the oven tonight and it turned out great! It did take longer than 30 minutes to cook, more like 45. But I also used a Dutch oven so I’m not sure if that makes a difference or not? Other substitutions: I used one regular size can of cream of chicken, and one regular size can of cream of mushroom since that’s all I had. Chopped onions instead of using onion powder, and used fresh garlic. For veggies, I used broccoli. I’ll definitely make it again!
Jake says
Oh my god, this was so delicious and easy. As a single dad I’m always looking for dinner recipes I can throw together quickly. I added half a pack of onion soup mix instead of onion powder which added great flavor. Leftovers were even better the next day . My 8 year old son loved it and asked me to make it again.
Dan from Platter Talk says
Thanks for the awesome feedback, Jake! We are delighted that you and your son enjoy this easy crockpot chicken recipe! The onion soup mix sounds like a genius addition!
Carolyn says
Can I use frozen chicken breasts? And if so how would I adjust the recipe?
Dan from Platter Talk says
To help avoid foodborne illness, it is not advised to prepare frozen meats or other foods in a slow cooker. Alternatively, you can thaw them in the refrigerator or microwave prior to placing them in a slow cooker. For this creamy crockpot chicken recipe as written, you should use 1 lb of chicken breast, if that is what you have on hand. Thanks for the question and thanks for reading Platter Talk!
Katrina Malcomb says
Going to try this out today but i had a question before i throw it all in the crockpot. I don’t have sour cream and don’t have a way to a store at the moment so i googled that mayonnaise can be substituted for sour cream but i wanted to ask first. Would mayonnaise be a good substitute in this recipe for the sour cream? Going to add potatoes and spinach for veggies and serve ontop of fried rice.
Dan from Platter Talk says
You could try mayonnaise with this creamy crock-pot chicken, but I would add it at the end. Good luck and thanks for the question!
DeAnna says
Tried this recipe tonight.had everything except the onion soup so I just didn’t add that.and put over top of spaghetti noodles taste fantastic it definitely was a hit with my two girls andy girls are picky eaters.definately be making this again in the future.
Dan from Platter Talk says
Thanks for the great feedback, DeAnna; we’re happy you enjoyed this easy chicken crockpot idea!
Ksego says
I used cream of mushroom soup instead because that’s what I had and chicken broth instead of the water. Potatoes and carrots for my veggies. So good. I’ll diffidently make it again. We loved it!!!!
Dan from Platter Talk says
Great use of substitutions and sounds delicious; most of all we’re happy you enjoy this creamy chicken recipe!