This Crock Pot Cheesy Chicken and Rice combines 3 delicious recipes to give you a restaurant quality meal at home! We love having this restaurant favorite at home!
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How to Make Cheesy Chicken and Rice in a Crock Pot
Aunt Lou here.
One of my favorite things to order when I go to a Mexican restaurant is the Cheesy Chicken and Rice. When I made my Crock Pot White Queso Dip, it got me to thinking. Then I made this yummy Easy Crock Pot Shredded Taco Chicken recipe. I put them together with some Spanish rice and had my favorite meal right at home! I thought about it too late, but the Crock Pot Spanish Rice Cris shared would be perfect for this recipe and take it to a whole new level! So, you can make this with either a packaged Spanish rice or pop up the flavor with Cris’ recipe. You will simply prepare all three recipes and layer them with rice on bottom, then chicken and top with the cheese! So yummy!
Below you will see lists for everything you will need for all three recipes, so don’t let the length of the lists scare you away from this dish. It really isn’t hard to throw all these recipes together. The result is awesomeness! You are going to love it!
What You Will Need
Ingredients Needed
- 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken
- 1 oz taco seasoning packet
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 lb white American cheese
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon butter, sliced
- 4 oz can chopped green chiles, drained
- 1 cup Half and half
- 1/2 cup mozzarella
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 T ground red pepper (or more to taste if you want it spicier)
- 1 Cup Long Cooking Rice Long Grain- uncooked
- 1 Cup Water
- 1 Onion chopped
- 1 Green Bell Pepper chopped
- 1 Clove Garlic minced, or 1/4 tsp Freeze Dried Garlic
- 1 tsp Chili Powder
- 1 tsp Ground Cumin
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 14.75 oz Can Diced Tomatoes with Lime Juice and Cilantro
Equipment Needed
- Measuring cup
- Two Forks or stand mixer (This is for shredding your chicken. You can do it by hand with two forks or put your chicken in the bowl of your stand mixer and use the paddle to shred your chicken.)
- Cutting board
- Sharp knife
- Can opener
- Measuring spoons
- Wooden spoon
- 4 quart slow cooker (You will need two 4 quart slow cookers.)
- 6 quart slow cooker
Time Needed
- Chicken Prep Time: 5 minutes or less
- Chicken Cooking Time: 3 to 4 hours on low or 1.5 to 2 hours on high
- Chicken Additional Time: 5 minutes to shred your chicken
- Queso Dip Prep Time: 7 minutes
- Queso Dip Cooking Time: 45 minutes to 1.5 hours on high (This depends greatly on how your slow cooker cooks. Mine cooks hot, so it was done in 45 minutes. If your slow cooker cooks cooler, it will take closer to 1.5 hours.)
- Rice Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Rice Cooking Time: 1.5 hours on low
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- All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
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Easy Crock Pot Shredded Taco Chicken (Low Carb)
This Easy Crock Pot Shredded Taco Chicken recipe is so simple to make, so versatile and low carb! You can use it for tacos, burritos, nachos…the sky’s the limit!
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Servings: 4 people
Calories: 150kcal
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken
- 1 oz pkg taco seasoning
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
Instructions
- Put your chicken in the bottom of your 4 quart slow cooker.
- Pour your broth over your chicken.
- Sprinkle taco mix on top of everything.
- Cover and cook on low 3-4 hours or high for 1.5-2 hours.
- Shred your chicken with two forks or a stand mixer.
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- As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. As a result, your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish. The auto-calculation is just an automated estimate and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.
- All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
Nutrition
Calories: 150kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 108mg | Sodium: 780mg | Potassium: 301mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 693IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg
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Crock Pot Spanish Rice
Fantastic Crock Pot Spanish Rice recipe from Gooseberry Patch’s Slow Cooker Fall Favorites.
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Ingredients
- 1 Cup Long Cooking Rice Long Grain- uncooked
- 1 Cup Water
- 1 Onion chopped
- 1 Green Bell Pepper chopped
- 1 Clove Garlic minced, or 1/4 tsp Freeze Dried Garlic
- 1 tsp Chili Powder
- 1 tsp Ground Cumin
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 14.75 oz Can Diced Tomatoes with Lime Juice and Cilantro
Instructions
- Combine everything in a greased slow cooker except the Red Gold tomatoes and mix well.
- Add tomatoes over rice.
- Cover and cook on low for 1-3 hours.
Notes
Rice is not a fix it and forget it ingredient in the slow cooker. Cooking times are just a basic guideline. Watch rice recipes closely when you first try them to make sure they don’t cook unevenly or burn in your slow cooker. Stir rice dishes regularly if you see signs of uneven cooking in your unit.
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Crock Pot White Queso Dip
This Crock Pot White Queso Dip recipe is done in an hour and gives you a delicious dip as a treat for yourself or to share with friends! Yum!
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Servings: 10 people
Calories: 238kcal
Ingredients
- 1 lb White American Cheese cubed
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon butter sliced
- 4 oz can green chiles drained
- 1 cup half and half
- 1/2 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- tortilla chips
Instructions
- Combine all your ingredients, except your tortilla chips, in a 4 quart slow cooker
- Cover and cook on high for 30-40 minutes and stir
- Recover and cook for an additional 15-30 minutes (this depends on how hot your slow cooker cooks), stirring occasionally
- When your cheese is completely melted and all ingredients are combined completely, serve with tortilla chips
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- Looking for more recipes? Our Recipe Finder can help you find exactly what you need.
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- As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. As a result, your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish. The auto-calculation is just an automated estimate and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.
- All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
Nutrition
Calories: 238kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 63mg | Sodium: 864mg | Potassium: 128mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 642IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 546mg | Iron: 1mg
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I’m totally confused, the top of the page says recipe for cheesy chicken and rice but when you jump to recipe it’s chicken taco?!?!
The final meal is a combination of three recipes. You layer the Spanish rice on bottom, top with taco chicken and drizzle the white queso on top. Enjoy!