Crock Pot Pepper Jack Chicken
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This Crock Pot Pepper Jack Chicken is one of our family’s favorite slow cooker dinner recipes. It is a super simple one-pot crock pot meal.
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I just love this recipe. I hadn’t made it in a while and when I was thinking about what we could share on the channel and blog next it hit me! Crock Pot Pepper Jack Chicken! I have made this dish for years in one form or another. It does have somewhat of an unusual ingredient for a dish like this, BUT trust me it is sooo good!
Crock Pot Cooking in an RV
Sometimes when we go out on adventure we aren’t sure how long we will be away from the camper. Slow cookers with “warm” settings (like our Ninja) that kick on after the cooking time are a lifesaver for those days. However, as much as the “warm” feature can save the day, they can also dry out dishes (I’m looking at you chicken breasts…) if you aren’t careful. That is one reason we like to cook with chicken thighs (or beef) on those days. Dishes that call for chicken thighs or beef tend to be able to withstand cooking beyond the original cooking time better than chicken breasts or pork.
How to Make Pepper Jack Chicken in a Crock Pot
Making this dish in a slow cooker is super simple. You just place the chicken down in a 6 quart slow cooker season and layer on the veggies. Cook the dish on low for 4-6 hours until chicken easily shreds when stirring. Top with cheese and cook on high until cheese melts. Ta-Dah! So easy and so good.
Notes on Crock Pot Pepper Jack Chicken
- We used our 6 quart Ninja to cook up this dish, but you can use any 6 quart slow cooker.
- We now have an Instant Pot version of this recipe too: Instant Pot Pepper Jack Chicken
- The whole frozen green beans may seem like an odd addition, but trust me it is so yummy. We always use whole frozen beans. Fresh beans would likely turn out more crisp and canned would give it an entirely different texture.
- You can use a different cheese than pepper jack, but then the dish won’t be pepper jack chicken ;).
- You can use chicken breasts instead of boneless skinless thighs, but the cooking time will likely be less than the thighs. Watch closely so you don’t dry out the chicken breasts.
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“This was soooo good!”
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Crock Pot Pepper Jack Chicken
Ingredients
- 3.5 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breasts
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoon cumin
- salt and pepper to taste
- 10 oz frozen whole green beans
- 1 bell pepper seeded and sliced
- 8 oz fresh mushrooms sliced
- 1/4 Cup Butter
- 10 Slices Pepper Jack Cheese
Instructions
- Place chicken in the bottom of a 6 quart slow cooker and season with garlic powder, onion powder, cumin and salt and pepper.
- Layer frozen green beans, then mushrooms and peppers.
- Season again with salt and pepper, top with butter and cook on low for 4-6 hours until chicken is shreddable when stirred.
- Stir chicken until shredded and then top with cheese on cook on high until the cheese melts.
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Notes
- We used our 6 quart Ninja to cook up this dish, but you can use any 6 quart slow cooker.ย
- We now have an Instant Pot version of this recipe too: Instant Pot Pepper Jack Chicken
- The whole frozen green beans may seem like an odd addition, but trust me it is so yummy. We always use whole frozen beans. Fresh beans would likely turn out more crisp and canned would give it an entirely different texture.
- You can use a different cheese than pepper jack, but then the dish won’t be pepper jack chicken ;).
- You can use chicken breasts instead of boneless skinless thighs, but the cooking time will likely be less than the thighs. Watch closely so you don’t dry out the chicken breasts.
- Looking for more recipes? Ourย Recipe Finderย can help you find exactly what you need.
- Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in ourย Amazon Influencer Shop.
- 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.ย 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 and shouldย always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
- Check out the video featuring this recipe here:ย https://youtu.be/tDx33tkTzTI
Nutrition
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This was Excellent!
I havenโt made this yet I only have a block of pepper jack cheese can I use it shredded to top it with if so about how much?
We haven’t tried this recipe with shredded Pepper Jack, but I think it will work. If I tried it, I would use somewhere between 1-2 cups of shredded cheese. You want to use enough that the top is well covered. If you give it a try, let me know how it goes!
I have made this several times with both chicken breasts & thighs.
it has become one of my husband’s favorite dinner – as long as the green beans are present but not in the crock pot. Picky eater…