This Saucy Crock Pot Chicken and Rice recipe is so simple to throw together and has such amazing flavor! Everyone at your table will love it!
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How to Make Saucy Chicken and Rice in a Crock Pot
Aunt Lou here.
The Low Carb Saucy Crock Pot Chicken recipe I made last fall instantly became a family favorite. It is perfect for families that have members who eat low carb and members who do not. While this Saucy Crock Pot Chicken and Rice is not low carb, you do not add the rice until the end. So you can easily pull some chicken and sauce out before adding the rice for any low carb people at your table!
I love how quickly this recipe comes together. You can easily mix together your sauce while your chicken is browning on the stove. I am notoriously slow when it comes to prepping a recipe (ironic right?) and can still get this recipe ready to go in 10 minutes! Easy peasy!
What You Will Need
Ingredients Needed
- 2 lbs Chicken Tenders
- 1/2 cup butter, divided
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons garlic salt
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon parsley flakes
- 1 teaspoon dried cilantro leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1.5 cups Shredded Parmesan
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups raw rice, prepared
Equipment Needed
- Skillet
- Tongs
- Butter knife
- Cutting board
- Measuring spoons
- Measuring cups
- Medium/large bowl and hand mixer or stand mixer
- Stirring spatula
- Large bowl
- 4 quart slow cooker
Time Needed
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cooking Time: 4 hours on low or 2 hours on high, stirring halfway through or sooner if your unit cooks hot
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Saucy Crock Pot Chicken and Rice
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Chicken Tenders
- 1/2 cup butter divided
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons garlic salt
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon parsley flakes
- 1 teaspoon dried cilantro leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1.5 cups Shredded Parmesan
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 2 cups raw rice prepared
Instructions
- Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a skillet over medium/high heat.
- Brown all of your chicken tenders, about 3 minutes on each side.
- Using a mixer, combine your remaining ingredients, except for your rice, and spoon over the top of your chicken
- Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or high for 2 hours, stirring halfway through or sooner if your unit cooks hot
- About a half hour before serving, stir in your prepared rice
Notes
- Looking for more recipes? Our Recipe Finder can help you find exactly what you need.
- Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in our 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. 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.
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Wonderful recipe! And wonderful About Me!
Curious? Can you prepare this, freeze it, and dethaw it just fine?
I’m so glad you enjoy this recipe! I haven’t tried freezing the chicken and sauce for later, but think it might work. I wouldn’t try freezing the rice though but would just make fresh rice when I thawed out the chicken and sauce. If you give it a try, let me know how it goes!
I will! Thanks for responding!
Hi! Can I substitute half and half for the heavy cream?
I haven’t tried substituting half and half in this recipe, but think it might work. The sauce will most likely be thinner than it would be using heavy whipping cream. If you give it a try, let me know how it goes!