Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice

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This Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice recipe combines tender chicken breasts, rich cream of mushroom soup, and sweet onions for a hearty, flavorful dish that requires minimal effort. Simply toss everything into the slow cooker, and by dinnertime, you’ll have a comforting, delicious meal ready to enjoy.

Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice with greens

Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice is a simple, comforting dish that’s perfect for busy days. Using just a four ingredients, this recipe allows you to throw everything into your slow cooker and let it do the work. The tender chicken breasts are combined with the earthy flavor of long grain wild rice, and everything is brought together with rich cream of mushroom soup. Add chopped onions for a touch of sweetness and depth of flavor. As it slow cooks, the flavors meld together, creating a hearty meal that requires minimal prep but delivers maximum taste.

The best part of this recipe is its flexibility. Serve this creamy chicken and rice dish on its own for a complete meal, or pair it with a crisp green salad, your favorite steamed veggies or some crusty bread for a satisfying dinner. Whether you’re cooking for your family or meal prepping for the week, this slow cooker recipe is a go-to for effortless comfort food.

What You’ll Need to Make Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice

Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice ingredients labeled

Ingredients
  • chicken breasts
  • cream of mushroom soup
  • cnion
  • Uncle Ben’s long grain and wild rice with seasonings

How to Make Slow Cooker Chicken and Rice

Place Chicken in slow cookerPlace your chicken breasts in the bottom of a slow cooker

sprinkle onions over chickenChop onions and sprinkle over chicken breasts.

top chicken and onions with soupCover chicken and onions with the cream of mushroom soup.

Cook on low for 7-8 hoursCook on low for 7 – 8 hours, or high for 4-5 hours. I prefer to cook on low, it just makes the chicken fall apart!

Add cooked long grain and wild rice to slow cookerPrepare the long grain and wild rice according to the package directions (you could even do this the night before and store in the fridge). At the end of cooking time, add the cooked rice to the slow cooker.

Stir rice into cooked chickenGentry stir rice into with the chicken and sauce.

Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice ready to serveNo one will know you only needed 4 ingredients and 5 minutes in the morning to put this easy delicious meal together!  

Serve Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice with veggies and crusty breadServe with your favorite veggies and bread on the side!

Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild rice close upStore Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. Simply reheat in the microwave. You can also freeze leftovers for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge before reheating in the microwave.

Tips for Making Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice

Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild rice ready to eat

  • If you don’t have skinless boneless chicken breasts, you can use bone-in chicken and it will be delicious. You could also use chicken tenders or boneless skinless chicken thighs! You can use fresh or frozen chicken as well. They both work perfectly! 
  • Uncle Ben’s long grain and wild rice is really the best for this recipe.  Stick with the name brand on this one because. The seasoning packet is part of what makes this dish so delicious!
  • For different flavors or tastes, use any condensed cream of [whatever] soup!
  • If you pre-made the rice and stored in the fridge, let it warm up in the slow cooker for about ten minutes before serving or gently microwave before adding to the slow cooker.
  • While this is a great main dish as is, serve with your favorite vegetable side dish or salad, like zucchini and squash, summer corn saladtomatoes and okra, or fresh green beans.
  • If you’d like to make this a one-dish wonder, stir your favorite vegetables into the crock pot in the last hour of cooking.  A few options are: chopped mushrooms, diced zucchini, sliced carrots, or frozen peas.  

Other Slow Cooker Recipes You’ll Love

Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild rice close up

Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice

You only need 4 ingredients to make this deliciously creamy and easy slow cooker chicken and rice recipe. 
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 7 hours
Total Time: 7 hours 30 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chicken, crockpot, rice, slowcooker
Servings: 4
Calories: 470kcal

Ingredients

  • 4 chicken breasts can use fewer and bone-in or boneless
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 medium chopped onion
  • 1 box Uncle Ben's long grain and wild rice with seasonings

Instructions

  • Place chicken in the bottom of a slow cooker. Sprinkle chopped onion over the top and then add the cream of mushroom soup mixture. Cover and slow cook on low for 7 to 8 hours.
    4 chicken breasts, 1 can cream of mushroom soup, 1 medium chopped onion
  • Cook rice according to package directions*. Before serving, stir the cooked rice into the slow cooker and serve hot.
    1 box Uncle Ben's long grain and wild rice with seasonings

Notes

*You can cook the rice the night before and place it in the refrigerator. Before serving, stir the cold rice into the slow cooker and let it cook for another 10 minutes or until the rice is heated through.

Nutrition

Calories: 470kcal
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159 Comments

  1. Hey Christy, did u send this recipe out to your subscribers? Cause I didn’t get it in an e-mail, and I looked through my trash and still didn’t see it, thinking maybe I had deleted it! I was looking on here for something else and came across it. Sure does look good! I’m gonna send it to my Mama. She’s all about crock-pot recipes!

  2. I make something similar–the rice, cooked chicken, a white sauce, onions, and water chestnuts, all mixed up in a casserole and baked. I can even “hide” spinach in there, nad it all gets eaten. It’s a long time family favorite–I remember my mom making it in the early 80s. Good stuff, that rice!

    1. Betsy — We make something very similar here except it also has pimentos and french cut green beans. Made it this past weekend! Sooo good! I have had the recipe forever.. my mom made it when I was a wee one and that was eons ago!

      1. OH, PLEASE TELL ME YOUR RECIPE. I KNOW WHAT YOU R TALKING ABOUT. A LOCAL EATERY MAKES IT, BUT I CANT REMEMBER WHAT SHE CALLS IT. I HAD IT ONE DAY AND LOOKED ALL OVER FOR THE RECIPE, I EVEN EMAILED ASKING CHRISTY IF SHE HAD IT.

  3. Bless you and your family Christy!
    I really do feel as though I’m part of the “family”, and your stories always ring a bell with me, and I can remember similar things from my childhood.

  4. Christy-

    Do you have any idea how this (or other rice dishes) will freeze? I have a food saver and it is good for freezing most things but I’m not sure about rice. I want to make it this weekend and here lately, I’ve been doubling all recipes and freezing half (since I’m already getting my pots and pans dirty) because I’ll have a new baby in about 2 weeks and don’t plan on cooking much after he gets here!

  5. Thanks Christy. I have been using my slow cooker alot this summer. We love chicken in any form and this sounds yummy and very easy.How wonderful to walk into the house after a busy day and get greeted by an aroma that this is sure to produce. Open up a bagged salad, slice some crusty bread and you are on the way “hawg heaven” And with slow cooker liners, clean up will be a breeze.I for one, would love to see more slow cooker recipes.
    I sure do appreciate all the time and energy you put into “SouthernPlate” and I LOVE Mama Janices’s input. You both would fit into my family just fine.!!!

  6. This sounds sooo yummy! It is really similar to something I already make. The only difference is that I add a block of cream cheese and instead of using the rice seasoning packet, I use a packet of dry Italian salad dressing mix. My family loves the way I make it but I’m gonna’ try it your way this weekend – I’m sure it’ll be a big hit. Whenever I make something really good, my hubby always asks if it came from your website!

  7. This is very similar to a recipe that was in Southern Living almost 2 years ago. It calls for cream cheese and a packet of Italian dressing mix along with the cream of mushroom soup. It is DELICIOUS! BTW, I have that same crock pot and I love it!

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