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 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
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 your chicken breasts in the bottom of a slow cooker.
Chop onions and sprinkle over chicken breasts.
Cover chicken and onions with the cream of mushroom soup.
Cook 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!
Prepare 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.
Gentry stir rice into with the chicken and sauce.
No one will know you only needed 4 ingredients and 5 minutes in the morning to put this easy delicious meal together!
Serve with your favorite veggies and bread on the side!
Store Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Riceleftovers 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
- 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. Sick with the name brand on this one because. The seasoning packet is part of what makes this dish so delicious!
- 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 salad, tomatoes 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 Dumplings
- Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken
- Easy Crock Pot Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- Crockpot Fiesta Chicken and Rice
- Slow Cooker Angel Chicken
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
Chrisy,
How size does the box of rice need to be?
Sandy
This is soooo easy and good. I didn’t have wild rice so I used instant white rice which made this recipe even easier. Thanks for a great recipe.
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BTW, I have made a dish much like this in my slow cooker, but used brown rice, and brown rice, my own spices, and the amounts of water for the rice and just let the whole thing cook together all day. It makes the rice a little soft, but yum and no cooking once I get home or worry that the rice will come out too crunchy.
Made this tonight also – except I made it on the stove because I didn’t get back from running errands in time to start the slow cooker. Turned out much better than I was expecting! I honestly didn’t think I’d like it much at all but I was really wanting to try something new, I had all the ingredients and I knew it would be “okay” if not great. But, boy, was I surprised! It’s really good! Thanks! 🙂
I made this yesterday-WONDERFUL. I don’t use my slow cooker as much in the summer but this really changed my mind. I used a different wild rice and it could have cooked a little longer, but I will adjust next time. Think I will try some other wild rice mixtures. Smelled wonderful and the chicked was so tender. Thanks for the recipe and your website.
Made this tonight for dinner since I knew it was going to be a very long afternoon in our house, then that way I didn’t have to worry about making dinner. Turned out really well, smelled yummy. The only thing was that I’ve never cooked w/ that type of rice before so it probably could’ve been simmering for a few more minutes. Had a few pieces of uncooked rice. But other than that was pretty good for a cheap meal! Thanks!
I made this the other night and it was a total hit! Best part was that I really didn’t have to “cook” dinner after a long day at work. Thanks for all the easy, delicious recipes!