Description
This Crock Pot Green Chile Chicken recipe offers a creamy, flavorful dish made with tender chicken breasts slow-cooked in a blend of green chiles, cream of chicken soup, and spices. Finished with cheddar cheese and sour cream, it’s perfect served over rice or used as a filling for tacos, burritos, or enchiladas.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 2 (10.5 ounce) cans cream of chicken soup
- 2 (4.5 ounce) cans chopped green chiles
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1½ cups cheddar cheese shredded
- 1½ cups sour cream
Instructions
- Add Chicken: Place the chicken breasts at the bottom of a 6-quart crock pot, spreading them out evenly to create a base for the sauce.
- Mix Sauce: In a bowl, thoroughly combine the cream of chicken soup, chopped green chiles, black pepper, garlic powder, salt, and ground cumin until the mixture is well blended.
- Pour Sauce and Cook: Pour the prepared sauce mixture evenly over the chicken in the crock pot. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours and 30 minutes, or alternatively on low for 5 hours, until the chicken is cooked through and tender.
- Shred Chicken: Remove the chicken breasts from the crock pot while still warm and shred them using two forks for best texture and flavor absorption.
- Combine and Melt Cheese: Return the shredded chicken to the crock pot. Add the shredded cheddar cheese and sour cream, then toss everything to coat evenly. Continue to cook for 30 minutes until the cheese is fully melted and the sauce is creamy.
- Serve: Serve the creamy green chile chicken over cooked rice, in burrito bowls, or use as a filling for tacos, enchiladas, or burritos for a delicious meal.
Notes
- Shred the chicken while it's still warm to ensure it soaks up all the creamy sauce effectively.
- Combine the spices, cream of chicken soup, and green chiles thoroughly before adding to the crock pot to achieve even flavor throughout the dish.
- Check the chicken toward the end of cooking to avoid overcooking and keep it tender and juicy.
- Stir in the cheese and sour cream at the very end to create a rich, creamy texture while avoiding curdling of the dairy.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 420 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 850 mg
- Fat: 25 g
- Saturated Fat: 14 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 8 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 35 g
- Cholesterol: 110 mg
