Slow Cooker Crock Pot

When chicken and rice are cooked together, all that chicken goodness is captured in every grain of rice plus the goodness of vegetables and spices. So try these chicken and rice slow cooker recipes.

Plain Chicken and Rice

For this chicken and rice slow cooker recipe prepare 2 teaspoons each of butter and vegetable oil, half cup of chopped onions, 8 ounces of sliced mushrooms, and 3 pounds assorted chicken pieces. This chicken and rice slow cooker recipe also needs a cube of chicken bouillon, some poultry seasoning, a fourth teaspoon of salt, 3/4 cup of rice, and 2 cups of water.

Melt butter with oil in a big pan using medium-low heat. Before cooking this chicken and rice slow cooker recipe remove first the chicken skin. Then fry the mushrooms brown in the melted butter and oil with the onion, then mix in the chicken pieces for 15 minutes. Gradually add in the spices and seasonings while stirring well then put everything in the slow cooker. All these could be kept in the fridge overnight to be cooked in the morning, or cooked the same night it is prepared.

To cook this chicken and rice slow cooker recipe, turn pot on high heat for an hour. Then add rice and slow cook for some 6 hours more or until everything is cooked and tender enough.

Chicken Flavored Wild Rice

This chicken and rice slow cooker recipe is estimated to contain 27 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of sugar, and 3 grams of fibers. It serves 4- to 5 persons and recommendable for diabetics.

It needs a cup of uncooked wild rice (wild rice mixture), a half cup of diced onions, a half cup of sliced mushrooms, a half cup of diced red or green bell peppers, enough oil, and salt and pepper to taste. For the chicken flavor, this chicken and rice slow cooker recipe needs 2 and a half cups of fat –free, sodium-less chicken broth.

To cook, place first the rice and veggies in the slow cooker and spread evenly a little oil, salt, and the black pepper over the vegetable ingredients of this chicken and wild rice slow cooker recipe. Then mix everything well. Heat the chicken bouillon in some water and pour contents in the slow cooker. Turn slow cooker on high heat for 3 hours, or until rice is cooked and all the stew is absorbed.

Chicken and rice slow cooker recipes are savory meals that tickle the appetite and make dinners a delight.

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