Crockpot Cream Cheese Chicken Chili is one of the easiest and most delicious meals you will ever make! It’s a simple, flavorful, dump and go recipe, and is a family favorite. Serve over rice or on its own!
If you like recipes that you can throw together in less than five minutes, you are in luck today.
This is one of my favorite recipes for busy days because all I have to do is toss everything into my slow cooker.
When we get home at the end of the day, cream cheese chicken chili is waiting for us and all is right with the world!
This recipe is one of my kids’ favorites, too. My nine year old even asks me to send it in his thermos for lunch at school.
With the exception of Mac and cheese and spaghetti, that never happens!
Ingredients for Cream Cheese Chicken Chili
- chicken breasts
- black beans
- canned corn
- salsa
- dry ranch seasoning
- chili powder
- cumin
- garlic powder
- cream cheese
How to make Cream Cheese Chicken Chili – Step by Step
- Place chicken breasts in the bottom of your crockpot. Top with the black beans, corn, salsa, ranch seasoning, chili powder, cumin, and garlic powder. Stir everything well.
- Place the block of cream cheese on top, then place lid on the crockpot. Cook over low heat for 6-8 hours or high heat for 4-5 hours.
- Remove chiken breasts from the pot and shred with two forks. Return to the pot and stir everything well, evenly incorporating the cream cheese. Serve on its own or over rice, topped with shredded cheese, sour cream, and chopped cilantro if desired.
Tips and Notes
- I only recommend using full fat or 1/3 less fat cream cheese in this recipe. Fat free cream cheese won’t melt and incorporate into the chili properly.
- You can substitute a can of diced tomatoes for the salsa if you prefer.
- I use and recommend low sodium black beans to cut down on the saltiness of the recipe.
- This recipe freezes well! Just defrost in the refrigerator and either heat using your microwave, or warm up either in your crockpot using the “warm” or “low” setting, or you can heat on the stove over low heat.
- We love to eat this over rice with shredded cheese, sour cream, chopped cilantro, and diced avocado on top!
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Crockpot Cream Cheese Chicken Chili
Crockpot Cream Cheese Chicken Chili is one of the easiest and most delicious meals you will ever make! It's a simple, flavorful, dump and go recipe, and is a family favorite. Serve over rice or on its own!
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Servings: 8
Calories: 329kcal
Equipment
- Crockpot
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 (15 oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (14 oz) can whole kernel corn, undrained
- 1 1/2 cups chunky salsa
- 1 (1 oz) packet dry ranch seasoning mix
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 8 ounces cream cheese
Instructions
- Place chicken breasts in the bottom of your crockpot. Top with the black beans, corn, salsa, ranch seasoning, chili powder, cumin, and garlic powder. Stir everything well.
- Place the block of cream cheese on top, then place lid on the crockpot. Cook over low heat for 6-8 hours or high heat for 4-5 hours.
- Remove chiken breasts from the pot and shred with two forks. Return to the pot and stir everything well, evenly incorporating the cream cheese. Serve on its own or over rice, topped with shredded cheese, sour cream, and chopped cilantro if desired.
Notes
- I only recommend using full fat or 1/3 less fat cream cheese in this recipe. Fat free cream cheese won't melt and incorporate into the chili properly.
- You can substitute a can of diced tomatoes for the salsa if you prefer.
- I use and recommend low sodium black beans to cut down on the saltiness of the recipe.
- This recipe freezes well! Just defrost in the refrigerator and either heat using your microwave, or warm up either in your crockpot using the "warm" or "low" setting, or you can heat on the stove over low heat.
- We love to eat this over rice with shredded cheese, sour cream, chopped cilantro, and diced avocado on top!
Nutrition
Calories: 329kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 86mg | Sodium: 890mg | Potassium: 762mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 795IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 2mg
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John says
Is it 1and a half cups of salsa or just a half cup?
rachel says
Umm these are some of my favorite ingredients! Cannot wait to try this!
Bella says
omg yum!!!! gimme gimme , i love anything made in the crockpot always so easy and tasty!
Nadalie Bardo says
I have never thought to cook with cream cheese! But now, I’m like how can I not. Looks so creamy and yummy!
Jen @ JENRON DESIGNS says
Sounds delicious I love chili and anything that will hold for meal all day like this.
Marta says
I’m always looking for these type of meals. Load them up and come back at dinner time. Looks amazing!
Erica Brown says
Has anyone tried this using frozen chicken breasts? Does it work?
Mel says
Yes, it works quite well with frozen chicken. I’ve always made this on the low setting and have had no problems using frozen (in fact, another recipe I found said to use frozen).
Amber S Battishill says
Yum! I make something similar and it’s one of our favorite meals in the cooler months!
Mahnoor Khurram says
This dish sounds so unique and delicious!
Heather @ US Japan Fam says
Dayummmmmm this sounds amazing! I’ve been looking for more crockpot recipes and this sounds so unique with the cream cheese! thank you!
Nicole says
This looks soo good!! I will for sure have to make this sometime soon!
Patricia @ Grab a Plate says
An easy, tasty recipe like this is what I need for busy days, for sure! Nice!
Donna says
Excellent, the entire family loved it. Would not change a thing !
Michelle parker says
I just made this today. It turned out amazing. Defiantly a family favorite. Thanks for sharing.
Christie Gagnon says
Cream cheese? Who would’ve thunk? Looks super creamy and delicious! Can’t wait to try.
Chris Collins says
I love how easy this is to make! Total comfort food, can’t wait to try it out this week 🙂
Anita says
Oh my, I feel like I’ve been missing something in my chili all this time, and it turns out it’s cream cheese!
Danielle says
It’s good that I have enough chicken right now to try this chili – the recipe certainly looks amazing. No doubt it is a family favorite!
Anjali says
This recipe looks so easy to make!! I love that you can just dump everything into the crockpot and forget about it until it’s ready to eat!
Sara Welch says
What a great recipe for busy weeknights! Looking forward to making this for dinner tomorrow night, indeed!
Beth says
We love easy meals like this that we can throw in the crockpot! So delicious!
Catalina says
Perfect for this cold season. Looks so creamy!
Katerina @ diethood .com says
This crockpot cream cheese chicken chili sounds incredibly delicious!!
Erin | Dinners,Dishes and Dessert says
This Crockpot Cream Cheese Chicken Chili is couldn’t look any more perfect!
Vikki says
This sounds so tasty! Will definitely make