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!
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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Recipe: Crockpot Cream Cheese Chicken Chili
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
Equipment
- Crockpot
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!
A huge hit! Even the kids loved it. Next time Iโll drain the corn as there was too much liquid leftover. Made it for lunch. Cooked on low for 3 hours and high for the remaining 2 hours and it came out perfect!
Has anyone tried this over mashed potatoes instead of rice? I have a problem with rice and pasta…after a Gastric bypass. When eaten they seem to swell in my stomach.
Mashed potatoes would be a great alternative!
This is easily my favorite dish!!! I love this recipe and make it constantly!
Is it 1and a half cups of salsa or just a half cup?
Umm these are some of my favorite ingredients! Cannot wait to try this!
omg yum!!!! gimme gimme , i love anything made in the crockpot always so easy and tasty!
I have never thought to cook with cream cheese! But now, I’m like how can I not. Looks so creamy and yummy!
Sounds delicious I love chili and anything that will hold for meal all day like this.
I’m always looking for these type of meals. Load them up and come back at dinner time. Looks amazing!
Has anyone tried this using frozen chicken breasts? Does it work?
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).
Yum! I make something similar and it’s one of our favorite meals in the cooler months!
This dish sounds so unique and delicious!