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4-Ingredient Slow Cooker Sour Cream Chicken

With only 4 ingredients and a slow cooker, you can have a delicious sour cream chicken dinner. The comforting recipe is perfect for those busy weeknights and is full of flavor.

Sour cream chicken on a plate with mashed potatoes.

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 8 hours
Total Time: 8 hours and 5 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Preparation Level: Beginner +

What I Love About This Recipe

  • The slow cooker chicken recipe only takes about five minutes to prepare and get started cooking.
  • The chicken turns out so tender and flavorful.
slow cooker sour cream chicken on a plate.

Ingredients

  • Boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • Softened cream cheese
  • Sour cream or Greek yogurt
  • Chicken coating mix

The recipe card at the bottom of the post contains a full printable recipe with measurements and instructions.

How To Make The Slow Cooker Chicken Recipe

Chicken and cream cheese in a slow cooker.

Start by adding the chicken breasts and the cream cheese to a slow cooker.

Chicken breasts in a slow cooker with sour cream on top.

Next, add the sour cream. If you’re not a fan of sour cream, you can use Greek yogurt instead.

Spreading the ingredients over chicken in a crock pot.

Finally, sprinkle the chicken coating mix on top and spread it around. Place the lid on the Crock Pot and cook on low temperature for eight hours. Stir and serve over rice or mashed potatoes.

Sour cream chicken with chicken coating mix on a plate on top of mashed potatoes.

Storage And Reheating Instructions

Store any sour cream chicken leftovers in an airtight container and keep them refrigerated. To reheat the dinner, place it in a microwave-safe bowl and heat on low for several minutes. You can add a little more sour cream to freshen it up.

Sour cream chicken on a plate with mashed potatoes.

What To Serve With Sour Cream Chicken

Sour cream chicken on a plate with mashed potatoes.

4-Ingredient Slow Cooker Sour Cream Chicken

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Julie Pollitt
With only 4 ingredients and a slow cooker, you can have a delicious sour cream chicken dinner. The comforting recipe is perfect for those busy weeknights and is full of flavor.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 5 minutes
Course Crock Pot / Slow Cooker
Cuisine American
Servings 6 servings
Calories 425 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 skinless boneless chicken breasts
  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • 16 ounces sour cream or Greek yogurt
  • 5 ounces chicken coating mix they come in 2.5 ounce packs

Instructions
 

  • Add the chicken and cream cheese to the slow cooker.
  • Top with sour cream and chicken coating mix and spread it out.
  • Cook for eight hours on low temperature.
  • Shred the chicken, stir the ingredients, and serve.

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Notes

This recipes tastes best over mashed potatoes or rice.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 425kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 36gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 159mgSodium: 121mgSugar: 5g
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4 Comments

  1. Is the cream cheese the 8 oz ingredient? This sounds delicious.

    1. Julie Pollitt says:

      Hi Mary,

      Yes! Thank you for pointing that out. It is fixed. We sure love this recipe!

  2. Pat Morrison says:

    Can you give more information about โ€œchicken coating mixโ€, please.
    I am not familiar with that.