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Dump & Go Healthy Chicken Slow-Cooker Weeknight Dinner Recipes

August 27, 2019
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These dump dinners allow you to add all your ingredients to your slow cooker and let it do the work for you. There's very little prep involved and all the ingredients go straight into your slow cooker or Crockpot. Enjoy chicken soup, jambalaya, pho, BBQ and more.
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Slow-Cooker Mediterranean Chicken & Orzo

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Perk up basic chicken breast and whole-wheat orzo with the vibrant flavors of the Mediterranean, like lemon and olives. This load-and-go recipe makes a complete and satisfying meal; just add a green salad.

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Chicken & Cornmeal Dumplings

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This version of chicken and dumplings provides plenty of vegetables with 5 grams of fiber per serving. Dumplings are made with 1 part flour and 1 part cornmeal to make them standout from a traditional flour dumpling. This hearty dinner option is the perfect comfort meal.

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Cacciatore-Style Chicken

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Cacciatore is Italian for hunter. This slow-cooker chicken is prepared hunter-style--with onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and herbs.

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Chicken and Shrimp Jambalaya

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The slow cooker makes easy work of this healthy jambalaya featuring brown rice and plenty of veggies. If you don't want to make your own seasoning, just skip Step 1 and use 1 1/2 teaspoons purchased salt-free Cajun seasoning in Step 2.

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Ginger-Chicken Noodle Soup

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Because the chicken thighs don't fall apart while simmering in a slow cooker, they are ideal in this Asian-style main dish soup.

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Shredded Chicken Master Recipe

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This easy slow-cooker method preps chicken for a multitude of recipes. Bonus: Rich-tasting chicken stock to keep on hand in your freezer as well.

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Slow-Cooker Vietnamese Pulled Chicken

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Busy week coming up? Cook up these easy poached chicken breasts infused with the flavors of the ubiquitous Vietnamese sauce nuoc cham in your slow cooker on Sunday. Then enjoy the leftover chicken three different ways over the days to come--ladled with the broth over rice noodles, layered with vegetables on a sandwich and mixed with mayo to make a creamy chicken salad.

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Barbecue Pulled Chicken

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This BBQ pulled chicken recipe is a fanciful reinterpretation of pulled pork that slow-cooks chicken in lots of tangy tomato sauce. Have sliced jalapenos, sliced red onions and some sour cream on hand to top this barbecue pulled chicken, which makes a hearty main course. You can turn it into an unbelievable sandwich or serve it on mashed potatoes or even whole-grain spaghetti. Serve with shredded napa cabbage tossed with low-fat mayonnaise, cider vinegar, celery seed and honey to taste.

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Slow-Cooker Chicken Pho

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Chicken Pho, a classic Vietnamese soup, is a perfect recipe for a slow cooker. The chicken and seasonings of star anise, cloves and ginger simmer all day in the crock pot, welcoming you home with an alluring aroma. Serve with the essential garnishes for pho soup--fresh herbs, bean sprouts, chiles and lime--and let everyone top their own. Serve chile-garlic sauce for those who want more heat.

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Slow-Cooker Mediterranean Chicken & Chickpea Soup

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This set-it-and-forget-it slow-cooker recipe simmers away all day so you come home to a warm and healthy dinner the whole family will love. Using bone-in chicken is the key to making rich soup without adding broth.

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Slow-Cooker Arroz con Pollo (Chicken & Rice)

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This Mexican-inspired one-pot chicken dinner comes together easily in the crock pot. The instant brown rice is added near the end, to keep it from overcooking.

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Slow-Cooker Chicken & White Bean Stew

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This load-and-go slow-cooker chicken recipe is perfect for a busy weeknight dinner. Serve this Tuscan-inspired dish with crusty bread, a glass of Chianti and a salad.

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Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

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Perfect for dinner on a cold evening, this slow-cooker chicken soup is chock full of mushrooms, leeks, celery and wild rice. It gets its creaminess from a blend of low-fat milk and silken-style tofu.

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Curried Chicken with Sweet Potatoes & Snap Peas

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A slow cooker makes easy work of this colorful coconut curry dinner-but don't just toss everything in at once! Reserving the bell peppers and snap peas until the end keeps the vegetables crisp.

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White Chicken Chili

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This diabetic-friendly chicken chili recipe provides 22 grams of protein in each serving. Consider topping chili with Greek yogurt instead of sour cream to reduce calorie and fat content.

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Chicken Vera Cruz

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Vera Cruz sauce is traditionally served with seafood, such as red snapper, but it also pairs wonderfully with chicken. Serve over brown rice or quinoa for a balanced meal.

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Curried Chicken and Vegetable Stew

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This Curried Chicken and Vegetable Stew is extremely easy to prepare since a slow cooker will do all of the work for you! Perfect for a cold day, this stew is one you'll want to make again and again.

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Spicy Drumsticks

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Looking for a way to spice up your chicken? Look no further! These spiced chicken drumsticks are the perfect way to ramp up any meal and thanks to the slow cooker, they are incredibly easy to prepare.

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Greek Braised Chicken Legs

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Slowly braising chicken legs in your slow cooker leaves them falling-off-the-bone tender-making them the perfect vehicle for the Greek spices recommended here.

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Creamy Spinach and Artichoke Chicken

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Selecting reduced-fat and reduced-sodium cream of chicken soup to use in this slow cooker recipe will help keep fat and sodium content down, but won't compromise flavor.

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1 of 20 Slow-Cooker Mediterranean Chicken & Orzo
2 of 20 Chicken & Cornmeal Dumplings
3 of 20 Cacciatore-Style Chicken
4 of 20 Chicken and Shrimp Jambalaya
5 of 20 Ginger-Chicken Noodle Soup
6 of 20 Shredded Chicken Master Recipe
7 of 20 Slow-Cooker Vietnamese Pulled Chicken
8 of 20 Barbecue Pulled Chicken
9 of 20 Slow-Cooker Chicken Pho
10 of 20 Slow-Cooker Mediterranean Chicken & Chickpea Soup
11 of 20 Slow-Cooker Arroz con Pollo (Chicken & Rice)
12 of 20 Slow-Cooker Chicken & White Bean Stew
13 of 20 Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
14 of 20 Curried Chicken with Sweet Potatoes & Snap Peas
15 of 20 White Chicken Chili
16 of 20 Chicken Vera Cruz
17 of 20 Curried Chicken and Vegetable Stew
18 of 20 Spicy Drumsticks
19 of 20 Greek Braised Chicken Legs
20 of 20 Creamy Spinach and Artichoke Chicken

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