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16 Slow-Cooker Chicken and Rice Recipes

June 06, 2020
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Let your slow-cooker do the work with these chicken and rice recipes. By utilizing your slow-cooker, you can have a delicious and healthy dinner with very little effort on your part. To avoid overcooking your rice, make sure you add it towards the end of the cook time. Recipes like Slow-Cooker Butter Chicken and Chicken and Sausage Gumbo are nutritious, flavorful and a perfect option for tonight’s menu.

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Slow-Cooker-Butter-Chicken

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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.Ā Source: Diabetic Living Magazine, Winter 2019

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Slow-Cooker Butter Chicken

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Browning the chicken and sautéing the aromatics before everything goes into the crock pot is key to building the flavors in our version of this popular curry.Ā Source: EatingWell Magazine, January/February 2019

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Slow-Cooker Chicken & Wild Rice Soup with Asparagus & Peas

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Use your crock pot all year with this healthy slow-cooker chicken soup recipe with fresh spring ingredients. Adding the asparagus and peas to the slow cooker for the last 20 minutes of cooking and leaving the lid off ensures that the vegetables stay bright green and are perfectly done without getting mushy.Ā Source: EatingWell Magazine, May 2019

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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.Ā Source: Diabetic Living Magazine

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Slow-Cooker Chicken Mole with Cilantro Rice

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Mole sauce is a Mexican condiment primarily composed of fruit, chile pepper, nuts and spices. In our rendition, these ingredients take the form of raisins and tomatoes; ancho chiles; smoked almonds; and cocoa, cumin and cinnamon. The rich mixture coats the browned chicken thighs in the slow cooker, and doubles as a topping on the final dish. Garnish with fresh cilantro leaves, if desired.Ā Source: Everyday Slow Cooker

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Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

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This slow-cooker gumbo recipe skips the fat when browning the flour and swaps in turkey sausage and brown rice, resulting in a healthier dish with the classic Creole taste.Ā Source: Diabetic Living Magazine

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Slow-Cooker Chicken & Rice Bowls

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A bowl of tender shredded chicken, hot cooked rice and slightly spicy black beans served with fresh toppings is a meal that will satisfy anytime. Make this slow-cooker chicken dish on the weekend and reheat throughout the week for easy at-work lunches or dinner at the end of a long day. For a variation, swap the brown rice for a grain medley.Ā Source: Everyday Slow Cooker

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Slow-Cooker Sweet & Spicy Glazed Chicken

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You can fully indulge in the sticky-sweetness this slow-cooker chicken dish offers when you know that calories, saturated fat, carbs and sugar are in check.Ā Source: Everyday Slow Cooker

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Mulligatawny Soup

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This is a soup with a long history (references to it in English go back to 1784) that can now be conveniently made in a modern appliance. Although it's technically an English soup, its origins are decidedly Indian. (The name loosely means "pepper water" in the Tamil language of Southern India.) The sweetness of apple and coconut milk counterbalances the garlic, ginger, curry and cayenne.Ā Source: EatingWell Magazine, Soup Cookbook

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Slow-Cooker Jambalaya

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This hearty jambalaya is bursting with chicken, smoked turkey sausage, and shrimp. It takes just 25 minutes to prep in the morning and then your slow cooker will work its magic and deliver a tasty meal at the end of the day.Ā Source: Diabetic Living Magazine

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Mahogany Chicken Thighs

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Use your slow cooker to make this delicious sweet-and-sour chicken dinner.Ā Source: Diabetic Living Magazine

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Mango-Chutney Chicken

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Fruity mango chutney, zesty barbecue sauce, and a bit of curry powder are the secrets to success in this slow-cooker chicken recipe. They combine to form a delicious glaze on the chicken, which is served over a brown rice and fresh mango mixture.Ā Source: Diabetic Living Magazine

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Slow-Cooker Charred Chile Verde Chicken

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Chile verde is a Mexican green chile sauce made with tomatillos, garlic and hot peppers. Here, the sauce is poured over chicken quarters and infuses them with a sweet spice as the dish slowly cooks. Don't skip charring the vegetables--it's key to opening up their bold flavors and giving the sauce its iconic dark green color. Garnish your slow-cooker salsa verde chicken with thinly sliced jalapeño chiles and fresh thyme sprigs, if desired.Ā Source: Everyday Slow Cooker

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Mustard-Maple Chicken with Wild Rice Pilaf

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This slow-cooker meal is simple to prepare and will elicit rave reviews from everyone at your table. The wild rice pilaf is started early in the slow cooker and followed up by the chicken and sweet and tangy maple-mustard sauce. It's a mouthwatering combination!Ā Source: Diabetic Living Magazine

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Jamaican Jerk Chicken

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This easy, slow-cooker recipe will have you planning a trip to the islands. Moist, Jamaican-jerk chicken thighs, hearty black beans, tropical pineapple and a hint of jalapeño are served up over brown rice for a truly tasty and satisfying meal.Ā Source: Diabetic Living Magazine

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Teriyaki and Orange Chicken

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Why order takeout when you can make your own orange chicken? It take only 15 minutes to prepare and then your slow cooker does the rest of the work.Ā Source: Diabetic Living Magazine

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