Here is a delicious crock pot hearty chicken stew that is sure to please. It’s loaded with veggies and seasoned just right. The curry goes great with the chicken and gives this dish great flavor, along with the spiciness of the jalapeños.
Nothing is more satisfying on a cold day than crock pot and slow cooker recipes. Easy to make and so filling, dishes like slow cooker meatballs and gravy, crock pot BBQ meatloaf, and crock pot spicy vegan chili always hit the spot when the weather turns.
I love making this chicken stew on cold days because all I have to do is put everything into the crock pot and come back later. It’s so easy to make, and warms you up from head to toe!
Serve it with no-bake mini pumpkin pies, dark chocolate peppermint pecan cookies, or cinnamon swirl banana bread for a cold-weather feast.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Simple Ingredients: All you need to make this recipe are chicken breasts, veggies, and a few other kitchen staples.
- So Easy: All you have to do is add everything to your slow cooker and come back in a few hours!
- Classic Comfort Food: This hearty stew is full of classic comfort food flavor in every bite.
- A Spicy Kick: This flavorful stew combines all your favorite classic ingredients with jalapenos, curry, cumin, and red pepper flakes for a nice kick of heat.
- Customizable: It’s easy to change up this recipe to make it your own.
- Great for Meal Prep: This is a freezer-friendly recipe, so you can make extra for later.
Key Ingredients
I’ve listed the major players in the recipe right here, but you’ll find a full list of ingredients and their exact amounts in the recipe card at the end of the post.
- Chicken Breasts: Cubed chicken breasts cook up moist and tender in the slow cooker.
- Veggies: Onions, carrots, celery, potatoes, peas, corn, and green beans give this stew plenty of veggie goodness.
- Canned Tomatoes and Creamed Soup: Canned tomatoes and creamed soup create a stew that’s rich and slightly thick without being gummy.
- Seasonings: A blend of cumin, curry, and red pepper flakes gives this stew a kick of heat.
Variations
- Mild: Omit the jalapenos and red pepper flakes for a stew with less heat.
- Beef: Use beef stew meat for crock pot beef stew with a kick.
- Pork: Cubed pork creates a delicious pork stew variation.
- Veggies: Use any of your favorite veggies for this stew. They’re all delicious.
How to Make Crock Pot Hearty Chicken Stew
A brief overview of the recipe is listed here, but you’ll find specific instructions in the recipe card at the end of the post.
- Add all the ingredients except the peas, green beans, and carrots to the crock pot.
- Cook on low or high until the chicken and veggies are tender, adding the corn, peas, and green beans in the last hour of cooking.
Expert Tips
- Cut your chicken into 1-inch cubes. At that size, they’re easy to eat and get so tender.
- Be sure to spray your crock pot with nonstick spray. While this is a stew, the ingredients can still stick.
- Turn your crock pot on high before adding the ingredients. This helps everything start cooking more quickly.
Crock Pot Hearty Chicken Stew FAQs
Chicken stew can take 6 to 8 hours on high or up to 12 hours on low to fully cook.
This stew will last for up to 3 days in the refigerator or up to 3 months in the freezer.
You can use a variety of options for crock pot hearty chicken stew. Condensed soups, canned tomatoes, chicken stock, and chicken broth are all excellent options. Many recipes use some combination of these.
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Crock Pot Hearty Chicken Stew
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, cut into 1″chunks
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 4 large potatoes, peeled, cubed
- 6 carrots, peeled, sliced
- 6 stalks celery, sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ⅛ cup jalapeños, seeds removed, diced
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
- 1 10.5 oz can cream of chicken soup
- 1 14.5 oz can chicken broth
- ½ tsp ground curry
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- ¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 2 15 oz cans whole kernel corn, drained
- 1 15 oz can peas, drained
- 1 14.5 oz can green beans, drained
Instructions
- Spray a large crock pot with a non stick spray and turn on high.
- Add chopped onions, potatoes, carrots, celery, bell pepper, garlic, jalapeños and then chicken to crock pot.
- Season with curry, cumin, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper.
- Next, pour tomatoes, chicken soup, chicken broth on top of chicken and vegetables.
- Cook on high for 8 hours or on low for 12 hours.
- Add corn, peas and green beans the last hour of cooking.
Notes
- Cut your chicken into 1-inch cubes. At that size, they’re easy to eat and get so tender.
- Be sure to spray your crock pot with nonstick spray. While this is a stew, the ingredients can still stick.
- Turn your crock pot on high before adding the ingredients. This helps everything start cooking more quickly.
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Do you have any recipes in smaller portions, say for two?
Hi Anita, I would just cut this recipe, and all my other recipes, in half. It still might be more than you need though. I hope you enjoy! :)