Slow Cooker Queso Chicken

Slow Cooker Queso Chicken combines chicken breasts, taco seasoning, queso cheese dip, and green chiles to make a delicious chicken dish that’s perfect with rice, on tacos, or even as a delicious sandwich. Get creative!

We love Mexican flavors, chicken, and cheese, so we put them all together to create this super easy slow cooker dish. On top of being delicious and ridiculously easy to make, what we love the most about it is how incredibly versatile it is. You can serve it on or in almost anything!

This Slow Cooker Queso Chicken is my new go to!  Just 4 ingredients are all you need to make this versatile chicken.  Chicken breasts, tomatoes with green chiles, taco seasoning, and queso dip.  These ingredients come together to make a super flavorful shredded chicken perfect for burrito bowls, tacos, nachos, quesadillas, or anything you like!

❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• It only uses four simple ingredients.
• It’s a super easy slow cooker recipe.
• The cheese, chiles, and seasoning are perfect with the chicken.
• It’s a versatile recipe that pairs well with almost anything.

🛒Ingredients

You’ll only need about 10 minutes to get everything you need for this recipe from the grocery store. It’s just about the easiest ingredient list you’ll ever see. Be sure to check the recipe card at the end of the post for exact amounts.

• Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• Taco seasoning
• Diced tomatoes with green chiles – drained
• Jarred queso cheese dip

🔪 How to Make Slow Cooker Queso Chicken

Making this recipe is so easy even a caveman could do it. You just dump and cook, and that’s almost the entire recipe!

Step 1: Mix the Queso Ingredients

Combine the taco seasoning, diced tomatoes with green chiles, and 1 jar of queso cheese dip in a bowl.

Step 2: Add Everything to the Slow Cooker

Place the chicken in the bottom of the slow cooker and pour the queso over the top. Cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 4 hours.

Step 3: Shred the Chicken

Remove the chicken and shred it while hot.

Step 4: Finish the Queso Chicken

Discard 3/4 of the liquid in the slow cooker and return the chicken to it. Add about half of the other jar of queso dip. Stir and enjoy!

📝Variations

Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!

• Mild – Use canned diced tomatoes without chiles.
• Extra spicy – Add diced jalapenos along with the tomatoes with chiles.
• Homemade – Add the ingredients needed for homemade queso to the slow cooker if you’re feeling fancy.

If you think this looks good, then we think you’ll love our easy Frito taco pie.

🥄 Equipment

• Mixing bowl
• Spoon
• Slow cooker
• Two forks or shredding claws

🥫 Storage

Refrigerate this chicken for up to 3 days in an air-tight container. For longer storage, you can freeze it for up to a month in an air-tight, freezer-safe container.

💭 Tips

• Shred your chicken while it’s hot for the best results.
• The easiest way to shred the chicken is with two forks or shredding claws.
• This queso chicken is great in tacos, fajitas, quesadillas, burritos, on nachos, or even as a sandwich.

⁉️ FAQ

Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.

🍽 More Recipes

Do you enjoy slow cooker recipes? Then try these delicious recipes:

• Slow Cooker Cajun Chicken Alfredo
• Slow Cooker Steak and Potatoes
• Slow Cooker Kung Pao Chicken

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🧾Recipe Card

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