Slow Cooker Chicken Stroganoff

Slow cooker chicken stroganoff with cream cheese and cream of mushroom or chicken condensed soup turns out great served over egg noodles. Using boneless skinless breasts is best but you could make this as a quick Crockpot frozen chicken dish as well!

Crockpot Chicken Stroganoff Recipe

Here we used cubed breasts but if white meat isn’t your favorite you can easily transition it into a Crockpot Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs dish as well. Same timing really, same sauce just darker meat that yields more flavor and is the tenderest choice of all really. I use what is on sale typically.

Timing below is for fresh poultry, boneless and cut into bite size pieces. If all you need a Crockpot Chicken Frozen Breasts Recipe you could use these same ingredients though the timing would be longer. Whole and rock hard to start with will run closer to 7 hours typically (depending on their size).

You could certainly use the mushroom version of the condensed soup if you’d rather have that flavor. I would not double this unless you had a very large pot so they don’t overlap too much in order to tenderize properly. This feeds 4-6 people.

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts cubed into 1″ pieces
• 1 can cream of chicken soup 10 oz.
• 1 packet Italian dressing seasoning – a dry packet like onion soup mix but to make into dressing
• 1/4 c butter cubed, or dairy free vegan alternative works
• 1 block cream cheese softened, cubed

Substitutions

You can use any condensed soup flavor that you wish. If all I have is cream of mushroom I will use that, even celery works but will taste a bit different of course.

How do you make stroganoff dairy free?

There are dairy free options for cream cheese and the soup out there if you needed that. In the past with our Dairy Free Stroganoff I have and you really can’t tell the difference. The soup comes dry and you have to boil it with lactose free milk initially to make, and then go from there..

Can you use sour cream instead of cream cheese?

If you didn’t want to use cream cheese at all you could substitute sour cream instead, about 1 cup. That will yield more of a traditional German flavor to the dish overall, but isn’t as thick and will have a different flavor but still delicious.

Can I use yogurt instead of sour cream in stroganoff?

You could but the flavor will be different, not as tangy. The best alternative would be plain Greek yogurt for this option as it is thicker with a similar texture.

How to Make Chicken Stroganoff

• Add ingredients listed like your chicken and condensed soup with your dry dressing mix to your Crock pot.
• Slice your butter and put on the top, cover.
  • Add mushrooms if you’d like, I will half them if I do.
• Cook on low until your meat is super tender when poked with a fork
• Stir well to blend everything together so it is smooth.
• Set to high and add cream cheese to the top so it can melt and create a creamy casserole like consistency.
• Boil noodles on the side and either drain and fold those right into your pot to coat or on top.

We love this on top of al dente noodles though if you have two Crocks you could make slow cooker brown rice instead. I would not recommend cooking either together because you would have to add more liquid in order for the side to cook alongside it, and the texture isn’t as good.

Serve with diced fresh parsley on top and enjoy. Like our Crockpot Beef Stroganoff Recipe we like noodles on the bottom, the traditional serving method. There are other options though depending on your preferences of course.

Can you cook stroganoff with noodles together?

I do not as the meat needs a long time to get tender and egg noodles take just a few minutes. Even with our Hamburger Helper Beef Stroganoff I boil the noodles, drain well and then fold into the pot so they are nicely coated with the sauce at the end. Then serve so it is like ooey and gooey in each bite.

Step by step recipe card is below for you. It is printable if you want to keep it on hand or just come back so we can “see” you time and time again. This does save well for the next day if you have leftovers. Make sure it cools completely first and transfer into a sealed container.

Transfer into a microwave safe dish next day and heat with a paper towel on top for about 1 minute or until warmed into the middle.