This easy slow cooker recipe combines tender chicken with fluffy rice, black beans, smoky ancho chili and other seasonings, and vibrant diced tomatoes for a comforting, flavorful meal. Perfect for a fuss-free, hearty dinner.
A simple supper that is effortless to toss together in the morning and takes just minutes to finish up at supper time for a bowlful of satisfying flavor.
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To Make This Recipe You Will Need:
- chicken, boneless, skinless
- onion
- green bell pepper
- smoked paprika
- ground cumin
- salt
- ancho chile powder
- canned diced tomatoes with green chilies
- canned black beans
- cooked rice
- cheese
- guacamole
- sour cream
- slow cooker
To begin, place your chicken in diced onion and bell pepper in the slow cooker.
Sprinkle in the seasonings and salt.
Spread the tomatoes with green chilies over the top of it all.
Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
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Grab two forks and pull the chicken apart into pieces.
Rinse and drain the black beans.
Add the black beans and cooked rice to the slow cooker.
Stir it all together and let it cook a few more minutes or until the beans and rice are heated through.
Serve topped with shredded cheese. You could use cheddar, Colby-jack, pepper jack, whichever you like. I also like to serve it with guacamole or sour cream.
Enjoy!
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Crockpot Spicy Chicken and Rice
Ingredients
- 1½ pound chicken, boneless, skinless (breasts or thighs)
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 green bell pepper, diced
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ancho chile powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 20 oz diced tomatoes with green chilies, 2, 10 oz. cans
- 15 oz black beans, canned
- 4 c cooked rice
For Serving
- shredded cheese, cheddar, Monterrey Jack, Colby, etc.
- guacamole
- sour cream
Instructions
- To begin, place your chicken in diced onion and bell pepper in the slow cooker.
- Sprinkle in the seasonings and salt.
- Spread the canned seasoned tomato blends over the top of it all.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
- Grab two forks and pull the chicken apart into pieces.
- Rinse and drain the black beans.
- Add the black beans and cooked rice to the slow cooker.
- Stir it all together and let it cook a few more minutes or until the beans and rice are heated through.
- Serve topped with shredded cheese, guacamole, or sour cream.
- Enjoy!
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Nutrition
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This recipe was originally written in 2014, updated in 2025.
This recipe was a hit in my household! Thank you for sharing another delicious recipe.
This looks so delcious.. Thank you for sharing. Yummy..
Queen of the slow cooker! This looks fabulous! I’m making a slow cooker meal today. LOVE coming home to a hot meal like this one.
Thank you for sharing this, Constance!
We made this dish today after seeing your recent video.
It was so easy, and sooooo good!
This would also make great stuffing for a grilled burrito… Oh the ideas!!
Thanks again!
Thank you Tammy! I’m so glad your family enjoyed it :D
Yummmm!! I have been meaning to drag my slow cooker out and, between this torrential rain, and this fabulous recipe, I need to get off my rear and get it done!! Stumbled and pinned!!
Thanks Constance. Another nice recipe.
Now this is something I’d love to have to warm up with on a chilly fall day.