Slow Cooker Spicy Chicken & Rice

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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.

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
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.

To begin, place your chicken in diced onion and bell pepper in the slow cooker.

chicken breasts in a slow cooker

Sprinkle in the seasonings and salt.

Spread the tomatoes with green chilies over the top of it all.

diced tomato blend in a slow cooker

Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.

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Grab two forks and pull the chicken apart into pieces.

shredding chicken with 2 forks

Rinse and drain the black beans.

Add the black beans and cooked rice to the slow cooker.

black beans added to a slow cooker

Stir it all together and let it cook a few more minutes or until the beans and rice are heated through.

stirring together the ingredients in a slow cooker

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.

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.

Enjoy!

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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.
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.

Crockpot Spicy Chicken and Rice

Constance Smith – Cosmopolitan Cornbread
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. Perfect for a fuss-free, hearty dinner.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 10 minutes
Course Entrées – Main Dishes
Cuisine Mexican inspired
Servings 6
Calories 563 kcal

Ingredients
  

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

Serving: 1cCalories: 563kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 44gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 121mgSodium: 1198mgFiber: 6gSugar: 6g

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This recipe was originally written in 2014, updated in 2025.

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