This Creamy Chicken Stew recipe is easy to make and tastes great with biscuits or dumplings. Make it on the Stove Top, Crock Pot, or Instant Pot!
Be sure to serve these with my super-easy Buttermilk Biscuits!
Creamy Chicken Stew
This recipe is a classic comfort food here at The Cozy Cook. I’ve been making it since 2014. If you’re trying it for the first time, you’re about to find an amazing dinner that your family will want to keep in the rotation.
I’ve included instructions to make sure that you can making this on the Stove Top, Crock Pot, or the Instant Pot.
How to Make it
See recipe card below this post for ingredient quantities and full instructions, including Crock Pot and Instant Pot methods.
Stove Top Method
- Melt butter in a soup pot over medium heat and sauté seasoned chicken until cooked through. Remove and set aside.
- Add olive oil to the pot along with the vegetables. Cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken back.
- Combine the cream of chicken soup, milk, sour cream, and Ranch seasoning. Add to the pot and stir until well-combined.
- Let the soup simmer until the potatoes and carrots are fork tender. Optional: Garnish with crumbled bacon and serve over biscuits!
Adding Dumplings (Stove Top Method)
- Combine 1+ 1/2 cups Bisquick with 1/2 cup milk.
- Mix in dry seasonings: 2 tsp parsley, 1/2 tsp thyme, 1/2 tsp sage, 1/2 tsp garlic powder.
- Bring the soup to a light bubble.
- Drop bite-sized balls of the mixture and cook, uncovered, for about 10-15 minutes. Gently rotate the dumplings periodically to allow them to cook on each side.
- Serve and enjoy!
Storing Leftovers
Store in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
Note: Dairy based soups such as this change slightly in consistency after being frozen and reheated.
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Creamy Chicken Stew
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 2 boneless chicken breasts, uncooked & cut into bite-sized pieces
- 2.5 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- Salt/Pepper
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 large red potatoes, sliced
- 1 cup baby carrots
- ½ cup celery, diced
- ¾ cup green beans, fresh or frozen
- 10.5 oz. cream of chicken soup
- 1 cup whole milk, don't substitute low-fat
- 1 cup sour cream, at room temp
- 1 oz. dry ranch dressing mix
Note: For the Instant Pot Version, one cup of Chicken Broth is also needed
Instructions
Stove Top Method
- Melt butter in a soup pot over medium heat.
- Season cubed chicken with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. Add to the pot and saute until cooked through. Remove from the pot.
- Add 1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil to the pot along with the vegetables. Cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken back.
- Combine the cream of chicken soup, milk, sour cream, and Ranch seasoning. Add to the pot and stir until well-combined.
- Let the soup simmer until the potatoes and carrots are fork tender, about 45 minutes.
- Optional: Serve over biscuits!
Crock Pot Method
- Season the cubed chicken with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning.
- Melt the butter on the bottom of the crock pot. Add the olive oil, vegetables, and chicken. Stir to coat.
- Mix together the soup, milk, sour cream and ranch seasoning. Pour on top of the chicken.
- Cover the crock pot and cook on LOW for 6-8 hours. Low and slow is the best with milk and dairy products.
- Optional: Serve over biscuits!
Instant Pot Method
- Set the Instant Pot to Saute Mode and add the butter, olive, oil and vegetables. Cook until the onions are soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add 1 cup chicken broth and scrape up any bits that may have stuck to the bottom of the pot.
- Season the cubed chicken with Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Add it to the pot.
- Place the lid on the pot and ensure the pressure release valve is sealed. Hit Cancel, then hit Pressure Cook and set the timer for 8 minutes. When the time is up, flip the quick release valve.
- Open the lid and switch to Saute mode.
- Combine cream of chicken soup, and Ranch seasoning. Add HALF of the milk and HALF of the sour cream.
- Let the soup simmer for about 5 minutes and serve!
- Note: Only add the additional 1/2 cup of milk and sour cream if you prefer more broth.
Notes
This stew is great served over homemade Buttermilk Biscuits!
Nutrition
What size of crockpot did you make this recipe for?
Hi Sarah, I used a 6 quart but you can use a 4.5 quart too.
Stephanie, you are the bomb. I screwed this recipe up so bad and it still turned out delicious.
I was so excited about the homemade cream of chicken of soup, that I forgot to add the sour cream and ranch dressing.
So after everything was in the crock pot, I went back and added a little more milk to the sour cream and Ranch, then added it
to the pot and stirred it up. You couldn’t even tell I missed that step. I did add a few extra’s but it didn’t matter, it was good just the way it was.
I wanted to forget the biscuits, just drink it. WINNER! WINNER!, CHICKEN CROCK POT DINNER! 😂😂
🤣🤣🤣…Thanks soooo much Jackie!❤️ I’m so glad you caught your mistake. Luckily this one is very forgiving! If it makes you feel better, I get a little too excited over homemade cream of chicken soup too!😂
Hi Stephanie… l want to make this but have a quick question regarding the chicken. Your recipe calls for two chicken breasts and , as you know, they can range greatly in size/weight. Can you advise on an approximate weight or cups you recommend?
Thank you!
Hi Nick! You can add as much or as little chicken as you would like, I’d say 2 (6-8 oz.) breasts are great!
Hey Steph… made this tonight with boneless, skinless chicken thighs. It was delicious!
Kind regards,
Nick
That’s so great Nick, I’m so happy you liked this one! Thanks so much for the great review!😀
This is so good! I have made it 4 times in the last month! I made it on the stove and followed the recipe as is except I added almost a cup (6 oz. or so) of chicken broth the last couple times just to thin it a lil bit.
Hey Sheneall! That is so great to hear, I’m so glad that you love it 🙂 Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment, have a wonderful weekend!! -Stephanie
Hi just wondering if I want to cook on high in the crockpot. How long should it cook for???
Hi Courtney, I don’t recommend cooking it on high at all, it is very likely to curdle. For quicker turnaround time I would refer to the Stove Top instructions.
Made this tonight. The hubby can’t stop raving about it. I used rotisserie chicken and had to add some chicken stock as it was to thick. But oh my is this good! My new go to chicken stew
I’m so glad you like the Creamy Chicken Stew Lori!😀 It’s definitely delicious with the rotisserie chicken!
Hi Stephanie,
I want to make this , this week as it has finally cooled down here in Az. and I want to make the crockpot version with dumplings instead of the biscuit’s. When an how can I make that happen as the crockpot cooks totally different than stove top,
Looking forward to you answer.
Dona
Hi Donna! If you add the dumplings during the last hour, they’ll have enough time to cook through! 🙂 Enjoy!
Absolutly gutted that mines curdled baaaaadly. Not sure where I went wrong, had it on low the whole time. Maybe had the slow cooker on too long before adding the mixture so it heated up too quickly??
No idea, gutted as the photos look amazing!
OMG! This is amazing and EXACTLY what I have been looking for years!!! I never would have thought to add Sour Cream and/or Ranch dressing mix to the base, but AMAZING! The only change I made was that I added ground Caraway seeds at the end as I do with most my other Creamy based soups. NOTE: I did try before adding CS & thought it was actually better without, so will always follow this recipe AS IS going forward!
Hi Kat! I’m so glad this is what you’ve been looking for! My father in lawn loves this. Every time he visits he asks for it, even when it’s warm out!😀 Thanks so much for sharing Kat!
I’m making this for dinner tonight and I’m so excited! I do have one question. I’m cooking it in the crockpot and I’m wondering if I need to cook the chicken before putting it in or if I put it in raw?
Hi Bre! If making it in the crock pot you don’t have to cook the chicken ahead of time. It will have plenty of time to cook in the crockpot and will be nice and tender! Enjoy!!😀