Creole Chicken and Sausage? I don’t really know how to explain it, but it’s a like whoa yummy combo we have going on upinhere.
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Thank you for this DELICIOUS and super simple recipe! Even my toddler ate it…hooray for only making one dinner 🙂
Heather
This idea originated as a simple shredded Creole chicken kind of thing made in the slow cooker so my cooking life could be awesomely easy and full of mouth rocking flavor, and then bam: it morphed into something a little more healthy. The addition of sausage (just kidding – not healthy and I still really ❤ sausage, in particular smoked Andouille sausage yum yum yum), beans, and bell peppers, all simmered up in that spicy tomato sauce?
I’m doing the Creole Chicken dance right now. Don’t even imagine it.
How To Make Our Creole Chicken & Sausage (40 Sec):
And then I became food weird and random things were added. Like almond butter – no explanation there – and brown sugar, and green onions. But food friends, please resist the temptation to think that this doesn’t taste good. I’m telling you: it was really good. And oh, how I looked forward to eating the leftovers for lunch all week. Like, seriously. 10 AM, in the middle of a lesson on single digit division, this was on my brain. But what else is new?
Yesterday we returned home from our vacation to Arizona, and I’m not going to lie: I’m currently wallowing in the depths of Minnesota despair. I traded cucumber water and sandals for hot teas and slippers. It’s going to snow tomorrow, and for some reason my Facebook newsfeed is blowing up with people talking about yay spring. Like, what?! Breaking 40 degrees for a few hours in the afternoon is NOT yay spring. We probably can’t even be friends anymore if you’re going to act like that.
Six days ago you may or may not have seen my cruising through the hood with my windows rolled down, sunglasses on, wind blowing in the nice 41 degree Minnesota air. But now I have a major crush on Arizona, and it’s really hard to like my home state right now.
Grr. + Brrr.
I can’t wait to show you some vacation pictures next week! One of my favorite things about how the blog has developed in the last year is how much interest you guys have in regular-life posts that I do every now and then. I am all about the food, and so are you, but I’m glad we can be friends.
Like when I show you pictures of my house and you don’t judge me for leaving stuff laying around on the floor in the same exact spot for three months.
Or when you forgive me for talking your ear off about cliche things like the current weather in Minnesota.
That’s basically the definition of friendship.
It’s the weeeeeeekend. I am so haaaaaaappy.
Source notes: Creole cooking originated in Louisiana and blends West African, French, Spanish, Amerindian influences. This is a simple, paired down version of Creole cooking that includes classic Creole ingredients such as Andouille sausage, chicken, bell peppers, Creole seasoning, and rice. While it is not a traditional recipe, it is delicious a flavorful!
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Slow Cooker Creole Chicken and Sausage
- Total Time: 7 hours 40 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
Description
This Slow Cooker Creole Chicken and Sausage just takes 10 minutes to prep and has beans and bell peppers for bonus healthy points.
Ingredients
The essentials:
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 12 ounces smoked Andouille sausage, cut into small rounds
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 1/4 cup low sodium chicken broth
- 1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
Optional extras:
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 14 ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 green bell peppers, chopped
- 1/2 cup sliced green onions for topping
- 2 tablespoons almond butter (randomly delicious)
- salt to taste
- brown rice for serving
Instructions
- Place the essential ingredients in the crockpot. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 3 hours.
- Shred the chicken directly in the crockpot to your desired texture. Add the extras, if you want, and cover and cook for another 20-30 minutes. This is also a great time to make your rice, if you’re serving it with rice. When everything is ready, taste the chicken mixture and season with salt. Serve the creole chicken over rice and topped with green onions.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 7 hours 30 mins
- Category: Dinner
- Cuisine: Creole-Inspired
Keywords: creole chicken and sausage, slow cooker creole recipe, chicken and sausage
Make It A Freezer Meal!
Freeze Together:
- 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 12 ounces Andouille sausage, sliced
- one 14-ounce can fire roasted crushed tomatoes
- 2–3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 green or red bell peppers, chopped
- half an onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon Creole seasoning
- 1–2 teaspoons salt (if your Creole seasoning doesn’t have any)
To Cook:
INSTANT POT: From frozen, high pressure 15 mins + 10 mins natural release.
SLOW COOKER: Thaw first, and then cook for 4 hours on high.
FINAL STEP: Shred chicken. Serve with rice and top with cheese, hot sauce, and/or green onions.
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This was too tomato-forward for me. I made a roux (1/3c flour) and added at the end. It balanced the acidity and added some thickness. Super tasty! Like a less hands-on, tomato based gumbo.
Hi there. If I don’t have a slow cooker would this work on low on the stovetop?
I forgot the tomato paste and this was still so flavorful and perfect. I can’t wait to try it again with tomato paste!
This recipe is soooo good, my family and friends gobbled it up! Perfect for leftovers and meal planning too. High in protein and nutritious. I used Kielbasa sausage instead as that was available, removed the casing, worked out perfectly. I made a double batch and reduced some of the liquid to make it fit in the crock pot, worked out perfectly.
Thank you for your site, your recipes are always great!!
Should the freezer bag version include chicken broth if cooking in the insta pot?
This Slow Cooker Creole Chicken and Sausage recipe sounds amazing! I love how easy it is to prepare, and the combination of flavors is just what I crave. Can’t wait to give it a try this weekend! Thanks for sharing!
about to make this recipe. you do not specify whether the chicken and sausage are precooked or if they cook in the crockpot with the other ingredients (which seems odd).
Hi Anne! The chicken is uncooked, and typically the sausage comes precooked!
It’s been 10+ years since you posted this recipe, but we just discovered it on Pinterest last year. And we absolutely love it! Alas, with the new year I’m watching my exact calorie intake so I need to know what size a serving is. Someone estimated 3/4 of a cup but I’d rather hear it from you. 😉
If you do the the add one 30 minutes before, isn’t the bell pepper raw?
The bell pepper will cook for 30 minutes, so it shouldn’t be raw!
So delicious! I used diced tomatoes with green chilies in lieu of the jalapenos and added the almond butter! Wow! Will totally make this again!
This Slow Cooker Creole Chicken and Sausage Recipe looks absolutely delicious! I love how simple it is to throw everything in the slow cooker and let the flavors meld together. Can’t wait to try it out this weekend! Thanks for sharing!
How delicious is this!
We enjoyed for dinner tonight and am already looking forward to work night left overs!
Thank you, this is so easy with no prep required before throwing it all in the slow cooker. I added the almond butter- yum.
We will enjoy again.
This was awesome – hearty and warming – and not even too much effort, so it’ll definitely be going into rotation. Use a sausage you like because it’ll be a dominant flavor.
I did do a stove top version with the optional beans, peppers, and almond butter, served over rice – in a pot brown the sausage, brown the chicken in the rendered fat, cook down onion/garlic/pepper, add tomato paste/seasoning/almond butter and cook for a couple minutes, add everything back to the pot and simmer for about an hour.
We love this recipe! It’s a hit with the whole family. I do add the can of black beans in addition to some frozen cut okra and sliced frozen peppers. Makes it such an easy meal to throw together and fills us up with extra veggies. Thanks!
Does peanut butter work, or just almond butter? Thanks so much for this recipe!
We haven’t tried peanut butter before, but let us know if you give it a shot!
This was so good! I used leftover rotisserie chicken and just put it in shredded when I put the “extras”. For my extras, I used green, red, yellow, and orange peppers-but just a half of each, and 1 can of red beans. Next time, I’m going to try adding shrimp halfway through the cook time. Served over dirty rice because we like all the flavor at our house! Thanks for the excellent recipe!
Is there a reason the chicken broth isn’t in the freezer recipe version?
Hi Dawn! The freezer version of this recipe follows the directions of our Instant Pot version (since that’s best for cooking frozen ingredients) which doesn’t require chicken broth.
Looking forward to having this for dinner tonight! I prepped this as a freezer meal and have it thawing to make in the slow cooker today, however looking at the ingredients, the freezer meal list didn’t call for chicken broth while the other ingredient list did. Do I need to add chicken broth or will there be enough liquid?
Hi, Kristin! There should be enough liquid. Enjoy!
Hi there, I’m just wondering why the freezer meal version doesn’t include broth anywhere. Will it still cook fine in the instant pot from frozen without that extra liquid? or should the broth be included at cooking time? Thanks,
Abby
Hi, Abby! Thank you for catching this. The incorrect recipe was linked on the freezer meals post – it should have linked to our Instant Pot version of this recipe, which doesn’t require any additional liquid. Hope this helps!
Can you confirm what the 1/2 cup of tomato sauce is? Is this ketchup or passata?
Just canned tomato sauce, like passata. 😉
just wanna say this recipe doesn’t get a lot of love! ive been making it regularly every winter for years! one of my favs, easy, and sometimes i prefer crock to instant pot!
Outstanding recipe! I included it all except the almond butter. Highly recommend.
I am about to make a batch of this for the freezer but curious why there is no broth/tomato sauce needed when done that way? Anyway I’ll give it a shot!
Delicious meal! I cooked this in the Instant Pot and it came out great! I added green bell peppers and brown sugar as suggested. Husband loved it and went for seconds. Great recipe!
Looks and sounds delicious!