It’s the holiday season and we all know what that means; lots of social activities and less time to spend on preparing meals. That’s why I turn to easy meals during this time of year. I follow the adage “never underestimate the power of a woman with a crockpot and a can of cream of something soup.” That’s why this Eden Island Chicken recipe is one that’s on our menu. It only takes a few minutes of hands-on preparation time and can be popped in the crockpot until dinnertime.
Eden Island Chicken Recipe
One of the great things about this recipe is how it uses common ingredients. There are no exotic ingredients, just common staples to keep in the freezer or pantry. If you need the recipe to be gluten-free be sure to purchase gluten-free cream of chicken soup. If you need dairy-free, you can use a vegan sour cream and vegan cream cheese. You can adjust or change the spices to your tastes. Sometimes I substitute rosemary, thyme, and garlic for the Italian seasoning.
Here’s a tip for novice cooks: When adjusting spices, always begin with the smallest amount and then add more about 1/4 teaspoon at a time until you reach the desired result.
Printable Recipe
- 4 slices bacon
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 can (10.5 ounces) cream of chicken soup
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 (8 ounces) package cream chicken, softened
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 to 3 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- Optional: Rice
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- In a small bowl mix together cream cheese, sour cream, and cream of chicken soup.
- Stir in black pepper and Italian seasoning.
- Wrap each piece of chicken with a piece of bacon.
- Cooking Directions (for the oven)
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- Spray a 9″ by 13″ inch pan with cooking spray.
- Place bacon wrapped chicken on bottom of the dish.
- Spread cream cheese mixture over chicken.
- Cover and bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes.
- Uncover the chicken and bake for 15 minutes.
- For the crockpot:
- Place bacon wrapped chicken over the bottom of the crockpot.
- Spread cream cheese mixture over the top.
- Cook on low for six hours.
- Serve over rice. Sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese over chicken before serving, if desired.
I usually serve this over rice. I prefer balsamic or wild rice, but in a pinch, I just use instant rice. I also sprinkle a small amount of shredded cheddar cheese over the dish immediately before serving. Do you have a similar recipe to this Eden Island Chicken? What are your favorite easy meals for the holidays?
This Eden Island Chicken Recipes looks delicious! It would be such a yummy dinner for my family because I can see that everyone would love it! Going to have to add it to the menu plan!
Cream of chicken soup looks delicious love that you serve with rice. filling and comfort meal itself.
This sounds delicious, and your presentation of it is amazing. The recipe sounds easy enough and I am sure it would be a hit at our dinner table.
Oh my goodness! This looks so good – and Such a beautiful presentation! I’ll have to try this sometime.
I love a good slow cooker recipe and this one sounds amazing! I need to try this out ASAP!!
This is a new one for me… I hadn’t heard of it before. It looks very interesting. Is it a southern recipe?
Oh wow that does look tasty! I’ve never heard of this recipe before but I would definitely give it a try!
The dish looks great!! The tip about adding spices was spot on. Great tip! I will have to try the chicken with my family!
This looks really good. It looks like something the kids would eat really well. And bonus for the crock pot!
That looks so delicious and basic to prepare, I know my husband would love it. Something to prepare in the crock before I head off to work.
Oh this sounds so good! I like that it can be made in the slow cooker, this makes it possible on those busy week nights when I struggle with what to make for dinner. Thank you for the recipe and idea!
Now this sounds like a delicious dinner. I have to admit I don’t think I’ve ever cooked up anything quite like it before, but 100% I need to change that. I’m going to be getting all the ingredients ASAP.
This sounds and looks really good. I’ll have to try this for dinner one night. I always love when I can use my crockpot.
All you had to say was -“crockpot.” You are speaking my language. I love these yummy dinners that I can pop into the slow cooker and not have to worry about blocking out time in the evening to prepare dinner. I can’t wait to try this.
Being able to use my slow cooker is right up my alley of easy. This looks delicious and sure we will enjoy it.
That sounds like what’s for dinner tonight! I am going to make this for sure. I was just looking for a dinner idea for tonight and this sounds perfect.
Cream of chicken soup is a staple in our pantry. It’s so versatile and you can make the tastiest dishes with just a few other ingredients. This recipe looks so good.
Oh wow! You made it look so yummy!! This dish looks like it has loads of flavor!
I’m always looking for a new slow cooker recipe and this one is really different and looks amazing. I love that it includes bacon!