Chicken and Cheese Queso Recipe

This Queso Chicken recipe is quick and delicious and is sure to become a new family favorite in your house!

Chicken and Cheese Queso

This is one of our favorite family recipes and I’m glad that I’m finally getting around to sharing it with you! Although this recipe is simple (like most of my recipes are!) the results are very tasty and it’s something the whole family can enjoy. Pair with a side of your favorite steamed veggies and you’ve got a full meal.

Queso Chicken Recipe

What you need:

Chicken Breasts
Queso Recipe (below)
Rice

For the chicken in this recipe, you can really use any chicken that you have available. I’ve made this work with leftover chicken I had from cooking a whole chicken but our favorite method is to make this with chicken breasts in the slow cooker. All I do is toss a few chicken breasts in the slow cooker with some water in the morning and turn them on high all day. When supper is ready around 5 pm they are done!

Top your cooked chicken with the queso sauce recipe below. Serve over some rice with some vegetables on the side and you’ve got a great meal!

–Make this meal even quicker by using Cook Ahead Freezer Rice.

Queso Recipe

What You Need:

• 1 cup Milk
• 3 Tablespoons Cream Cheese
• 2 cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese
• 1 cup Salsa (or make some up quickly by dicing 2 large tomatoes and mixing with a bit of salt, dried onion, and garlic powder)
• 1 teaspoon Salt

On the stovetop, whisk together the milk, cream cheese, and cheddar cheese in a saucepan. Add in the salt and stir together over low heat until the mixture becomes creamy and bubbly. Add in the salsa and cook for a bit longer until the entire mixture is heated through.

—If you are looking for a queso recipe that is perfect for dipping chips in you will definitely want to try this Queso Dip Recipe, it’s so good! 

Pour the homemade Queso over the top of your chicken and a bit of cooked rice. Enjoy!

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Chicken and Cheese Queso Recipe

Ingredients

• Chicken Breasts

For the Queso Sauce

• 1 cup Milk
• 3 Tablespoons Cream Cheese
• 2 cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese
• 1 cup Salsa or make some up quickly by dicing 2 large tomatoes and mixing with a bit of salt, dried onion, and garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon Salt

Instructions

1. First Cook your chicken (or you can use precooked chicken). Toss a few chicken breasts in the slow cooker with some water in the morning and cook on high all day. They will be done by dinner time.
2. Remove your chicken from the slowcooker and cover with queso sauce. Serve on top of Rice.

To make the Queso Sauce:

1. On the stovetop, whisk together the milk, cream cheese, and cheddar cheese in a saucepan.
2. Add in the salt and stir together over low heat until the mixture becomes creamy and bubbly.
3. Add in the salsa and cook for a bit longer until the entire mixture is heated through.

—If you like the recipe above you might also love this recipe for Cheesy Chicken Breasts.

If you love Queso Chicken, here are some more recipes you should try:

• 7 Layer Taco Dip Recipe
• Best Queso Dip
• Homemade Enchilada Sauce Recipe
• Sour Cream Enchiladas Recipe
• Easy Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
• Jalapeno Popper Dip Recipe
• Amish Chicken Casserole Recipe

What are some of your favorite ways to cook chicken?

This Queso Chicken Recipe was originally published on Little House Living in March 2015. It has been updated as of March 2020.