Crock Pot Chicken Wild Rice Casserole

Total Time: 8 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 slices bacon
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 14 ounces condensed chicken broth
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 10 ounces condensed cream of chicken soup
• 9 ounces baby carrots
• 1 1/4 cups wild rice
• 1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1/4 teaspoon dried marjoram

Recipe

• 1 in large skillet, cook bacon until crisp. remove bacon, crumble and refrigerate.
• 2 remove all but 1 tablespoon bacon drippings from skillet. add onion and garlic to skillet and cook and stir for 2-3 minutes.
• 3 stir in broth, water, and condensed soup; cook and stir until bubbly, 3-4 minutes.
• 4 place wild rice and carrots in 3-4 quart crock pot. top with chicken pieces and pour mixture in skillet over chicken. sprinkle with marjoram.
• 5 cover crock pot and cook on high for 1 hour.
• 6 stir mixture, making sure wild rice is submerged in liquid.
• 7 reduce crock pot setting to low and cook, covered, for 6-8 hours until chicken is thoroughly cooked and wild rice is tender.
• 8 sprinkle reserved bacon into crock pot during the last 30 minutes of cooking time.