Slow Cooker Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
239 CommentsAug 04, 2026
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy.
One of my childhood favorites made easy in the slow cooker! This Slow Cooker Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole is so simple to make. It’s a layered casserole with chicken breasts, ham, Swiss cheese, a creamy sauce, and stove-top stuffing.
Other chicken casseroles to try are Chicken Enchilada Casserole and Chicken Biscuit Casserole.
Table of Contents
Featured Comment
Wonderful recipe. Turned out amazing. Thank you for such an easy and delicious recipe!
- Bobbi
Why to Make This
Did you grow up on frozen chicken cordon bleu chicken breasts, or love Malibu Chicken from Sizzler? This casserole has all those flavors.
I've made homemade oven chicken cordon bleu breasts, where you have to pound out the chicken, roll it up with the filling, and bread them; this crockpot version is much easier.
This Crock Pot Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole can be loaded in the slow cooker within two shakes of a lamb's tail. This is a layered dish and only needs 5 hours on low in the crockpot.
You may also like my chicken cordon bleu pasta recipe!
Recipe Ingredients
Chicken: Boneless skinless chicken breasts works best for this.
Ham: Sliced ham is layered on the chicken for a salty contrast. You can use leftover ham, honey ham, or even deli ham; anything works!
Swiss Cheese: A classic choice; you can also use provolone cheese or mozzarella cheese which will give a similar flavor and texture.
Cream of Chicken Soup: This is the creamy sauce base.
Milk: Thins out the soup base.
Seasonings: Dried oregano, garlic powder, and pepper. No salt is needed; there is plenty of sodium in the ingredients.
Stuffing Mix: One box of stove top stuffing (often called instant stuffing).
Butter: This is drizzled over the stuffing to top off the recipe
How to Make Slow Cooker Chicken Cordon Bleu
- Layer the chicken, ham, and Swiss cheese into the slow cooker.
- Make a sauce with the cream of chicken soup, seasonings, and milk.
- Spread that sauce over the chicken, ham, and cheese.
- Add the stuffing mix, then pour over the butter evenly.
Tips and Variations
Stuffing Sub: Use 3-4 cups of flavored crushed croutons and still drizzle over the butter. It will taste amazing.
Pepper Jack Cheese: For an entirely different twist, use pepper jack cheese for a spicy flavor.
Almond Topping: For an added crunch, add a 1/4 cup of sliced
almonds on top of the instant stuffing - this is what we do in my Alpine Chicken Recipe.
Vegetables: Add a can of green beans, corn, or cut broccoli to complete this meal.
Chicken Thighs: Chicken thighs work great in this recipe; they turn out very moist
Make it Festive: Add a 1/4 cup of dried cranberries with the stuffing layer - it makes it taste like a Thanksgiving dinner!
Malibu Flavor: Add a tablespoon of mustard (dijon or regular) to the sauce; it will taste similar to Malibu chicken!
What to Serve with This
Starch: If you want to add more to make this meal more filling, I like to serve mashed potatoes or baked potatoes.
Other Sides: Add a green vegetable like broccolini or green beans. A fresh green salad is a nice texture change to go with this as well.
Chicken Cordon Blue Casserole FAQs
No, use fully thawed chicken breasts for the best results. Using frozen meats in the slow cooker is not recommended, for the meat will stay in the danger zone too long and won't be safe to eat.
Crock pot chicken cordon bleu is best with raw chicken, for raw chicken adds moisture to the overall dish.
Something happens while the chicken and the ham cook next to each other, where the pinkness from the ham transfers to the chicken. If your chicken temperature is 165 degrees Fahrenheit, it's done cooking.
No, it won't be since we are using a slow cooker, but it will be moist and taste great along with the other ingredients.
More Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes to try
Crockpot Whole Chicken, Crockpot Tuscan Chicken, and Chicken with Potatoes and Green Beans are all great options for a classic chicken dinner.
For something easy and family-friendly, try Crockpot Chicken Dinner or Slow Cooker Chicken Tenders.
If you're craving something easy and comforting, go for Fiesta Chicken or Slow Cooker Chicken and Stuffing.
If you tried this Slow Cooker Chicken Cordon Bleu recipe or any other recipe on my blog, please leave a 🌟 star rating and let me know how it goes in the 📝 comments below. Happy Slow Cooking!
How to Video
Ingredients
- 10.5 oz can cream of chicken soup
- ¼ cup milk
- ½ tsp. oregano
- ½ tsp. pepper
- ½ tsp. garlic powder
- 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts
- ½ pound ham slices, this doesn't need to be exact, just enough slices to cover the chicken
- 6 oz. pkg. sliced Swiss cheese
- 6 oz. pkg. chicken or cornbread Stove-Top® stuffing, (you really can use any flavor you like)
- ⅓ cup salted butter, melted
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together the cream of chicken soup, milk, oregano, pepper and garlic powder until smooth. Set aside.
- Add the chicken breasts in an even layer in the slow cooker.
- Add the ham over the chicken in an even layer.
- Next, add the Swiss cheese in an even layer.
- Pour over the soup mixture and use a spatula to spread it out evenly.
- Sprinkle over the stove-top stuffing mix.
- Pour over the butter evenly over the stuffing.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 5 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- Serve and enjoy!
Sarah's Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
I am curious if I could use the frozen breast for this?
Hi, Amanda. I would thaw it if possible.
This is the first time I’ve used one of your recipes. It was delicious and simple. I read the reviews and decided to cube chicken thighs and dice my sliced ham for easier eating for my littles. Otherwise I followed your recipe. I cooked ours in the instant pot. Delicious. 7 minutes if you will eat immediately, 6 if it will sit for a while. Even my picky eaters enjoyed this.
I have a question..I have a tall and round crock pot , I bought me double the ingredients the chicken was on sale. Can I put a layer of everything for one layer of chicken and then top on another? or can I use my roaster oven to put one whole layer?
You can use a round crock pot for this no problem. Each layer will be thicker but will work fine.
Made this tonight, yummy!!! Definitely will make again!!!!
Made this recipe in a large Le Creuset Dutch oven. I started with 5 large chicken breasts, so I had to double the rest of the ingredients to have enough sauce. Cooked in oven at 325 degrees for 1 hr. 45 min. It came out great! Family gave it 5 stars! Chicken was very tender and juicy.
Is there anyways to speed up the cooking time without drying it out. 5 hours is just hard for a dinner since I get home at 530
I’m going to make it with store bought rotisserie chicken and adjust the recipe.
You could also cook the chicken the day before.
Love this! Just wondering if I made homemade stuffing would it work as a substitute for the boxed stuffing mix?
You could and skip the butter
Followed recipe exactly. Somehow became overpowered by the chicken and was SO dry. Trying to figure out how to rework the leftovers into something edible 🙁
I want to have this for dinner tomorrow but would like to put in crockpot today. Do you think it would be ok? Have made many times and love it!
It would be fine, just like leftovers would taste.
I have everything but the Stovetop, as I’m not a fan..any suggestions for a sub, or ok to just make if without? I considered doing a side of brown rice to serve with this!
I am not the biggest fan either however the Herb flavor I actually enjoy…worth a try.
My kids really wanted to try this recipe but I didn’t have any stuffing mix, so I used crunched up round butter crackers (Ritz) and tossed in some panko bread crumbs. It turned out pretty good. I’m sure it didn’t have as much flavor as the stuffing mix would have.
I’ve used Panko Crumbs in a thin layer.