Slow Cooker Chicken Breasts with Gravy is the ultimate comfort food. Easy crockpot recipe for tender chicken and savory gravy.
Hearty, comfort food like Slow Cooker Creamy Lemon Chicken and Smothered Pork Chops are the kind of Dinner Recipes that never go out of style. This southern classic is sure to warm your belly and heart.
SLOW COOKER CHICKEN AND GRAVY
This easy slow cooker meal is sure to be one of your new go-to recipes that your whole family will love. Fork tender chicken and thick flavorful gravy served with mashed potatoes is the ultimate comfort food. It’s a holiday dinner that you can make easily all year round.
This yummy Crockpot Chicken and Gravy comes together in just minutes and cooks long and slow. Throw everything into the slow cooker first thing in the morning and the only thing you’ll have to worry about are sides.
For sides, serve an easy veggie like Green Beans. Spoon your chicken and gravy over Mashed Potatoes, White Rice or even a thick piece of Texas Toast. A batch of fresh French Rolls would taste delicious (and soak up any extra gravy).
If you’ve been a longtime reader, or are have seen some of our other Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes, you know we usually don’t suggest putting boneless, skinless chicken breasts into a crockpot. Many previous posts have cautioned to stick to bone-in chicken thighs.
The nice thing about saucy recipes like this Crockpot Chicken and Gravy is that you can use your boneless skinless breasts and expect tender chicken every time. The creamy soup keeps your meat from drying out and makes it easy to shred.
For this Crockpot Chicken and Gravy, you can use a homemade Cream of Chicken Soup recipe. If you want to use a canned version, substitute one 10.5 ounce can of condensed cream of chicken soup. You can easily make chicken gravy mix from scratch with the quick recipe down below.
MORE EASY SLOW COOKER CHICKEN DINNERS
Slow Cooker Bacon Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken
Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches
Slow Cooker Rotisserie Chicken
Slow Cooker Indian Butter Chicken
HOW TO MAKE SLOW COOKER CHICKEN AND GRAVY
- Mix the gravy ingredients: Just a few ingredients, mixing them ahead in a bowl or in the insert is just a few seconds of effort.
- Add chicken in whole: This will keep as much moisture as you can given the meat is so low in fat. Cutting in into chunks ahead of time will make the end result drier.
- Shred minimally: When shredding or cutting you don’t have to shred the chicken too small or it’ll be like a filling versus a meal.
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VARIATIONS ON CROCKPOT CHICKEN AND GRAVY
- Meat: This simple dinner is great for whatever boneless, skinless meat you have on hand. You can easily substitute pork chops, turkey breasts, or chicken thighs for the chicken breasts.
- Mushroom: Cream of Mushroom Soup is a tasty substitute for the chicken soup. For more of that earthy flavor, add diced brown mushrooms during the last 2 hours of cooking.
- Broth: Give your gravy more chicken flavor and use chicken broth instead of water. You can also use beef broth to make more of a brown gravy.
- Veggies: The last hour of cooking, stir in your favorite frozen veggies like peas and carrots to make this dish heartier and well rounded.
- Gravy Mix: Instead of chicken gravy packets, use 4 tablespoons of the Chicken Gravy Mix below to make it completely homemade.
Homemade Chicken Gravy Mix:
- 3 tablespoons chicken bouillon granules
- ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon flour
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 ½ teaspoons poultry seasoning
- Blend bouillon and seasonings in a food processor until fine. Sift into flour until well combined. Store in an airtight container in a cool dry place for up to 6 months.
INSTANT POT CHICKEN AND GRAVY
- Place chicken and water into Instant Pot.
- Cover with gravy mix, seasonings, and chicken soup. Do not stir.
- Cover and set valve on sealing. Set for 15 minutes on manual high pressure.
- Let pressure release naturally for 5-10 minutes, then turn valve to venting.
- You may need to add a cornstarch slurry to thicken gravy since Instant Pots tend to release more liquid.
EASY SIDE DISH RECIPES TO SERVE WITH SLOW COOKER CHICKEN AND GRAVY
Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Easy Wild Rice
Sautéed Green Beans
Roasted Broccoli
HOW TO STORE CROCKPOT CHICKEN AND GRAVY
- Serve: This will stay good in the slow cooker on warm for up 4 hours. If at room temperature, store after no more than 2 hours.
- Store: Transfer Chicken and Gravy to an airtight container and store for up to 4 days in the fridge.
- Freeze: Freeze this dish for up to 3 months. Cool completely and seal tightly. Allow to thaw in the refrigerator overnight before reheating.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 2 packets chicken gravy mix
- 1 1/4 cup Condensed Chicken Soup
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- 3 whole chicken breasts , boneless skinless (about a pound)
- 1/2 cup sour cream
Instructions
- Season chicken breasts with garlic powder, black pepper and salt.
- In slow cooker, whisk together the water, gravy packets, condensed chicken soup, garlic powder, salt, paprika and pepper until smooth
- Add the chicken breasts to the slow cooker and flip on both sides to coat well.
- Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours.
- When done, carefully remove chicken, shred or cut as desired.
- Whisk the sour cream into the slow cooker until smooth and serve over chicken.
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The whole family loved it!’
Everyone loves this and so easy to make. Thanks for the recipe! Also, thanks for the gravy mix recipe. Have made and love many of your meals, sides, and desserts and loved them all.
Looks delicious but I no longer have a crock pot , Can I cook in the oven ?
Thanks
yes!
I just found this recipe and it sounds delicious, I am planning on making it in the next week or two. I do have a question about saving the leftovers, can they be frozen. I live alone so I am only cooking for one, so I would use two breasts and save the leftover for a second or even third meal. Please let me know if this recipe can be frozen, and how long leftovers can be kept in refrigerator.
Diane F
It should keep in the fridge in an airtight container for about 5-7 days, and should freeze well for 3-6 months as long as you let it defrost in the fridge for a day before reheating and eating. Hope you enjoy the recipe!
This. Is. So. EASY!! It was really tasty as well! I used chicken broth in place of water and skipped the sour cream. So good! Will make again! Thank you!
I am asking the same question as Edith, August 7, 2022. How much of the home made gravy mix is used for this recipe? Thanks so much!
Read all the comments, this recipe sounds delicious.
Going to try it.
One question!
I have been trying to eliminate all processed food from my meals for some time now and that includes canned soups.
How do I substitute the cream of chicken soup.
I want to try this recipe using your homemade gravy mix. If I substitute your homemade gravy mix for the 2 packets of store gravy mix, how much of your gravy mix recipe do I use? Is it the whole recipe?
i rated this 3 stars because I have tried this recipe It was good but I think juice is to thin, had to add flour to thicken. Next time I will cut water down to 1/2 cup the reason for this chicken already has lots of water in it,
This was SO good. Comfort food at its finest. My kids are already placing “dibs” on the (little) leftovers for lunch tomorrow. YUM.
Thank you!!!
This was delicious!
I want to make this ASAP. However I would like to clarify the soup. Should the soup be condensed chicken soup or do you mean condensed cream of chicken soup?
It would be condensed cream of chicken.
I accidentally added the sour cream with all the other ingredients instead of at the end. Would it still be ok?
I never leave reviews, but hole..lee…cow! This was delicious!! I made a few tweaks, but regardless I think this recipe is so easy and I’m telling you delicious ?
I want to make this today but don’t have the gravy mix. Not something I ever buy, I make gravy from scratch. Can I sub some flour or cornstarch and some seasonings?
I’m not sure how it would turn out overall, but it wouldn’t hurt to experiment! Hope it turns out great!
I’ve made this with 2 breasts and 1 packet of gravy, and didn’t change anything else and it was delicious. I’d like to use 3 breasts. At my stores, on east coast, 3 boneless breasts weigh 2 lbs. If I double the other ingredients, would that be too much liquid, do you think? Thanks
No, that should be fine.
Do you dilute the condensed soup first, then measure 1-1/4 cup?
No, the soup is not diluted.
I made this tonight and was sooo good ! I added a dash of cayenne pepper (I love some heat) and a pkg of onion soup mix and traded out the sour cream for 4oz cream cheese (that is all I had) and the dinner was DELISH! Everything else I followed to a “T”. I was very surprised at how easy and very tasty this meal turned out. This is a keeper ! Thanks
Love the idea of the onion soup mix.
So easy and delicious!!
This is one of the best chicken crock pot recipes that I’ve made in a long time. You can eat it as a full breast with veggies or over noodles and rice.
Thanks, Rondan, and great idea!
Hi Sabrina I’m new to your site and I loved your recipes but I wanted to know if I could use chicken thighs if I took the skin off of them with the bone and in this recipe thank you I hope to hear from you
Hello Donna, I’m sure you can use chicken thighs. however, you might have an added step of deboning and shredding the chicken. I hope this recipe works out for you. Thank you for trying and for your support!
This was delicious. It’s a keeper. Made spaetzel to put it over. Was amazing. Thanks for the recipe.
Thank you Sue for your support!
This was amazing! I have a family of 6 and 3 are picky eaters(including my husband). Everyone loved this recipe. I served it over homemade mashed potatoes. I used Mccormick gravy packets and cream of chicken with herbs(thats what I had in my cabinet). I used about 4lbs of chicken and doubled the recipe. They only thing I might change next time is a pinch of cornstarch at the end mine was just a smidgen watery than how I like my gravy.. Definitely a keeper! Thanks!
So good! I made it on the stove in the Dutch oven, used broth for water, and served it over fries like a delicious poutine. Will definitely slow cook when I have more time time. Yum!!
Easy to make and enjoyed by all. I added some chopped spinach and served over egg noodles. My kids loved it. I also made it for a friend who was quarantined and couldn’t go out and she and her son loved it too.
That was so nice of you to do that. Thanks for the 5 stars.
When did you add the spinach?
Easy & Excellent :o)
I made this yesterday, exactly per your directions (using your homemade gravy recipe) and we loved it! Definitely a “keeper” recipe.
I’m glad you enjoyed it, Mary. Thanks for the 5 stars.
Slightly confusing that it reads condensed chicken soup instead of saying cream of chicken soup. Probably why it looked nothing like the photos.
So glad I found your comment. I was wondering this very thing regarding the “chicken soup” it was helpful. ?
This was really good and easy. I used frozen chicken breasts. I would recommend less water though, as I had to thicken it up at the end. We loved the flavor.
Could this be done in an Instant Pot?
Yes, I give instructions in the post above. Enjoy!
This was a good, solid family-night recipe.
This is a really good family weeknight recipe.
The instant pot recipe gives an error and shuts down when it reaches pressure. I don’t have time for crock pot, guess I’ll have to cook it on the stove top, and quickly.
Hi! I think it may be because “cream of” soups don’t do well in an instant pot and cause the burn notice to pop up. You have to add them after the fact. I learned this AFTER a dinner took waaaaaay too long ?
The whole family loved it!