30+ Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes

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These 30 Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes make dinner so easy. Just throw together a few ingredients in your crock pot, then set it and forget it until dinner!

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You’re sure to love just how simple these crockpot chicken dinners are. All you’ll need are some frozen chicken thighs or chicken breasts and some basic pantry ingredients to make 30 delicious dinners. It’s great to throw all the ingredients in one pot, then go about your day while the crock pot does the rest of the work for you.

These Crockpot Chicken dinners are family-friendly meals with a lot of variety. One of the great things about chicken is how versatile it is. Try out all of these crockpot chicken recipes, and it will be a long time before you find yourself in a dinner rut.

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Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken in the slow cooker

Slow Cooker Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken

Slow Cooker Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken made with just five ingredients, you can set it in the morning in just minutes and have the perfect weeknight meal!
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Slow Cooker Chicken Breast Recipe

Slow Cooker Chicken Breast is the most juicy, flavorful seasoned boneless skinless chicken that you won't believe was made in a Crockpot!
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chicken thighs in a skillet

Crisp & Juicy Slow Cooker Chicken Recipe

Crisp and Juicy Slow Cooker Chicken recipe for slow cooking tendy chicken thighs with crispy skin in a crock pot with just salt and pepper!
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Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Dip with hand dipping chip

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Dip contains the classic flavors you know and love in the form of a crowd-pleasing dip. Perfect for potlucks!
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Slow Cooker Crack Chicken Sandwiches in a bun

Slow Cooker Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwiches

Slow Cooker Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwiches, also sometimes referred to as "crack chicken" are made with bacon, cream cheese, chicken, cheddar cheese and ranch seasonings and they're a family favorite!
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Slow Cooker Bacon Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken Recipe

Slow Cooker Bacon Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken a perfect sticky, garlicky recipe made with just 4 ingredients. Perfectly tender by dinner time.
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Slow Cooker Rotisserie Chicken Recipe

Slow Cooker Rotisserie Chicken is tender, flavorful, and perfectly crispy. An easy dinner protein for the weeknight everyone will enjoy!
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Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy Recipe

Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy is the ultimate comfort food. Easy crockpot recipe made with tender chicken and only 10 minutes of prep time!
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Slow Cooker Indian Butter Chicken Recipe

Slow Cooker Butter Chicken is easy for any home chef and uses pantry spices to recreate a popular Indian restaurant dish. Try this today!
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chicken pieces plated in bowl with rice

Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Chicken Recipe

Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Chicken is an easy weeknight dinner with the flavors of Thailand. Quick prep, easy cleanup. Try this today!
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two chicken thighs in bowl with rice and jalapeno slices

Slow Cooker Jerk Chicken Recipe

Slow Cooker Jerk Chicken is an easy recipe with bold Jamaican flavors of peppers, onions, allspice, and cloves with no big mess to clean up.
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Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas Recipe

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas is an easy Mexican weeknight meal with fresh citrus flavors and the right amount of heat for the whole family.
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Single Apricot Chicken thigh in slow cooker

Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken Recipe

Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken is crispy, sweet, and savory with just five ingredients. The perfect, easy weeknight dinner with tons of flavor!
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cooked chicken in pot with garlic, sauces, and garnish

Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken Recipe

Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken is so easy, with just a handful of ingredients. The ginger and garlic will make your kitchen smell amazing!
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Slow Cooker Root Beer Chicken Recipe

Slow Cooker Root Beer Chicken is an easy weeknight meal for the family or party food! Perfect for sandwiches, tacos & more. Try it tonight!
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Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches are an easy dinner or party food made with just three ingredients, piled onto toasted brioche buns and spread with cream cheese.
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Pieces of tender meat in marinade in a pot

Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken Recipe

Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken is full of flavor and easy to make with pantry ingredients and almost no prep! Everyone will enjoy this!
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chicken on a bed of rice with some jalapeno slices and a lime

Slow Cooker Spicy Honey Lime Chicken Recipe

Slow Cooker Spicy Honey Lime Chicken is a low effort recipe made with just five ingredients. Perfect as a main dish or turn it into Carnitas!
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Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Chicken Recipe

Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Chicken is a bold and flavorful dish. Use as a taco filling or make into a tasty soup for an easy weeknight dinner.
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Slow Cooker Bacon Chicken Chowder Recipe

Slow Cooker Bacon Chicken Chowder cooks low and slow all day long for a hearty, easy, rich chowder that is delicious and full of bacon!
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Two tacos on corn tortillas with lime garnishment

Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas Recipe

Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas are an easy, hands off way to enjoy all the bold, smoky flavors of traditional fajitas with minimal effort!
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chicken with bell peppers and rice

Slow Cooker Hawaiian Pineapple Chicken Recipe

Slow Cooker Hawaiian Pineapple Chicken delivers tropical flavor with low effort. Tender, saucy chicken dinner with just 15 minutes of prep.
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Dip in the crock pot.

Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Dip Recipe

Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Dip is a cheesy, flavor-packed crowd favorite that's rich, creamy, and unbelievably easy to make!
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chicken Pot Pie with crispy chicken thighs and vegetables

Slow Cooker Crispy Chicken Pot Pie

Slow Cooker Crispy Chicken Pot Pie with your favorite pot pie vegetables is the perfect fall meal with just a few minutes of prep!
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Slow Cooker Chicken Caesar Sandwiches made with easy homemade caesar dressing, Parmesan Cheese and a buttery hamburger bun.

Slow Cooker Chicken Caesar Sandwiches Recipe

Slow Cooker Chicken Caesar Sandwiches are so easy to make and so delicious! Perfect for weekly meal prep too!
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cooked poultry with croutons, tomatoes, cheese, and greek yogurt wrapped in spinach tortilla

Slow Cooker Chicken Caesar Salad Wraps Recipe

Slow Cooker Chicken Caesar Wraps are an easy, make-ahead lunch with classic Caesar flavor, perfect for lunchboxes or on the go!
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Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili Recipe

Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili is the perfect, easy chili of your dreams. This warm, hearty 1-bowl meal is great by itself or with a side.
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Crispy chicken thighs paired with buttery potatoes and shaved Parmesan.

Slow Cooker Garlic Parmesan Chicken and Potatoes Recipe

Slow Cooker Garlic Parmesan Chicken and Potatoes with just five ingredients. Crisp chicken thighs, potatoes, and shaved Parmesan cheese.
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Slow Cooker Creamy Lemon Chicken Recipe

Easy Slow Cooker Creamy Lemon Chicken recipe for juicy chicken breasts in a buttery lemon sauce. You'll love this simple and delicious dish!
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Aerial view of Mongolian chicken in the slow cooker

Slow Cooker Mongolian Chicken

Slow Cooker Mongolian Chicken is a set it and forget it five ingredient recipe that is sweet, spicy, and full of garlic and ginger flavors!
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Slow Cooker Chicken & Rice Soup Recipe

Slow Cooker Chicken & Rice Soup can be prepped in minutes. You'll come home to a kitchen that smells like you have been cooking all day!
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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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  4. Made the Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken last night and it was very good. We loved it. So simple with so few ingredients. Thank you so much for the recipe. Looking forward to trying some of your other recipes

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  5. Sabrina, tu es spéciale et j’adore regarder tes recettes, je crois que c’est l’une des premières choses que je fais le matin dès mon arrivée au bureau si je n’ai pas d’urgence. En tout cas, toutes mes félicitations. Tu es un chef hors pair. Tes recettes sont faciles et tu as du goût pour les délices.

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  6. Hi Sabrina,
    Love your recipes! I’m starting to use the Ninja Foodi and wonder if you have any recipes for it?
    Thanks!
    David

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  7. I was looking at your Slow Cooker Chicken Breast with Gravy recipe and saw your Homemade Chicken Gravy Mix recipe. There is an option of replacing the packets of gravy mix with 4 TBSP. of your Homemade Mix. Is that 4 TBSP. per packet in the recipe, or a total of 4 TBSP. for the entire Slow Cooker Chicken Breast with Gravy
    recipe. Also, If I were just wanting to make a cup of gravy for some other use, would I use 2 or 4 TBSP of the mix?

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    1. To replace the packets for that recipe, you’ll want to use 4 tablespoons total. If you’re just wanting to use the mix for a cup of gravy, just use 2 tbsp of the mix. Hope this helps clear it up. Enjoy!

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      1. Thank you, Sabrina! That was my guess, but assuming has not always had good results for me! I am so glad that I found your site! I keep sharing the good news!

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  8. I always look forward to your recipes because every one I have tried have turned out so well, and delicious. They have been favorites of my friends and family. Thank you.

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