Top 5 slow cooker chicken recipes
Quick answer
For easy slow cooker chicken dinners, make Cooking With Claudia's honey garlic chicken thighs and potatoes, Smokin' & Grillin with AB's orange chicken, Bored of Lunch's creamy marry me chicken, Spend With Pennies' chicken and dumplings and Isabel Eats' shredded chicken tacos.
Few things feel better on a busy day than coming home to a slow cooker that has already made dinner. Chicken is made for it. A few hours of gentle heat makes it tender enough to fall apart, and the sauce has all day to soak in.
We picked five recipes that real creators make again and again. Every pick links to the original video or recipe, and the button under each one saves it to Recepti so you can find it again tonight.
1 Honey garlic chicken thighs and potatoes
By Claudia, Cooking With Claudia on YouTube
With millions of views, this is the dump and go dinner people keep coming back to. Chicken thighs, baby potatoes and onion go straight into the pot, then Claudia pours over a sweet and tangy honey garlic sauce with a little sweet chili and Dijon. A spoonful of cornstarch near the end thickens the sauce into something you will want over rice.
- Time
- About 15 minutes hands on, plus 4 to 6 hours on high
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Key ingredients
- Bone in chicken thighs, baby potatoes, onion, honey, garlic, sweet chili sauce, soy sauce, Dijon mustard
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2 Slow cooker orange chicken
By Smokin' & Grillin with AB on YouTube · Written recipe
AB brings his big, friendly energy to a takeout classic. The chicken pieces get a light cornstarch coating and a quick sear, then cook low and slow in a glossy glaze built on orange marmalade, soy sauce, garlic and ginger. It is sweet, savory and a little tangy. Spoon it over rice and finish with sesame seeds and scallions.
- Time
- About 3 hours 20 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Key ingredients
- Chicken breast pieces, cornstarch, orange marmalade, soy sauce, rice vinegar, ginger, garlic, scallions
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3 Slow cooker marry me chicken
By Nathan Anthony, Bored of Lunch (@boredoflunch) on TikTok
Nathan is one of the best known slow cooker creators around, and this creamy version of the famous marry me chicken shows why. Chicken breasts cook all day with sun dried tomatoes, garlic and herbs, and a little cream and basil go in at the very end. A quick sear first adds flavor, but he says you can skip it.
- Time
- About 10 minutes hands on, plus up to 8 hours on low
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Key ingredients
- Chicken breasts, paprika, sun dried tomatoes, garlic, onion, chicken stock, a splash of cream, fresh basil
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4 Crock pot chicken and dumplings
By Holly Nilsson, Spend With Pennies
Written recipeCrock pot chicken and dumplingsspendwithpennies.comThis is comfort food made as easy as it gets. Chicken breasts cook on high in a rich, creamy sauce with onion and poultry seasoning. For the last hour, Holly adds thawed vegetables and store bought biscuit dough rolled thin and cut into strips, which cook into soft dumplings right in the pot. Then the chicken gets shredded and stirred back in.
- Time
- About 5 hours 20 minutes on high
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Key ingredients
- Chicken breasts, onion, cream of chicken and cream of celery soup, broth, frozen vegetables, refrigerated biscuits
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5 Crockpot chicken tacos
By Isabel Orozco-Moore, Isabel Eats
Written recipeCrockpot chicken tacosisabeleats.comIsabel makes these on the days when dinner sneaks up on her. A quick homemade taco seasoning and a can of tomatoes with green chiles do all the work, with no broth needed. After a few hours the chicken shreds with two forks. Her tip is to let it rest in the juices for ten minutes so it soaks everything back up.
- Time
- About 10 minutes hands on, plus 6 hours on low or 4 on high
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Key ingredients
- Chicken breasts, homemade taco seasoning, ancho chili powder, cumin, Mexican oregano, onion, tomatoes with green chiles
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Questions
Should I cook chicken on low or high in the slow cooker?
Both work. Low is great when you want dinner ready after a long day, and high is handy when you start around lunchtime. Thighs stay juicy over a long cook, while breasts are best checked toward the shorter end of the time.
Can I put frozen chicken in the slow cooker?
It is best to thaw it first. A slow cooker warms up gently, so frozen chicken can spend too long at an unsafe temperature. If you forgot, seal it in a bag and set it in cold water until it thaws.
Which of these recipes is the easiest?
Claudia's honey garlic chicken and Isabel's tacos are true dump and go recipes. AB browns his chicken first, and Nathan suggests a quick sear for extra flavor, but each takes only a few minutes.
How do I save these recipes so I can find them later?
Paste each link into Recepti and it keeps the ingredients, steps and creator credit together. Nathan writes his recipes in grams and milliliters, so you can switch to cups with a tap. Our guide to converting a metric recipe to US measurements explains how it works.
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