49 chicken slow cooker recipes

Slow cooker pineapple chicken with Dijon mustard, soy sauce, garlic, and unsweetened pineapple. A low-fat crockpot chicken breast dinner with minimal prep.

Only 2 ingredients and your slow cooker can turn any meat into fall apart and tender goodness.

Slightly Italian crockpot chicken: slow-cooked chicken breasts with artichoke hearts, mushrooms, and Italian dressing sauce thickened with tapioca. Set-and-forget weeknight dinner for four.

New Orleans red beans and rice cooked low and slow in a crockpot with smoked turkey legs, onion, celery, bay leaves, and hot sauce. Makes enough to freeze multiple family meals.

Slow cooker salsa chicken with Brussels sprouts, Ro-Tel tomatoes, jalapeno, and cayenne pepper. Set it and forget it for 7 hours on low for a spicy, hands-off dinner.

Slow cooker navy bean soup with ham hocks or chicken, potatoes, carrots, celery, and thyme. A hearty crockpot bean soup that simmers all day and freezes well.

Slow cooker Tex-Mex chicken and rice with taco seasoning, diced tomatoes, and green chilies. Dump it in, set it, and serve 8 hungry people tonight.

Slow cooker cassoulet with frozen chicken drumsticks, smoked turkey sausage, navy beans, and vegetables in a tomato-herb broth. A rustic French-inspired stew with 10 minutes of prep.

My hearty soup starts with a homemade stock simmered low for hours, then strained and skimmed clean before a load of vegetables, pasta, and pulled meat go in. A from-scratch, stick-to-your-ribs bowl made the old-fashioned way.

Set-it-and-forget-it slow cooker stew packs chicken, eggplant, potatoes, and beans into one hearty 8-hour meal that feeds a crowd.

Crockpot Cincinnati chili made with lean chicken, simmered low with chili powder, a hit of unsweetened chocolate, and warm cinnamon and cloves. The Queen City classic, set-and-forget in the slow cooker.

Crock-pot BBQ chicken slow-cooks a whole chicken in a homemade barbecue sauce of tomato passata, molasses, brown sugar, and vinegar until fall-off-the-bone tender. Hands-off, no bottled sauce required.

Slow cooker rosemary chicken with tomatoes, mushrooms, and garlic served over pasta. A set-it-and-forget-it Italian-inspired weeknight dinner.

Set-it-and-forget-it slow cooker barbecue chicken simmered in a tangy tomato, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce. Just 10 minutes of prep and 6 to 8 hours on low for fork-tender, saucy chicken.

A 5-ingredient slow cooker chicken simmered in spaghetti sauce mix and white wine with fresh tomatoes and mushrooms. Set it and forget it for 4 to 6 hours.

Slow cooker chicken fricassee with onions, celery, and carrots in a thick flour-thickened gravy served over noodles. A classic comfort dish that cooks itself all day in the Crock-Pot.