Slow Cooker Marry Me Chicken
25 Comments Sep 28, 2022
Updated Jun 20, 2023
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This Slow Cooker Marry Me Chicken combines the flavors of chicken, sundried tomatoes, chicken broth, and several staple seasonings for an absolutely delicious meal. With minimal prep and a cooking time of as little as 3 hours, this meal is ideal for those busy weeknights.
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Why do they call it Marry Me Chicken?
This chicken recipe gets its name from the simple fact that all ingredients “marry one another” as they slowly cook together. The unique flavors of sun dried tomatoes paired with the seasonings, broth, and butter all around the chicken will keep everyone wanting more.
I always thought the name Marry Me Chicken meant you make the dish for someone you want to marry!
The chicken becomes tender and infused with a delicious flavor, making it a versatile dish that can be paired with several things (see serving suggestions below).
Recipe Ingredients
- Chicken: Boneless skinless chicken breasts are the perfect chicken cut for this recipe.
- Wet Ingredients: Heavy cream, butter, and chicken broth are used to create the creamy base, while olive oil is used to brown the chicken before putting it into the crockpot.
- Seasonings: salt, pepper, dried onion, Italian seasoning, paprika, sun-dried tomatoes, and garlic marry together to create a flavor that gives this chicken recipe its staple taste.
- Flour: Flour is mixed with the chicken broth to make the creamy base thick.
Step-by-Step Directions
Step One – Measure out the chicken broth in a measuring cup.
Step Two – Add the flour and whisk together until well combined.
Step Three – Lightly season the chicken and place it in a skillet heated with olive oil—Brown one side for just a couple of minutes.
Step Four – Flip the chicken breasts and brown the other side.
Step Five – Add the chicken stock and flour mixture, heavy cream, minced garlic, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, paprika, minced onion, and mix.
Step Six – Submerge the browned chicken breasts into the slow cooker.
Step Seven – Add the quartered butter and sun dried tomatoes.
Step Eight – Cook on HIGH for 3 hours or LOW for 6 hours. Serve warm.
What goes best with Marry Me Chicken?
- On a bed of pasta: From a regular spaghetti noodle to rotini pasta, you can choose just about any pasta type to pair with this chicken recipe.
- Mashed Potatoes: The potatoes soak up all the wonderful creamy sundried tomato sauce.
- Optional toppings: Fresh basil, chopped parsley, and freshly grated parmesan cheese are topping flavors that pair well with this chicken dish.
- Make it an entire course meal: Use this chicken recipe to create a complete meal by pairing it will cauliflower rice, green beans, roasted carrots, or even a small side salad. You can even add fresh spinach to the crockpot to finish off the meal.
Recipe FAQs and Variations
Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container for up to 4 days—reheat servings in the microwave.
Freeze any leftovers in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator before reheating.
Add cayenne pepper or red pepper flakes for a bit of heat in your sun dried tomato cream sauce.
Yes, you can, and follow the recipe accordingly. Boneless Skinless Chicken thighs will be even more flavorful.
Instead of using heavy cream, use half-in-half instead, though you will have a thinner sauce.
Yes! If you want the tomato flavor but not tiny bits of tomatoes, using whole sun dried tomatoes works well.
I you prefer you can use cream cheese instead of heavy cream, just cut an 8 oz block of cream cheese into cubes and add them to the slow cooker.
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Slow Cooker Marry Me Chicken
Ingredients
- 5 boneless skinless chicken breast
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 ½ cups chicken stock
- 3 Tbsp. all purpose flour
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. black pepper
- 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp. paprika
- 1 tsp. dried minced Onion, (or ¼ teaspoon onion powder)
- ⅓ cup sun dried tomatoes, drained
- 4 Tbsp. salted butter
- fresh basil for garnish
- grated or shredded parmesan for garnish
Instructions
- In a frying pan or cast iron skillet, heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Brown the chicken breasts for 2-3 minutes on both sides. (The goal here is to brown the outside of the chicken breast, not to cook it through) Set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the chicken stock and flour. In the slow cooker pot, add the chicken stock and flour mixture, heavy cream, minced garlic, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, paprika, minced onion and mix.
- Place the browned chicken breasts into the slow cooker pot and top with the sun dried tomatoes and butter. Cover and cook on HIGH for 3 hours or LOW for 6 hours.
- Serve over pasta, rice or mashed potatoes and garnish with the fresh basil. Enjoy!
Sarah’s Notes
- Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Reheat servings in the microwave.
- Freeze any leftovers in a freeze safe container for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator before reheating.
- Add cayenne pepper or red pepper flakes for a bit of heat.
- Boneless skinless chicken thighs can be used instead of chicken breasts.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
We just finished cleaning up the mess that I made doing a similar recipe in a large fry pan from start to finish. Never again! Grease splattered everywhere, with numerous dishes and pans to clean up after dinner. I wish I’d seen your easier crockpot version of Marry me Chicken first. The ingredients are about the same, but the dirty dishes can be done long before we eat. I will print your recipe for future use. They never disappoint.
This was easy and delicious! Don’t understand those who said it’s too bland – frankly, I think too many people eat heavily spiced foods which cauterize the taste buds and they can’t taste any of the lovely delicious delicate flavors anymore – it’s their loss! I would not change anything about this recipe. although I didn’t have any sun dried tomatoes at hand and I will rectify that next time, But even without them it tasted great! The old saying is: “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach!” – so I thought that’s what “marry me chicken” meant! This dish definitely meets that criteria! Haha!
I wish I’d read the reviews and used the chicken elsewhere. The final product was unbelievably bland and boring. I punched it up with more salt, more Italian seasoning, more sun dried tomatoes and some artichokes I found in the fridge. Don’t be afraid to overseason! If you follow the directions it’s just gross.
This was super tasty! Was dubious as there were some bad reviews but was a winner. I made it as per the recepie,cooked it for almost 8hrs in the slow cooker and the sauce was thick and creamy and the flavours were amazing!
While the house smelled great, the finished product was quite bland. I added salt and that made it better but still lacking. I didn’t find it runny…it was plenty creamy enough…just lacked flavor. Bummer as I had high hopes for this.
I don’t usually go out of my way to review- but this was terrible. I followed the directions to a tee, and it was horrible. The chicken doesn’t brown after 2-3 minutes, so unless you like boiled chicken (ew) then I suggest cooking your chicken separately and then combining it with the sauce. The sauce was thin and watery, even after adding a splash of pasta water. A crockpot full of wasted food, at least my husband is a human garbage disposal. If you want good Marry Me Chicken, try different recipe.
I really don’t understand that some reviewers found this bland… I can only guess they failed to use a decent chicken stock, Mid cook I asked my husband what he thought. He failed to ask me to marry him again but did ask to do more of the same. HIGHLY flavoursome and is going on the repeat quick and easy recipe list. Delicious !
Can I use sun dried tomatoes that don’t have liquid?
Yes, that should work fine!
Could this be prepared the night before?
I have not tried, but I don’t see why not!
This recipe was very bland; I ended up adding more salt and other seasonings to it before serving, and that helped a bit. It was also very, very runny; I mixed a few more tablespoons of flour in a cup with some of the sauce, then added it to the crockpot about 30 minutes before serving. That helped to thicken it.
I would make it again, but would definitely cut back on the liquids a bit (or add more flour to thicken it at the end) and add more spices / seasonings.