Crockpot Chicken, Potatoes, and Green beans
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This one-pot Crockpot Chicken, Potatoes, and Green Beans features a homemade lemon garlic dressing poured over the top for a flavorful, healthy dinner you’ll want to make again and again.
This classic chicken, potatoes, and green beans recipe is made completely from scratch! The ingredients are arranged in the crockpot and topped with a homemade lemon garlic Italian dressing—no seasoning packets or butter here, just olive oil and simple pantry spices for a fresh and healthy slow cooker dinner.
Crockpot Chicken Dinner Video
Key Ingredients
This recipe for chicken dinner in the crockpot is made from scratch. Here is what you need. For full ingredient amounts, see the recipe card below the images.
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts – Can use chicken thighs or tenders.
- Fresh green beans – Frozen works well too.
- Red Potatoes – Cut into quarters or about 1/2 inch pieces.
- Homemade Italian dressing – Super quick to make, you just need: Fresh lemon juice, olive oil, oregano, salt, pepper, onion powder, and minced garlic.
How to Make Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans
Step One: Make the homemade dressing by mixing the olive oil, lemon juice and seasonings.
Step Two: Add the chicken to the center of the slow cooker, add the cut green beans on one side, then the cut potatoes on the other side.
Step Three: Pour over the homemade dressing over the chicken, potatoes and green beans.
Variations
This recipe has been tested many times as is. If you want to make some changes, here are great ideas.
- Use a different vegetable than green beans. You can use: Broccoli, asparagus, canned or fresh corn, baby carrots, or use extra potatoes!
- Use Italian dressing instead of the homemade (such as Newman’s own).
- Or use a stick of melted butter and sprinkle a packet of Good Seasons Italian dressing mix over. You can find the Italian dressing mix on the salad dressing aisle next to the ranch dressing packets.
Featured Comment
“Added to our regular menu rotation. So easy and so delicious!”
– Trudy
Crockpot Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans Recipe
How to Video
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
- 1/2 lb. fresh green beans, trimmed (about 2.5 cups)
- 1 1/4 lb. diced red potatoes, about 4 cups
Homemade dressing ingredients:
- 1/3 cup FRESH lemon juice (NOT BOTTLED), (1 large or 2 small lemons)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1/4 tsp. onion powder
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
Instructions
- Start by placing the chicken the middle of the slow cooker. Next, add the green beans on one side. Then for the potatoes, you will need to mound them high off to the other side.
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, oregano, salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic cloves.
- Pour this mixture evenly over the chicken, green beans and potatoes.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 7 hours, without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- Note- Do NOT use lemon juice out of squeeze bottle, the recipe will not turn out correct.
Sarah’s Notes
- Use a different vegetable than green beans. You can use: Broccoli, asparagus, canned or fresh corn, baby carrots, or use extra potatoes!
- Use Italian dressing instead of the homemade (such as Newman’s own.
- Or use a stick of melted butter and sprinkle a packet of Good Seasons Italian dressing mix over. You can find the Italian dressing mix on the salad dressing aisle next to the ranch dressing packets.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
Can I make this in the Oven?
Yes, you can make this in the oven, try this oven version, but most oven versions include an Italian dressing seasoning packet.
More complete meal slow cooker recipes:
Enjoy the all-in-one ease of a Slow Cooker Full Chicken Dinner, or dig into the creamy, savory flavors of Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken and Potatoes.
Let buttery herbs shine with Garlic Butter Chicken and Veggies, or spice things up with a cheesy, saucy Crockpot Chicken Enchilada Casserole.
Serve a down-home favorite like Meatloaf and Baked Potatoes, or make it meaty and hearty with Steak, Potatoes, and Corn cooked low and slow.
so simple and looks so yummy! I can’t wait to make this one! I’m adding in to my meal plan right now!
Love the simplicity of this recipe Sarah!
Can I cook this on low for a longer period of time and still have it come out OK? I work all day so 4 hours just doesn’t work for me but this sounds soooo good.
Hi Pat. I don’t think it would turn out well with a longer cooking time. This is a Sunday recipe for me. 🙂
I MADE IT THE OTHER NIGHT. I PUT ONE CAN OF GREEN BEANS AND CUBED 3 POTATOES AND PUT THE CHICIKEN IN THE MIDDLE. THEN I SPRINKLED THE DRY ITALIAN SEASONING OVER IT AND THEN MELT ABOUT 3/4 STICK OF BUTTER AND POUR ON IT. I COOKED MINE IN THE OVEN AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
As much as I love the idea of using the crock pot to avoid heating up the kitchen on a hot day, I think my family would like it better with some more color to the chicken. How long did you bake it in the oven for & at what temp? Thanks!
Hi, I saw your comment and wanted to let you know I seared my chicken first for some color and more flavor 🙂 also I used butter not olive oil
Dear RUTH BYRD, what degree for the oven and how long please! Thanks in advance
I’ve been making this for years with the chicken breast, canned green beans, diced potatoes and dry ranch packet with one stick of melted butter. I bake it at 375 degrees for 35-40 min. I cube my chicken breast first.
great tips, thanks!
4 hours on high? Not to long or high for breasts? Do they dry out?
Actually pat, you can, put it on low for 8 hours, I’ve been getting pretty fluent in crock pots, when needing to adjust times/temperatures, just think, the fast you want it cooked, the higher the temp, the slower, the cook time, the lower the temp, I’ve learned with other recipes, that call to be cooked on high for two hours, to put them on low for four hours, just as an eight hour dish recipe on low can be done sooner if you cook for four hours on high, the only time this hasnt worked is when adjusting meat temp from original recipe, use thawed if that’s what recipe calls for, but my suggestion is to try and cook this one for 8 hours on low, or invest in a digital crock pot that shuts off and only keeps warm after timer is done.
You can cook it on low heat for 7-8 hours
A few people have commented that it works fine on low for 7-8 hours, I have not tried it that way yet.
I can’t print it:(
If I don’t put the green beans in do I need to add more liquid??
No, there will be plenty of liquid. 🙂
Can it be cooked for 8 hrs if on low setting?
Some people on the comment thread have done it with success. I have not tried, sorry.
Could I replace green beans with asparagus or will it get too mushy?
I would add the asparagus the last 2 hours. It will get dark colored, if love love asparagus this shouldn’t deter you.
Sounds great and will definitely make. Living in RV and traveling crock pot meals are the best ever. Always looking for new recipes. thanks for posting
I think I would rather do boneless ctr cut pork chops & try it with the sweet potatoes, like the lady above suggested…… Do you think there would be any difference in the time??
would sweet potatoes work instead of the red potatoes
I don’t see why not! Sounds delicious. 🙂
Sounds fab and my family will love it!
why can’t I print it?
Darn it! That function was fixed a few days ago. I will look into what the problem is. If you can copy and paste it into a document, then print, that would work. I apologize.
I haven’t been able to print them either. Please let me know when fixed.
Thanks
I have been emailing the recipe card people about this! I hope they can fix it asap! I’m so sorry! 🙂
i couldn’t print from card but i selected the text & printed. i was fine
Just suggest to people to take a screenshot on their phone or tablets. Then they can either email out print from there.
Great idea! Thanks for the help!
I am upset that I can’t print this – I can’t even do copy and paste. I had to write the recipe down because I am making it tonight I hope this can be changed. I don’t like subscribing to pages – then I have a mail box full of things and I can’t keep up with my mail.
there is a print button on every recipe card on my site 🙂