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.
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“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.
I make this on a pretty regular basis! I have ditched the olive oil, and instead I use 1 large lemon, 1 large orange, and red wine to produce the liquid, and I use boneless skinless chicken thighs instead of chicken breasts. I liked the original but these minor changes have made it an absolute favorite for me 🙂
This is delicious!!! I will definitely keep this recipe in my dinner rotation. I followed the instructions exactly …….. soooo good. Can’t wait to make it again.
I love this recipe. It’s one of the first meals I made for me and my husband right after we got married (it’s also the very first meal I made in a slow-cooker). I make it a few times each year and it’s sitting in my slow-cooker right now too, another 3 hours to go until dinner! This is one of my favorites.
I made this tonight, it’s so good! Thank you for sharing
I remade this today. Added 3/4 a can of low sodium chicken stock and made the potatoes separate. Also, cooked on high for 3 hours instead of 4. It turned out much better and was moist. Not sure if my crockpot runs high, but last time chicken was extremely dry.
Thank you for the tips.
Made this for dinner tonight and it was so easy and delicious! Followed the recipe exactly and everything turned out perfectly! We will definitely make it again.
That’s wonderful Kate!
I love this recipe and it quickly became a family favorite! I’ve played around with the cooking times a bit because I tend to use thin cut chicken breasts and the chicken comes out a bit dry when I cook it on high for 4 hours. So far I have found that 5-6 hours on low works best for me. Thanks for the great and healthy recipe!
Would this work in a 6 qt. round crock pot?
Yes! I think so.
Love this recipe – easy to make – delicious. I’ve made it for friends recovering from surgery, illness, etc. and they love it. My husband and I have this dish quite often.
Hi! I love this recipe…I’ve made it twice. However, both times the chicken has been dry…its fall apart tender but still dry. The first time we cooked it for the 4 hours on high but we were not home from work so the crockpot clicked over to ‘warm.’ We thought it was cooked too long. However, we made it again last night and we ate it immediately after the 4 hours and it was still dry…tender but dry! Any tips? It’s very tasty!
Try boneless skinless chicken thighs