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.
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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 can not print this and it looks so good
Do you happen to know the nutrItional info for this recipe?
This recipe looks like a keeper! I love that you added the potatoes and green beans!
Such an exciting time! I hope the book signings and the TV gig go well! I know you’ll do great 🙂 I love how simple and healthy this recipe is! Another winner!!
I thought you had to put potatoes on the bottom of the slow cooker and then meat on top so the meat doesn’t get overdone on the bottom. Wouldn’t this recipe come out better if the potatoes were under the chicken? Just found your blog and am excited to try some of the recipes. I would really like to try this recipe because the cooking liquid sounds really yummy!
The chicken cooks very even this way. The texture is similar to a poached chicken. 🙂
The flavors were so delicious!!! but the chicken was so dry inside that it was hard to swallow without water immediately to wash it down:( I followed everything exactly…. Do you know what I could do next time to avoid this?
How about using zesty Italian dressing?
I have made an Italian Chicken recipe, with chicken, carrots, diced potatoes, Italian dressing (about a half bottle) and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese. Very similar to this recipe, and very good!
Mmmm, this looks great and love that you can cook the whole meal in the slow cooker!
can I use garlic powder instead of cloves and how much would you suggest?
I would start with a 1/4 tsp. taste it, then add 1/4 tsp. more if you think it needs more seasoning.
I am so excited for you that you have so much good stuff going on! Hope it is a great week and thanks for the recipe!
I made this using fresh lemon slices in.the of the pot then the juice of one lemon. I used lemon pepper in place of other spices….family loved it…specially the green beans which I used frozen because thats all I had on hand. I also added 2 leg quarters in place of all breast.,my bohs dont like white meat
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That sounds great Marilyn!
Marilyn I’m doing it your way, that sounds so good.