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!”
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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 Crockpot 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.
Can I use ranch packet?
Yes, that will work great.
We love this recipe. I’m just curious what gives it high sodium of 770mg? I don’t add the salt and there isn’t much or any sodium in the 3 fresh ingredients, or the olive oil. I haven’t checked the spices yet but thought I would check with you. Thanks!
If you leave out the sodium, the chicken alone (all the servings total) has 1000 grams of sodium.
I want to make a larger quantity, what size crockpot should I use?
You can easily double this recipe with a 6 quart slow cooker.
Would small chicken tenderloins work
Yes! They work great.
Can I cook for longer, 4 hrs for a crockpot kind of defeats the purpose, can’t really set it in the morning and have it done at the end of the day. Since it says it cooks on a lower temp when you do longer, won’t it still work?
Hi! Not all things can be cooked all day. I think this would be done at 6-7 hours on low. Any longer and it may be overdone.
I’ve done this. My crock pot took 5 hours
Can this recipe be made with something other than Italian seasoning? I’ve tried both crockpot and oven versions of this. It’s good but not one off my go to!
What to do if you don’t have olive oil on in your home
You can use vegetable or canola oil.
I can’t wait to try this. Quick question, if I split the chicken breasts, should I cut the time in half for cooking? Thank you
No, the potatoes take the longest. You’ll have to cook for the same amount of time.
How much is considered a serving?
Hi! I do not figure that out for you, I apologize. It’s 1/4 of the recipe.
Are you supposed to make the Italian dressing per the package instructions? Or just use the dry seasoning?
i also wondered this…but it looks like you just use 1/2c melted butter instead of oil and lemon juice. idk. maybe someone else has tried it… i like italian dressing and often marinade in one prepared.. so id think you could do it either way…just be sure your people like vinegar.
Can I use frozen chicken thighs? How would that change the cook time?
Hi, I don’t give advice on frozen meats. Studies show that it isn’t safe. Thawed ones would work great in this recipe.
Which studies? Please cite your sources. I’m genuinely interested to know if it’s really unsafe. I’ve bought bags of frozen boneless skinless chicken breast for years and used them in many recipes and never had a problem. I will probably be trying this recipe with them. However I don’t want my family’s food to be unsafe and would like to read the studies you’re referring to. Thank you.
https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2017/10/24/cook-slow-save-time-four-important-slow-cooker-food-safety-tips
Sarah — Thanks so much for the reference to the USDA page regarding using frozen food in a crockpot! It was very informative.