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 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 made this awhile ago and the family loved it. Reading your recipe notes and read about using Italian dressing mix. So tonight I will try the dressing mix. I’m sure it will be just as good. Oh, I also tried the chicken potatoes and carrots with the garlic seasoned. That was yummy.
I have this cooking now but without the green beans. I doubled the potatoes. If this okay?
Thanks!
Yes, will do fine.
Thank you for letting me know about stacking the ingredients in a 3 quart slow cooker. Is it OK to put a chicken breast on top of the other two, and will the cooking time still be the same on high if I put the chicken breasts on top of each other?
Very dry chicken, vegetables were good.
Could I use a 3 pound slow cooker? I don’t have anything larger.
A 3-quart? Yes, I think it will fit in a 3-quart, though you will have to stack everything.
Hello, I was wondering if I could do this in an instant pot?
I have not tested, I apologize. I don’t see why not though. You will have add more liquid though.
As a busy wife, I was excited to have an entire meal made easy. But when I plated everything & my husband took the first bite, I was so embarrassed. It was extremely bland (even after DOUBLING the spices). I followed everything exactly so I’m not sure what went wrong. The only difference was I used frozen chicken, but as one commenter stated, you simply need to add 1 more hour to the cook time (8 hrs total).
We literally threw out the food it was so horrible. Do NOT make this unless you like “boiled chicken with a spritz of lemon & semi hard potatoes”- as my husband stated so well. Very very disappointed.
Frozen chicken has a water around it, making dishes taste watery. If your potatoes were hard, you need to cook longer.
Can you freeze for later and add to slow cooker
Potatoes don’t freeze well, they get grainy after being frozen. The rest should be fine though.
Can you use bottled dressing
Yes, that bottled Italian dressing will work great!
This will come out delicious whether you use bottled lemon juice or fresh lemon juice. I used bottled and almost doubled (about 1 1/2) the homemade dressing mix and this was so good. I used frozen green beans and russet potatoes. I would recommend using fresh green beans as mine came out a little too soft for my liking. I also sprinkled the chicken with salt on both sides before putting into the crockpot.