Crockpot Chicken, Potatoes, and Green beans
690 Comments Apr 07, 2025
Updated May 03, 2025
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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.
Have you or anyone used a substitute for the garlic cloves like…garlic flakes(dried/dehydrated minced garlic),granulated,or pwdered garlic?
Yes, garlic powder is great in all of my recipes where I use fresh garlic.
I use low FODMAP garlic-infused extra virgin olive oil and it works perfectly for garlic flavour.
Felt like it was healthy but my husband and I agreed we didn’t like it. Chicken was dry texture and bland. Sorry!
Can I use russet potatoes instead of red?
Yes, russets work very well in this recipe.
What do you think of fresh lime juice instead of fresh lemon juice?
I think that lime would work great.
Am I able to double this? Will it still turn out okay?
You will most likely need to cook an extra hour. Keep the lid on.
Hi there, is thr sodium content per serving or per receipe (4 servings) the sodium content of 771 seems high on all fresh ingredients. I’m newly managing a 2300-1500 MG daily sodium (for heart healhty) and am just trying to navigate through some dinner ideas 🙂
Yes, it’s for one serving. I would definitely calculate all your sodium your self for the automatic calculators websites use can have errors.
I have never left a review for a recipe, but here I sit. The flavor is off on this recipe. The oregano does not compliment the chicken and is very overpowering (yes I used dried) on an otherwise unseasoned tasting chicken. I think a different herb would be much better, personally (thyme or rosemary). My husband and kids were not fans, but we ate the chicken as not to waste it.
I was very excited to try this recipe but very disappointed with how it turned out. The food is very bland and green beans are overdone. It honestly tastes like bad banquet food. It definitely needs more flavor.
Turned out great, very flavorful. I cooked on low. All ingredients turned out perfectly! Chicken was juicy not dried out, green beans still had a snap to then and the potatoes were just right! I will be addingvto the rotation.
Can you cook this with frozen chicken breast?
No, frozen chicken can make a dish watery and dilute the sauce.
I am on a keto diet. Can I omit the potatoes?
Yes!