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 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.
Made this recipe used riced cauliflower instead of potatoes frozen green beans. My husband who doesn’t like chicken said it was the best chicken he has tasted. He requested I make it again today so I am. I did you real lemon juice and Italian seasoning herbs. With the garlic and olive oil and salt and pepper and minced dried onion. It was excellent.
Too lemony. Husband and kids hated it
Prepared this meal with Yukon potatoes, 10 oz. frozen string green beans and Italian dressing and melted butter. It was sooooo tender and good. Chicken breasts shredded with fork. I sprayed crock with Pam to avoid chicken sticking to crock. Highly recommend this recipe.
Please know PAM is very bad for you ..research it….use butter
You can use the organic brand that has no propellents; I often buy that.
I know and I’m going to use it anyway.
How much Italian dressing did you use?
I agree with Carol. The chix breast eas stringy and a tough. If I make this again I would use chix thighs. The potaies and green beans were good.
This is one of my family’s favorite recipes, we tweak it a bit, that could help you. I use baby carrots instead of green beans, I double the liquid/spices part of the recipe and do a layer of the sauce over the chicken, and then more over the carrots/potatoes. I cook for about 8 hours. Also I add little broccoli pieces in the last 2 hours. I shred the chicken at the end, mix everything together. It turns out amazing. Real lemons too!
Oops I forgot, I also add lime juice.
I used bottled Italian dressing. It is delicious.
Can I prep this, put in in the freezer, for a crockpot dump?
Potatoes don’t do well in the freezer, you can probably do the chicken, sauce and green beans though.
This recipe looks delicious! Do I have to cut the potatoes or can I put them in whole?
I would cut them. The potaotes take the longest to cook.
Can I use baby yellow potatoes?
Yes, though you may want to cut them in half.
Can you use frozen green beans?
Yes!
Thanks!! Trying it tonight.
Can you make this with chicken tenderloins instead of breasts?
Yes, chicken tenderloins work well.