Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy
383 Comments Jul 03, 2019
Updated Oct 16, 2024
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Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy have tender chicken breasts in a wonderful gravy, great over mashed potatoes and white bread.
I’m always looking for an easy slow cooker recipe and this one couldn’t be easier and it’s crowd-pleasing. This is a perfect recipe to transform boring chicken breasts. Also, try my slow cooker smothered chicken, or slow cooker chicken piccata recipes.
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If you love comfort food, then you will love this Slow Cooker and Gravy. This recipe uses chicken breasts which turn out very juicy in the gravy that they are cooked in. This recipe is a staple in our house; my daughter requests this meal often along with mashed potatoes and corn.
How to make Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy:
You will need these ingredients:
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Chicken gravy packets
- Cream of chicken soup
- Pepper
- Water
Directions:
- In a small bowl add the gravy packets, cream of chicken soup, water and pepper. Whisk until smooth.
- Add the chicken breasts to the slow cooker. Pour over the gravy.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 4 hours.
- Shred the chicken and serve with desired sides.
How to shred the chicken:
No fancy tools are needed to shred the chicken for this recipe. I use 2 forks and shred up the chicken right in the slow cooker with the gravy.
Chicken and gravy variations:
Add one or more of these ingredients to the gravy at the beginning of the cook time for a fun twist:
- Herbs such as dried thyme or oregano
- Sliced mushrooms
- Sliced onions
- Cooked bacon
My gravy is thin, how do I thicken it?
If you add veggies to the gravy or the chicken breasts are extra juicy you may need to thicken the gravy. Here is my method:
- 2 Tbsp. cold water
- 2 Tbsp. cornstarch
After the cooking time is up. In a small bowl combine the water and cornstarch. Add to gravy and shredded chicken. Add the lid back on and let cook for 10 minutes or until thickened.
What to serve with Chicken and Gravy:
Try one or more of these options along with the chicken and gravy:
- Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes
- White bread
- Canned or fresh corn
- Steamed green vegetables
- Stuffing – homemade slow cooker stuffing or Stove-top brand
- Slow Cooker Baked potatoes
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Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1.74 oz. dry chicken gravy mix, (two .87 oz. packets)
- 10.75 oz. can cream of chicken soup
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Gravy thickener if needed:
- 2 Tbsp. water
- 2 Tbsp. cornstarch
Instructions
- Add the chicken breasts (no need to pre-cook or brown)
- In a small bowl whisk together the gravy mix, cream of chicken soup, water and pepper.
- Pour the gravy mix over the chicken in the slow cooker.
- Cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4 hours.
- Shred the chicken with two forks in the slow cooker.
- If your gravy is thin from the chicken being too juicy or added veggies, mix together the cornstarch and water. Add to the slow cooker along with the gravy and shredded chicken. Add the lid back on and cook high for 10 minutes longer or until the gravy has thickened.
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Sarah’s Notes
- Bone-in chicken breasts, thighs or drumsticks
- Boneless skinless chicken thighs
- Herbs such as dried thyme or oregano
- Sliced mushrooms
- Sliced onions
- Cooked bacon crumbles
- Mashed Potatoes
- White bread
- Vegetables such as corn or broccoli
- Stove-top stuffing
- Baked Potatoes
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
Here are my other favorite Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes:
- Slow Cooker Chicken with Bacon Gravy
- Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken
- Slow Cooker Seasoning Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans
- Slow Cooker Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
- Slow Cooker Full Chicken Dinner
- Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken and Potatoes
- Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Chicken and Veggies
- Slow Cooker No Peek Chicken
- Slow Cooker Fiesta Chicken with Rice
- Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Fajitas
- Slow Cooker Alpine Chicken
- Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Can I use chicken gravy granules instead of chicken gravy packets??
Can I use frozen chicken?
Use thawed for best results.
I have made this several times and it’s delicious! I serve mine over Pillsbury Grands flaky biscuits. I cut them in half and put the goodness on top! To lower the sodium I used reduced sodium cream of chicken soup and reduced sodium chicken gravy packet. To shred it easy…. I use my hand mixer. So much easier or I’m just lazy? Hahahaha
Holy smokes…..Lots of sodium. But if you only make this a few times a year when you need comfort food, its not that tragic. The taste is excellent, and its a favorite at my house but because of sodium levels, only on occasion. Great served on either mashed potatoes or a slice of whole wheat bread.
Could I use chicken broth instead of water?
You can, though the recipe already is on the salty side.
Unless you use no-salt-added broth or add 2 packets of no-salt-added chicken boullion powder (I think the only brand I’ve seen that has that is Herb-Ox). Also to further reduce sodium in the recipe you can use Campbell’s Healthy Request cream of chicken soup which is lower in both sodium and fat (Aldi’s “Fit & Active” condensed soup is about roughly the same as the Healthy Request and is cheaper if you happen to have an Aldi’s near you)
Made this and it has become a regular meal in my rotation. I do add some adobo to the chicken for flavor (it’s the Hispanic in me I can’t help it ) lol we have it over mash potatoes and corn on the side . Kids love it
Sounds great! So glad you like it.
Haven’t made this yet, but I’m going to and I think I’m going to serve it over homemade waffles! Then I’ll give it a rating
I made this tonight for my meals at work for the week. VERY good. I did add some garlic powder and oregano for a little extra flavor. I’ll be having it over Jasmine rice. I used breast cutlets as that’s what I could find yesterday. Next time, and I WILL be making this again, I’ll plan a little further ahead and get full breasts. Thank you so much for this recipe. Yummy!
This sounds so good. I have canned cambells chicken gravy do u think that will work or should I go get the packets instead?. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work but just thought I would ask anyway.
You can use canned gravy, but you’ll have to add less or no water. I can’t say exactly without testing it.
I made the recipe as shown, however the last hour I dumped in a pkg of frozen broccoli and a box of chicken stuffing. Made it like a casserole. Workded out really well. And if your gravy is runny the stuffing soaks it up. YUM!