Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy
403 Comments Apr 04, 2025
Updated Jun 11, 2025
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This comforting crockpot chicken and gravy delivers tender chicken in a rich, savory gravy—perfect for busy weeknights or easy family dinners.
If you love comfort food, then you’ll love this chicken and gravy recipe that I’ve been perfecting for years. It’s a staple in our house, and it may be the most requested recipe from my daughter.
Key Ingredients
Boneless chicken breasts that cook until perfectly shreddable
A blend of dry gravy mix and cream soup for a rich, homestyle sauce
Black pepper and water to round out the savory, no-fuss gravy
How to Make Crockpot Chicken and Gravy
- Add the gravy ingredients to a bowl, then add that and the chicken to the slow cooker.
- Let it cook low and slow until the chicken is tender.
- Shred the meat, stir, and thicken the gravy if needed.
Cook’s Notes & Variations
Since this recipe has only a few ingredients, it’s easily adjustable to suit your own tastes.
- Turn the gravy into bacon gravy by adding 8 slices of cooked bacon (chopped or crumble). – or try my chicken with bacon and gravy recipe.
- For a creamier gravy, stir in a 1/4 cup of sour cream or heavy cream before serving.
- If the gravy is too (this can happen if your chicken has a lot of moisture), mix 2 tablespoons each of cold water and cornstarch, stir it into the slow cooker, then cover and cook for 10 more minutes to thicken.
- You can add additional vegetables such as sliced mushrooms, baby carrots or onions. A 1/2 cup of frozen peas can be stirred in right before serving.
- Add herbs (dried or fresh). Thyme or oregano are great choices.
What to serve with Chicken and Gravy:
Try one or more of these options along with the chicken and gravy, I like to think of what a diner would serve with this.
- White bread (a thick and fresh white bread) is often used as a base for this chicken and gravy.
- Mashed potatoes or steamed white rice is also a classic side.
- For other sides, we love stove-top stuffing (or slow cooker stuffing).
- Canned corn or steamed green vegetables round out the meal well.
Featured Comment
I learned this one late 2024 and have fixed it at least twice monthly since! This is easy, great tasting, and we look forward to the leftovers, that’s how good it is.
– Andre
Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy Recipe
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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.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
More favorite Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes:
Crockpot Shredded Chicken is great for tacos, sandwiches, or meal prep.
For a full dinner in one pot, try Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans. Or go cozy with Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole—cheesy, creamy, and comforting.
Craving Tex-Mex? Crockpot Chicken Enchilada Casserole has all the layers you love—shredded chicken, sauce, cheese, and tortillas.
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)
or use a no-salt-added chicken broth….I used heart-healthy Campbell’s cream of chicken which has half the sodium and a leftover jar of turkey gravy from Thanksgiving (not sure how much sodium was in the jar of gravy though)
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!