Slow Cooker Chicken with Bacon Gravy
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Made with chicken breasts, crispy bacon, and chicken gravy mix, this Slow Cooker Chicken with Bacon Gravy is a delicious, one-pot substitute for a restaurant-style dinner. It’s packed with so much flavor, that your family is sure to request this comfort food more often.
Serve this delicious meal alongside a generous helping of Slow Cooker Sour Cream and Onion Mashed Potatoes and Slow Cooker Green Beans.
Why you should try this chicken with creamy bacon gravy recipe
You may have seen my other recipe for slow cooker chicken and gravy. It has always been a great basic recipe for adding extra ingredients to, but never bacon. The idea for this recipe came to me when I had a delicious crispy breaded chicken with bacon gravy the other night at our favorite restaurant.
Although I can’t do crispy chicken in the slow cooker, I sure can do the chicken and bacon gravy! I’ve found this chicken and gravy recipe to be super easy to make, especially with minimal ingredients. The prep time is quick and the cooking time is perfect for yielding fork tender chicken. My family loved this restaurant-style rendition of smothered chicken with creamy gravy – yours will too!
Recipe Ingredients
- Chicken Breasts: Boneless skinless chicken breasts are the best option to use for this recipe both for cooking evenly and shredding easily.
- Chicken Gravy: You’ll need two packets of chicken gravy dry mix.
- Bacon: Sliced and cooked.
- Seasonings: Pepper, dried thyme, and minced garlic (or garlic powder) are the only seasonings you need for an amazing taste.
- Water: Mixed with the chicken gravy.
- Heavy Cream: This is added at the end as a thickening agent. You can use light cream or even half and half.
Step-by-Step Directions
Step One – Add the chicken to the slow cooker. Sprinkle over the pepper, thyme, garlic, and cooked crispy bacon.
Step Two – In a small bowl mix together the gravy mix packet and the 1¼ cup water until smooth.
Step Three – Pour the gravy over the chicken.
Step Four – Cover and cook on HIGH for 3.5 hours or on LOW for 6 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time. When the cooking time is done, shred the chicken with 2 forks.
Step Five – Add the heavy cream.
Step Six – Give everything a good stir and serve over rice, mashed potatoes, or a side of your choice. Enjoy!
How to serve
- This delicious chicken and gravy can be served over a bed of rice, mashed potatoes, or egg noodles.
- If you want to pair it with sides, I recommend green beans, roasted carrots, or a baked potato.
Recipe FAQs
Yes. Just make sure they are boneless and skinless for the best results.
Yes. The gravy thickens during the cooking process. If you want it thicker, you can make a thickening slurry with flour and water or milk. Add the flour mixture after or with the heavy cream.
Place any remaining chicken and gravy in an airtight container and keep in the fridge for up to 4 days. When ready to re-enjoy the leftovers, they can be warmed up over medium heat. This meal can also be frozen.
I don’t advise on frozen chicken for some studies suggest that it isn’t safe.
I have not personally tried it, but a reader did, and this is what she said: “I did the recipe as normal, on high pressure for 7 mins, and it came out fine! Not quite as flavourful as when done in the slow cooker but definitely a great option for when you need it in a hurry!”
Slow Cooker Chicken with Bacon Gravy
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- 1 tsp. minced garlic
- 6 slices bacon, sliced and cooked
- 1.74 oz. chicken gravy dry mix packets, (2 PACKETS that are .87 oz. each)
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 2/3 cup heavy cream, ADD AT THE END
Instructions
- Add the chicken to the slow cooker. Sprinkle over the pepper, thyme, garlic and bacon.
- In a small bowl mix together the gravy mix packet and the 1¼ cup water until smooth. Pour the gravy over the chicken.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 3.5 hours or on LOW for 6 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- When the cooking time is done, add the heavy cream. Shred the chicken with 2 forks and give everything a gentle stir until the gravy and the cream are mixed.
- Serve over rice or mashed potatoes.
- Enjoy!
Sarah’s Notes
- Place any remaining chicken and gravy in an airtight container and keep in the fridge for up to 4 days. When you’re ready to re-enjoy the leftovers, they can be warmed up over medium heat. This meal can also be frozen.
- Chicken thighs can be used instead of chicken breasts, just make sure they are boneless skinless chicken thighs.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
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Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans or Mississippi Chicken make easy, all-in-one comfort meals.
Italian Chicken and Gravy and Fiesta Chicken Casserole bring bold, satisfying flavors to the table.
Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas are great for a Tex-Mex night, and a Slow Cooker Whole Chicken is always a classic.
Is it 1 &1/4 cup of water for the two packets of gravy total or 1 & 1/4 cup of water per packet?
Only 1 1/4. The chicken will release juices and the cream at the end will be the rest of the liquid needed.
I’ve made this several times and I love it! I did make one small change; I carmelize a small handful of diced sweet yellow onion in the bacon fat and toss that in with the rest of the ingredients. Yum! I plan to try it in the Instant Pot next.
Did you try it in the instant pot yet?
I used black pepper bacon and also put a few tablespoons of some left over apricot preserves I had from topping a cheesecake…..sounds weird I know but I like to improvise……it’s starting to smell really good….thanks for the recipe
Could yu double the recipe
If you double the recipe, you will be chastised and a pox will be put on your dish meaning your family and friends will all hate it and talk about the awful meal they had at your party on various social media web sites.
So you have two options:
1) Make one batch in one slow cooker and
2) Make another batch in another slow cooker and
3) Combine the two batches.
Good grief!! Of course you can double the recipe! You can even triple or quadriple it.
I only had one packet of gravy so I substituted 2 cans of cream of chicken soup as suggested with half of a can of water and it came out wonderful! It is now one of my favorites
That’s great! Thanks for letting us know that tip!
Thank you so much for this recipe! My picky 7 year old absolutely loves this and it’s been in our rotation for a few months now. We serve it with green beans and potatoes as well. I like to add mushrooms to it, super delicious! I have a few other recipes of yours that i want to try, I’ve bookmarked at least 6! 🙂
I’m so glad to hear this Jessica, glad to have you here!
My husband is a picky eater. He questioned the the recipe but decided to try it. I did it tonight for our 8 year anniversary and he loved it. We both think this would be good over either rotini or penne pastas. Also he’s suggested taking out the gravy and pouring alfredo over it and pouring over fetuccini, I’ll let you know when we try it that way 😉 We paired it with some sparkling grape juice (white for me, red for him) and corn and poured it over mashed potatoes. 5 out of 5 stars from both of us!
So glad you two enjoyed it and I love your serving suggestions.
I just had this and it was excellent!! I wouldn’t change a thing. Has anyone tried mixing everything (except the cream) together in the raw state and freezing it for a quick weekly meal?
I want to make about 8 servings do I just double everything?
Yes! that should work fine
How would you time this too cook in an instant pot? 20-25 minutes.
I have not tried, sorry. But that seems right if I was going to test it out.