Slow Cooker Full Chicken Dinner

This Slow Cooker Full Chicken Dinner has tender chicken thighs, Yukon gold potatoes and green beans in a savory herb sauce.

I love it when I find a complete meal for the slow cooker — no worrying about making side dishes for this meal since everything is prepared at once.

For this meal, I use bone-in chicken thighs. I think if boneless skinless chicken is used in the recipe, the recipe will be dry.

The juices from the bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs help make a flavorful sauce along with the tomato sauce and seasonings. If you chose to use chicken breasts, add a cup of chicken broth.

How to make:

You will need these ingredients:

• Chicken thighs
• Cooking oil
• Yukon gold potatoes
• Fresh green beans
• Garlic
• Canned tomato sauce (not paste)
• Salt and pepper
• Dried thyme
• Dried Rosemary

How to make:

• Add the oil to a pan on the stove-top set to medium-high heat. Brown the chicken thighs on both sides.
• Add the potatoes and green beans to the slow cooker. Place the chicken on top.
• Add remaining ingredients on top of the chicken and smear around evenly over the chicken.
• Place the lid on and cook for 4.5 hours on high.

This full chicken dinner is a great Sunday meal, set this up after lunch and no worries about dinner at all, scoop and serve when the timer goes off.

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Slow Cooker Full Chicken Dinner

Browned Chicken Thighs, Yukon gold potatoes and a tomato based sauce are slow cooked to perfection.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword Full Chicken Dinner

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cook Time 4 hours 30 minutes

Total Time 4 hours 55 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 747kcal

Author Sarah Olson

Equipment

• Slow Cooker – 5 quart or larger

Ingredients

• 2.5 lbs bone-in chicken thighs
• 2 Tbsp. cooking oil
• 1.5 lbs. Yukon gold potatoes diced
• 1 lb. green beans ends snipped
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 8 oz. can tomato sauce (not paste)
• 1½ tsp. salt
• ¼ tsp. pepper
• ½ tsp. dried thyme
• ½ tsp. dried rosemary

Instructions

• Set a pan on the stove top and set to medium-high heat. Add the cooking oil and swirl coat the bottom of the pan. When the oil is hot, brown the chicken on both sides, you don't need to cook the meat through.
• Add the diced potatoes and green beans to the bottom of the slow cooker, toss them together to combine them.
• Add the chicken thighs on top of the potatoes and green beans. Add the garlic. Drizzle over the tomato sauce, then sprinkle over the salt, pepper, thyme, and rosemary. Take a spatula and smear around the sauce trying to combine the seasoning into the sauce.
• Cover and cook on HIGH for 4.5 hours. Do no open the lid during the cooking time or the potatoes will not get tender.
• Serve and enjoy!

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Notes

If you desire to use boneless skinless chicken add a cup of chicken broth. 

Any type of potato can be used in place of the Yukon gold potatoes.

Nutritional Values are approximate. Please use your own calculations if you require a special diet. The values below are for 1/4 of the recipe.

Nutrition

Calories: 747kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 47g | Fat: 48g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 236mg | Sodium: 1224mg | Potassium: 1623mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 25.2% | Vitamin C: 46.5% | Calcium: 14.2% | Iron: 54.5%

You may also like these other complete slow cooker meals:

• Slow Cooker Seasoned Chicken Potatoes and Green Beans
• Slow Cooker Easy Pot Roast Dinner
• Slow Cooker Meatloaf and Baked Potatoes
• Slow Cooker Whole Chicken with Stuffing

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