Complete Chicken Dinner in the Crockpot
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This Easy Chicken Dinner has tender chicken thighs, Yukon gold potatoes, and green beans in a savory herb sauce. A cozy meal that hits the spot.
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Hi Sarah, we loved this recipe! I used frozen green beans and they worked fine. Thanks for such a delicious meal. I would serve it to company.
– mt
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. This full chicken dinner is so flavorful and tender that many of my viewers say it’s good enough to serve to company!
It’s a Sunday meal, set this up after lunch, and no worries about dinner at all, scoop and serve when the timer goes off.
Key Ingredients
Chicken Thighs – Bone in, skin on thighs will cook down and help create the sauce for these thighs.
Green Beans – These hold up well to the long slow cooking.
Potatoes – We use Yukon gold potatoes because they have a great buttery flavor.
Sauce – A blend of tomato sauce, salt, pepper, rosemary, thyme, and fresh garlic – yes, a from-scratch sauce.
How to make a Complete Chicken Dinner in the Crockpot
- Quickly brown the chicken to build flavor.
- Add potatoes and green beans to the slow cooker.
- Layer the chicken on top, then add garlic, tomato sauce, and seasonings.
- Cover and cook until the chicken is tender and the veggies are perfectly cooked.
Tips & Variations
Cut Swap: If you use any other cut other than bone in, skin on thighs, add a cup of chicken broth. (Thighs are ultra juicy compared to other cuts).
Tomato Swap: Don’t have tomato sauce? You can use any type of spaghetti sauce in it’s place.
Other Veggies: You can add carrots, onions or mushrooms to this meal (along with the other vegetables or take some out)
Potato type: Though we love yukon gold potatoes, you can use any potato in this recipe. Just be sure to cut them into small cubes.
The Beans: You can use fresh, frozen or even canned green beans if you are in a pinch.
What should I serve with this dish to round out the meal?
If you’d like to add more to this meal, consider adding dinner rolls, butter, and a side salad. Or if you’re busy like me, this complete chicken dinner is all you need for a fully rounded meal.
Complete Chicken Dinner
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Ingredients
- 2 ½ lbs bone-in chicken thighs
- 2 Tbsp. cooking oil
- 1 ½ lbs. Yukon gold potatoes, diced
- 1 lb. green beans, ends snipped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 8 oz. can tomato sauce , (not paste)
- 1 ½ 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 to 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!
Nutrition
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Just made this today…I used 6 boneless, skinless thighs and it was delicious!! I added carrots to the potatoes and green beans for extra flavor. Definitely a keeper!
I need to double this, how long should I cook for? Thanks
I would do high for 5-6 or low for 8.
Made this three times. This was very popular with my family. So much that I doubled the recipe for Christmas and served with white rice. Imagine setting a Christmas meal and it coming out subpurb hours later with little to no work. The in-laws loves it too. Comes out great each time. Thank you.
I made this, I didn’t peel my potatoes, instead of pouring the tomato sauce on the chicken and then adding the spices and then trying to mix them up on top of the chicken I mixed the tomato sauce, garlic and spices together and then poured it over the chicken, I also added a bit of paprika for more color, it was awesome and will make it again.
Could you use home canned green beans instead the same way without them getting mushy?
I think they will be ok, I’ve done green beans in soup before for a long cooking time and they don’t get too mushy.
Have you ever substituted something for the green neans?
You could try baby carrots? I have not tried anything but the green beans
When you say tomato sauce do you meaan ketchup. Sorry bit confused?
It’s tomato sauce in a can, find it near the canned diced tomatoes.
Just made this. Cooling right now. Needs a little work. The tomato sauce dried on to the chicken thighs. I needed about a quarter cup water to get enough steam in the crockpot to cook the veggies. Added carrots and chopped onions. For some reason, the Thyme doesn’t go with this. Added Chili Powder and lots of Garlic Pepper. My crockpot runs hot. Should have checked this at 3-1/2 to 4 hrs. Potatoes a little over-cooked. Will try this again next time with some changes. More chicken!
Can I put this in the oven? I forgot to pop it into my slow cooker this morning and I want this for dinner!!! Haha
I think it will be fine, I don’t know how long though, sorry!
What could I use in place of the tomato sauce?
I’m unsure, that’s what I based the recipe around. Are you not wanting tomatoes at all?
The recipe looks wonderful….. was just thinking about one person who doesn’t care for tomatoes. I am going to make it. T
hank you so much.
That would make it a different recipe, but maybe try cream of mushroom soup.
That is true but your suggestion also sounds good. Thanks.