Slow Cooker Full Chicken Dinner


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

If you love making one pot meals in your slow cooker, also try creamy ranch chicken and potatoes or slow cooker ham dinner.

chicken with golden potatoes and green beans.

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.

close up of chicken thighs and potatoes in a slow cooker.

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
4 chicken thighs with gold potatoes and green beans in the slow cooker.
  • 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.
close up of chicken thighs in a slow cooker.

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.

Overhead shot of slow cooker full chicken dinner.

Slow Cooker Full Chicken Dinner

4.70 from 23 votes
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours 30 minutes
Total Time: 4 hours 55 minutes
Servings: 4
Browned Chicken Thighs, Yukon gold potatoes and a tomato based sauce are slow cooked to perfection.
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Ingredients 
 

  • 2 1/2 lbs bone-in chicken thighs
  • 2 Tbsp. cooking oil
  • 1 1/2 lbs. Yukon gold potatoes, diced
  • 1 lb. green beans, ends snipped
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 8 oz. can tomato sauce , (not paste)
  • 1 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper
  • 1/2 tsp. dried thyme
  • 1/2 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!

Sarah’s 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: 1260IU | Vitamin C: 38.4mg | Calcium: 142mg | Iron: 9.8mg

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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166 Comments

  1. MINNIE MOOTER says:

    We don’t like tomato sauce can I omit it

    1. Sarah Olson says:

      You will probably want to substitute it with something.

  2. Madison says:

    This looks wonderful!! Wondering if you have any experience or advice about making this recipe in a pressure cooker?

  3. Elvah Williams says:

    Hello Sarah I wanted to say Thx for sharing this recipe it looks delicious. What I wanted to ask you was can I use more than 4 pieces of chicken in a slower cooker at once? I’m feeding 8 adults and I don’t think 4 pieces of chicken will work ☺ any advice you can give will be helpful. Have a blessed day.

    1. Sarah Olson says:

      You could Add a few more and double the sauce or use drumsticks instead?

  4. Brenda says:

    I’m cooking this now..Can’t wait to try

  5. Anonymous says:

    I mixed all the spices in with the tomato sauce then smeared it in the chicken

    1. Sarah Olson says:

      That works great!

  6. Ashley says:

    Can you use drumsticks? That’s all I had.=/….what would the cooking time be?.

  7. Sue says:

    Had it for supper tonight.
    It went over really well.
    Just needed some more salt.
    But everybody adds to taste.
    It was very good.
    Will keep recipe for sure.

    1. Sarah Olson says:

      Hi Sue, I do tend not to over salt things. I’m glad you enjoyed it!

  8. Rachael says:

    Hello I have a 4 at crock pot can I still make this recepie?

    1. Sarah Olson says:

      I think it should fit.

  9. Johna Hogan Bouda says:

    I was a little skeptical of this recipe, thinking I wouldn’t care for the tomatoes with the beans and potatoes. I didn’t need to worry; boy, was this delicious! I seasoned each layer with S&P. The only other variation I made was that I didn’t have regular tomato sauce and so I used 12 oz of roasted tomato pasta sauce to cover 6 chicken thighs. The veggies came out so savory. Chicken is hubby’s least favorite meat, so I’m so happy to find a recipe that’s fairly inexpensive and easy that goes over so well with him. We both loved it! Yum!

  10. Janet Goodison says:

    I have a 2.5 quart slow cooker. I should be able to cut the recipe in half. Should I cut back on the amount of time?

    1. Anonymous says:

      Made it today I had to add more sauce as the sauce dryer on the chicken and every took a lot longer And my crock pot is a new one wouldn’t,t make it Gain