Slow Cooker Full Chicken Dinner
May 24, 2017Updated Oct 12, 2024
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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.

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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
- 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.
Slow Cooker Full Chicken Dinner
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!
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Nutrition
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Can this recipe be slow cooked on Low? And for how long?
Thank you.
About 7-8 hours on low.
Can this recipe be cooked in an instant pot? If so, how long would you suggest cooking?
I have not tested in the instant pot, I apologize. If there is a chicken button, I would start there.
tonights dinner
Can this be converted to an oven recipe? How long would you cook it if so?
I have not tried in the oven, I apologize.
I first made this about six months ago and have made it 4-5 times since. I made a special stop at the butcher shop this morning to pick up chicken thighs and green beans to make this tonight. It is so good. One of my favorites! Thanks for posting it!
Great to hear Chris!
I liked it very much and so did my husband, who is a tough sell. I didnโt have fresh beans so I used Carrots and that worked great. Iโll try the frozen beans next time. Everything was tender and the chicken was falling apart after 4 hours so I may shorten the time a bit next time. Thank you for a simple, yummy recipe.
Can you use boneless chicken breasts? also can you cook it on low for 8 hours and if I do use the boneless do you add the 1 cup broth along with the tomato sauce?
Boneless is fine. I would add the 1 cup of broth. 8 hours will work great.
Can you use skinless chicken thigjs
Can you use skinless chicken thigjs
Yes, that will work fine.
Making this tonight and looks and smells amazing! Thank you for sharing
So very good, and EASY! Thank you!