Make garlic butter chicken with veggies right in your slow cooker. Chicken tenderloins, baby carrots and gold potatoes are cooked to perfection in a homemade garlic butter sauce.
Why this recipe works
This recipe isn’t for the faint of heart, this is for my butter loving friends. A stick of butter flavors this meal, but the entire meal. I add garlic, thyme, parsley, salt, and pepper to a stick of melted butter. I pour that garlic butter mixture over chicken, carrots, and wedges of Yukon gold potatoes.
Not all slow cooker meals end up being complete meals; I usually have to make a starchy side or make a salad. With this recipe, all the main food groups are covered. The chicken is tender, and so are the veggies. My favorite thing about this meal is the potatoes. There is something about butter and potatoes together that just can’t be beaten. I hope you give this recipe a try! It’s hearty like a pot roast dinner, but with chicken instead. Have a great week. I’ll be back at the end of the week with another recipe.
Recipe Ingredients
- Chicken tenderloins – These cook up perfectly and soak up the garlic butter. You can use boneless skinless chicken breasts if that’s all you have.
- Carrots – Use one pound of baby carrots or one pound of carrots cut into 1 inch chunks.
- Gold Potatoes – You can use red or gold potatoes, but we LOVE gold potatoes in this recipe.
- Garlic Butter Sauce – Salted butter, fresh minced garlic, thyme, parsley, salt and pepper.
Step-by-Step Directions
Step One – In a small bowl, add the melted salted butter and add minced garlic, salt, pepper, dried thyme, and dried parsley.
Step Two – Place chicken tenders (or breasts) in the middle of the slow cooker. On one side of that place wedges of Yukon gold potatoes and on the other a bag of baby carrots.
Step Three – Pour the garlic butter mixture over the chicken and veggies.
Step Four – Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 8 hours. Serve and enjoy! Plenty of buttery sauce for everyone!
Variations
- Green beans – Green beans cook up so well in the slow cooker, use them instead of the carrots for this garlic butter chicken recipe.
- Easy Peasy – Instead of making a garlic butter sauce. Use 2/3 cup of Italian dressing.
- Lemon Chicken – Add the juice of one large lemon to the garlic butter sauce. You can even add the zest of that lemon too.
- Parmesan – To make the flavor pop in this dish, sprinkle grated parmesan cheese on each individual serving.
Recipe FAQs
Olive oil can be used instead of butter if you are in pinch, though you won’t get as much flavor.
If you are looking to make this a healthy meal you can use chicken broth instead of butter, or water and a chicken bouillon cube.
Yes! You can use 2 teaspoons of Italian seasoning instead of the parsley and thyme.
Yes, chicken thighs are a great choice for this recipe. Though, be sure to trim them well.
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Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Chicken and Veggies
Equipment Needed:
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken tenders boneless skinless chicken breasts will work fine too
- 1 lb. bag baby carrots
- 1 1/2 lbs. Yukon gold potatoes cut into wedges
- 1/2 cup salted butter melted
- 1 Tbsp. minced garlic (or one teaspoon garlic powder)
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1 tsp. dried thyme leaves (not ground)
- 1 tsp. dried parsley
Instructions:
- Add the chicken down in the middle of the slow cooker. Add the potatoes on one side and the carrots on the other side.
- In a small bowl mix together the butter, garlic, salt, pepper, thyme and parsley.
- Pour the butter mixture over the chicken and veggies.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or low for 6-8 hours.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
More Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes:
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- Slow Cooker Seasoned Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans
- Slow Cooker Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
- Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken and Red Potatoes
- Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Fajitas
- Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Casserole
- Tuscan Chicken with Buttery Yukon Gold Potatoes
- Slow Cooker Full Chicken Dinner
- Garlic Butter Chicken and Pasta
Should we use the low or high setting on our crock pot?
You can use either. The directions for both are in the recipe card.
is this recipe for frozen or thawed chicken?
Use thawed chicken.
I have made this in the past. The carrots rarely cook to the texture we like. I often have to transfer them to a pot and finish cooking on the stovetop.
Making again today, and discovered I forgot to plug in the Crockpot. Trying it in the oven. I wasn’t sure what temperature to use? Hoping for a good outcome!
This was delicious! I seasoned my chicken with Montreal chicken seasoning before adding to the crock pot, and used a lot of extra garlic because that’s my personal preference. I also added dried rosemary. Some people don’t understand that recipes are a starting point and if you know you like more seasoning than what it calls for, you should just add it! This is a great baseline recipe that can be customized to your family’s tastes. It couldn’t have been easier and will definitely be in my regular rotation.
Excited to try!
If I could only get a 5lb bag of potatoes, any idea roughly how many to use?
Hard to say since the size of the potatoes can vary, I would do about 1/4 of the bag. It doesn’t need to be exact.
Very delicious…. even the kids loved it…thank you
I have made this as directed- & it was absolutely fabulous! Unlike the other poor results- I know to add seasoning as desired, as some are sensitive to salt etc.. my whole family raved about this meal & I will make this often.
Just had a quick question- your opinion on using russet potatoes, as I’m on vacation & stores are not an option lol?
Very good. I’ll make a bit more sauce next time though.
Was very plain, we even used more garlic than it called for and the chicken still didn’t have much flavor. Maybe some people like bland food like this, but it wasn’t for my family.
I’ve added a load of different veggies & chicken thighs (I forgot to melt the butter, so I added a chicken stock cube with boiled water with all the ingredients) just waiting for it to cook on high for a few hours
Made this recipe today. I was a little disappointed that it was not as flavorful as I hoped. Didn’t taste very garlicky even though I used the full tablespoon of garlic as required. Also, I think the chicken could use some salt & pepper before adding. Also need to put a cloth under the lid as the condensation waters down the sauce. Will probably not make again. I wanted to love it because I’m always looking for good chicken recipes.
Any liquid that condenses on the lid is actually from the ingredients— it’s not additional water added— and a cloth would obviously absorb some of the flavoring. Also, a cloth would interfere with the seal of the crockpot and could lengthen the cook time. Not a good idea.
Hi can you double this recipe?
Yes, though you’ll maybe need to cook about an hour longer.
Thought on using ranch seasoning instead of Thyme and Parsley?
Yes, though I’d omit the salt.