Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Chicken and Veggies is a one-pot meal that is full of garlic butter goodness!
Hello! 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.
How to make Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Chicken and Veggies:
- 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.
- In a small sauce-pan melt salted butter and add minced garlic, salt, pepper, dried thyme and dried parsley.
- Pour this mixture over the chicken and veggies.
- Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 8 hours.
- Serve and enjoy!
Plenty of buttery sauce for everyone!
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 beat.
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.
Does your family love chicken? Here are more Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes:
- Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken
- Slow Cooker Seasoned Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans
- Slow Cooker Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
- Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken and Red Potatoes
- Slow Cooker No Peek Chicken
- Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Fajitas
- Slow Cooker Alpine Chicken
- Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Casserole
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Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Chicken and Veggies
Equipment Needed:
- Slow Cooker Size: 4 quart or larger
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken tenders 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
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- 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!
Such a great recipe, and so easy to prep. It is almost a weekly dish I make, perfect for busy weeknights, just a dump and go recipe and off to work I go!
Could I swap out fresh green beans
Yes, fresh green beans do great in this recipe.
I only have whole carrots, should I cut them into 3rds to make them the same size as baby carrots?
Yes, or into large chunks, like you would a stew.
This is an amazing recipe!! Thank you so much for sharing! I am going to make it again this week but am wondering if there is a way to substitute maybe half the butter or can I just use less? Thanks so much!
Yes, you can use less. I would add a little water or chicken broth and up the seasonings a bit.
I am 3 hours into cooking this meal. The house smells great. Can’t wait to serve my Wife dinner.
Thank You for Sharing.
This recipe is so ridiculously simple, versatile and delicious, you can’t go wrong! And if you’ve got teenagers heading home from sports who are starving, it’s guaranteed there will be absolutely none left.
Thank you Magical Slow Cooker for helping make my life just a little bit easier. Your recipes have come to my rescue over and over again!
Thank you for the kind comment. ❤️
My husband, kids, and I loved this! I doubled the spices after reading the comments prior to making it, and also added oregano. Cooked on low for 6 hours- everything was tender and juicy! Thank you for this recipe!
Can I use frozen chicken tenders? Thanks so much!!!
Some studies suggest that using frozen meats in the slow cooker isn’t safe.
Yes you can. You may need to cook it a tad longer, but I’ve cooked chicken from frozen many times with no problem. You can clearly see that it’s cooked. 🙂
It’s not that it doesn’t get cooked. The chicken stays in the danger zone too long.
I would love to make this! I need to make it dairy-free. Can I use margarine, instead? Does that diminish the flavor?
What other vegetables would you recommend instead of carrots?
I think that should work fine if you are used to the flavor. Green beans work well.
We love it! Easy to make.
This is a simple, delicious comfort meal! Yes, I doubled the spices after reading comments but that’s just to my family’s taste. Everyone loved it! Thank you!
This was delicious! I used baby potatoes and doubled the spices and it was full of good flavour. Thanks for sharing this recipe! Will definitely be making again.
This was really good! I seasoned the chicken about 2 hours before (garlic, onion powder, salt and pepper). Used red potatoes and cut up a few whole carrots. Cooked on low for 7 hours. Will def be making this again! Thx
I thought this was ok. My husband did not like it at all he said what the other reviews said that it had very little flavor. I would never make this again. I didn’t think the flavor was bad just lacking.
If your complaint is it didn’t have enough flavor the obvious thing to do would be add more seasoning. I usually always add more seasoning to a recipe than what it calls for
Is there some alternative to butter I can use instead? Sorry if it is a dumb question, I’m still new to cooking.
Hi! Some use olive oil, though I don’t think you’ll need as much.
Can I use russet potatoes?
Yes, they work great.