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.
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- Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Fajitas
- Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Casserole
- Tuscan Chicken with Buttery Yukon Gold Potatoes
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Can I cut chicken into small pieces before cooking?
Yes, that will work fine, though it may shred into tiny bits after it cooks.
Love this! Have shared the recipe with so many friends. Simple and delicious
Great taste. Family loved it. So easy to put together for a delicious dinner. Definitely will make it again.
Am I supposed to use thyme leaves or ground thyme
Leaves, not ground.
Can I use regular white potatoes?
Yes, white potatoes will work great.
Can you make it without potatoes or carrots? Many thanks!
Yes, you won’t need any longer than 6 hours on low.
Having cooked for decades, I had a bad feeling as I closed the lid on the crockpot after preparing this recipe. I thought it wouldn’t have much taste and sadly I was right. Maybe I expected too much or maybe somehow I did something wrong.
Forgot to also say I used the small ‘baby’ carrots and they didn’t get done; the potatoes got just barely done as well, but they were done enough to suit me, but not the carrots.
I’m not a big fan of carrots; can mushrooms instead?
Yes! Mushrooms would do great. I personally would leave them whole.
What would be the time for frozen chicken?
Hi, I don’t give advice on frozen meats in the slow cooker. Too many studies say it may be unsafe.
Made this this week and it was delicious and so simple. One thing i do have a questions about, is there really 549 kcals in this? That would make the actual calories insane i feel like for one crockpot meal. If you have a different count for this let me know as I am counting macros!
Kcal is the name for calories. There is 549 calories in this per serving.
I Made this last night and it was delicious! My husband loved it. I will definitely be making it again!!!
Can I use bone in chicken breasts instead of boneless?
Yes, you may need to cook a little longer.
Can I layer the ingredients, I need more room?
Yes! That works fine.
Will this do well if you put it in the freezer to prep/save for later?
The potatoes won’t do well after being thawed, and carrots turn into a weird texture (like squishy rubber) after being frozen. Though carrots do well in soups after being frozen I don’t know how they would do as a side dish.
Can we double the recipe for more servings?
Yes, though you will have to cook longer. Probably about an hour.
Thank you for replying so quickly. We’ll be having this for dinner can’t wait to try!!
Minimum effort, maximum flavor!! I give this recipe to all of my mom friends for a quick and super easy meal! It also makes for a great meal to take to someone who had a baby or who is sick. Highly recommend!