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.
Equipment
- Slow Cooker Size: 4 quart or larger
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs. boneless skinless chicken tenders breasts will work fine too
- 1 lb. bag baby carrots
- 1.5 lbs. Yukon gold potatoes cut into wedges
- ½ cup salted butter melted
- 1 Tbsp. minced garlic
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¼ 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!
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Does your family love chicken? Here are more Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes:
- Slow Cooker Chicken with Bacon Gravy
- Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy (without bacon)
- Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken
- Slow Cooker Seasoned Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans
- Slow Cooker Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
- Slow Cooker Full Chicken Dinner
- Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken and Red Potatoes
- Slow Cooker No Peek Chicken
- Slow Cooker Fiesta Chicken with Rice
- Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Fajitas
- Slow Cooker Alpine Chicken
- Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Casserole
This is an amazing recipe. My family loves it and so easy to make. Thank you so much.
can you cook on low for 8 hours? instead of on high for 4 hours
Yes! That would work fine.
So easy to make … and so awesome!
Has anyone done olive oil instead of butter? Would it be the same amount?
That will work fine!
I personally like alot of flavor, but my kiddos are funny about something looking fatty. I will leave my boneless skinless chicke. Soaking in my seasonings and or lisuid Dales seasoning and throw all of it in the crockpot just before I leave for work in the mornings. My kiddos get home just a few minutes before 4pm. I have my sone turn off the crockpot and unplug it. By tye time i get home it is PERFECT for serving. It ends up totaling right about 8 hours on low. I come in and it is perfect to serve. Nice and hot but not overdone. Once everyone is served I can take it out and set the leftovers to the side to cool. It doesn’t take more than 30 minutes for it to be “fridge safe” storage for next day heat & serve turf food. I am all about crockpot meals. My hisband and I both work fulltime and 2 kiddos in sports. LOVE THIS ONE. It seems to make chicken not so blahh.
Good flavor, but will definitely use boneless, skinless chicken thighs instead of tenderloins, which (IMO) always dry out too much in the crockpot. To PP, I would NOT recommend starting from frozen, due to safety concerns well documented on other forums. (The short version is that, due to the snow nature of cooking, the chicken would spend too much time heating through the “danger zone” (40F-140F degrees), which allows bacteria to flourish. Could it be safe? Possibly. But do you want to take that chance with your family?)
I made this last night in my crockpot express. I added a bit of water to make sure there was enough liquid (although I don’t think I needed to) and used the poultry setting for 15 minutes (I couldn’t get it to go lower on time). It was absolutely amazing. I think a little less time would of been better, I need to learn my cooker better to know how to do that lol
Thanks for sharing!
Has anyone made this with ghee to make it whole 30 compliant?
I’m going to try it with ghee tomorrow. We shall see how it comes out.
Hello there, I was wondering if I can use broccoli instead of the potatoes? It looks yummy and can’t wait to try!!
You could, but broccoli can tend to be lifeless after cooking in the slow cooker.
Would this work well with pork chops?
I don’t see why not!
I want to make this for my husband’s birthday, but he does not like carrots or green beans (figures, right?). Do you think either broccoli or cauliflower would work? I’ve never tried either of those in a crock pot.
Broccoli and cauliflower have a strong smell while cooking in the crock pot, but it does work.
Can I use russet potatoes instead? If yes, peeled or unpeeled? Thank you!
I would leave unpeeled 🙂 should be great!
I made this tonight and it’s just delicious! I had to use russet potatoes because I had to use them up. I also used 2 large chicken breasts and cut them in smaller pieces. I also added a 1/2 cup of chicken stock to the melted butter. Yummo! Thanks for sharing this great recipe.
This is amazing! YUM! I used two chicken breasts and added frozen green beans. Thank you so much!
Great to hear that frozen green beans are good in this!
Can I use boneless skinless chicken thigh cutlets instead of chicken tender So?
Yes! would be awesome with thighs.
Thank you can’t wait to try the recipe
Just made this tonight & it was great! I was 1/4 stick of butter short and didn’t have thyme but other than that followed the recipe & cooked on low. Super easy and very good! I just love chicken cooked in a slow cooker! Will add to my rotation. Thanks for sharing.
Glad it worked for you Amanda
Did anyone have to add liquid? I’m making this now and I’m worried about it getting too dry.
Yes
I did not. I was even 1/4 cup short on the butter and there was still plenty of liquid. I was also worried about this but gave it a try per directions. You can always add liquid later if you think it needs it.
I have this recipe saved and make it at least twice a month now! I follow the recipe and it always turns out great. My 8 and 17 year old love it!!
Has anyone made this with non dairy butter? I’m wanting to make this for a dairy free family…
Hi!! I used olive oil instead of butter and it tasted just the same as when I used butter previously in this recipe!!! 1/4 cup plus two tablespoons of olive oil!
Just made this! Was soooooo good!!