Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Chicken and Veggies
Jun 14, 2022Updated Jun 19, 2025
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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.
If you love easy chicken recipes, try my slow cooker chicken stew recipe and slow cooker cranberry chicken recipes.

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
How to Video
Equipment
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!
Sarah’s Notes
Nutrition
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:
Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken is a great meal prep staple you can use all week. Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans or No Peek Chicken make easy, comforting one-pot dinners.
Try Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas, or Chicken Enchilada Casserole when you’re craving bold, Tex-Mex flavor.
For something creamy and cozy, Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken or Slow Cooker Chicken Stew always hits the spot.
Can less butter be used to its heart healthy
I made this yesterday and it is fantastic! Already planning to have this again for a special birthday dinner next weekend! Thank you!
That’s great to here Marcinda!
Do you use salted butter?
yes
This was seriously so good ! I did carrots and green beans and I’m in love! This is going to be one of my staple recipes! Thanks so much
I want to use chicken breasts because I’m feeding 5. Would I increase the cooking time?
The same cooking time should be fine. Keep the lid on the entire time so the veggies get tender.
Aloha! Thank you so much for the recipe! I am cooking it right now. I have a round crock pot that I am unsure of the size. What if it is smaller than 4 qt? Will it affect the outcome? Thanks for your time. Mahalo, Steph 🙂
If you can get it to fit it should work fine. Keep the lid on the entire time 🙂
This recipe is delicious! I’ve made it a few times now. It’s so easy and turns out great! Sometimes I sub oregano for thyme when I don’t have any on hand. Thanks so much for sharing!
Just made this…..amazing I used boneless skinless chicken breast and just cut them
Tried this tonight and it was yummy. Thanks for the recipe!
Do you think I could use sweet potatoes instead?
It may be really good, let me know if you try it!
Oh my gosh. SO yummy!!! Thank you!
Did you use sweet potatoes? I’d like to. Did you skin them? We dint like white potatoes.
I didn’t skin them! It turned out great 🙂