Slow Cooker Honey Mustard Chicken
72 Comments Aug 22, 2020
Updated Oct 17, 2024
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Tender honey mustard chicken made in the slow cooker will be your favorite recipe! Sweet and tangy and goes perfectly with mashed potatoes.
If you are looking for more ways to make chicken breasts in your slow cooker then this recipe is a must-try! Also, try my Olive Garden Chicken or Buffalo Chicken.
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This is a recipe that I have been tweaking over the years. My recent change is the addition of heavy cream to the recipe. It mellows out the flavors and helps makes a wonderful decadent sauce.
Recipe Ingredients
- Chicken – boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Honey – sweetens the dish
- Mustard – standard yellow mustard
- Butter – melted salted butter for butter makes everything better
- Seasonings – garlic, salt, pepper, and oregano
- Worcestershire sauce – this is the secret ingredient!
- Heavy Cream – mellows out the sauce (Add this AFTER the cooking time is up)
Step-by-Step directions
Step One – In a small bowl mix the sauce ingredients together (wait to add the heavy cream).
Step Two – Add the chicken breasts to the slow cooker, pour over the
Step Three – Place the lid on the slow cooker. Cook on LOW for 6 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
Step Four – When the cooking time is done, add the heavy cream. Shred the chicken with 2 forks and stir. Serve and enjoy!
Can I use a different cut of chicken?
This recipe is very versatile! You can use any of these chicken cuts with great results. Anything with skin on it I would remove before serving.
- Drumsticks
- Bone-in or boneless chicken thighs
- Chicken tenderlions
- Whole Chicken (this will take additional time to cook, usually around 8 hours on low or until cooked through )
Can I use Dijon mustard such as Grey Poupon?
- Dijon mustard is made with white wine (or wine vinegar) and can add a great flavor to this dish.
- You can use Grey Poupon Dijon Mustard though I suggest only using 1/4 cup and using 1/4 cup standard yellow mustard as well.
How should I serve honey mustard chicken?
- Over mashed potatoes
- With steamed white rice or rice pilaf
- On toasted hamburger buns
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Slow Cooker Honey Mustard Chicken
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup yellow mustard
- 1 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 cup salted butter, melted
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 tsp. dried leaf oregano
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup heavy cream, (WAIT TO ADD UNTIL THE END)
Instructions
- Add the chicken breast to the bottom of your slow cooker.
- In a small bowl combine the honey, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, melted butter, garlic, oregano, salt, and pepper. Wait to add the heavy cream until the end of the cooking time.
- Pour the honey mustard mixture over the chicken breasts.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker. Cook on LOW for 6 hours.
- When the cooking time is up, add the heavy cream.
- Using 2 forks, shred the chicken right in the slow cooker. Stir until the cream and sauce have combined.
- Serve and enjoy!
How to Video
Sarah’s Notes
- Drumsticks
- Bone-in or boneless chicken thighs
- Chicken tenders
- Whole Chicken (this will take additional time to cook, usually around 8 hours on low or until cooked through )
- Dijon mustard is made with white wine (or wine vinegar) and can add a great flavor to this dish.
- You can use Grey Poupon Dijon Mustard though I suggest only using 1/4 cup and using 1/4 cup standard mustard as well.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
I’m 88 & looking forward to my Oregon son to visit. I like planning my meals ahead so I can spend time with my two sons and not spend all the time fixing good things to eat. The recipe for the Crock pot Honey Mustard chicken sounds like a perfect meal to serve. Hopefully it will turn out as good as it sounds. B
would coconut cream be okay as a substitute for the heavy cream ? I’m lactose intolerant…..
I have not tried. If you like it in other savory recipes, you may like it.
Can you make this with sliced potatoes?
Hi, I have not tested it with potatoes. Unsure how it would taste.
Hello, has anyone added veggies? At the beginning or towards the end? Do I add more sauce? Thanks!
Could you substitute sour cream for the heavy cream?
Yes! I think that would work fine.
How long can you keep this on warm? Can you add the cream after cooking then keep on warm for awhile?
Heavy cream does great without curdling. I’d say probably 3 hours.
Yum! I used semi-thawed cubed chicken breast on low for 4 hours was perfect. I used less salt than the recipe called for and didn’t miss it. This was so good, it almost didn’t make it to the table.
Yummy recipe but I suggest only 4 1/2 to 5 hours to leave it in. Mine was dry and I didn’t open the lid until the end.
Really tasty but I found it dry but only myself to blame as I only read after the meal that I shouldn’t have opened the lid! Really quick and easy too, kids love it!
Do you put the chicken over rice or what would you recommend
Rice or mashed potatoes