Slow Cooker Honey Mustard Chicken
74 Comments Aug 22, 2020
Updated Jan 21, 2025
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Tender and flavorful, this slow-cooked honey mustard chicken is sure to become a favorite! With its sweet and tangy sauce, it pairs perfectly with creamy mashed potatoes for a comforting and delicious meal. 🍯🐓
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 Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken.
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Crockpot Honey Mustard Chicken is the perfect mix of sweet, tangy, and creamy, and it’s so easy to make. The chicken turns out super tender, soaking up all that delicious sauce while it cooks. It’s great over rice, mashed potatoes, or even in sandwiches. Simple, comforting, and packed with flavor, it’s a recipe you’ll keep coming back to. 🍯🐓
What you need:
- 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)
- {The full recipe is in the recipe card below the images}
Variations
- 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 tenderloins
- Whole Chicken (this will take additional time to cook, usually around 8 hours on low or until cooked through)
- Grey Poupon can be used instead of regular mustard. Dijon mustard is made with white wine (or wine vinegar) and can add a great flavor to this dish. However, I suggest only using 1/4 cup and 1/4 cup of standard yellow mustard as well.
- Add fresh thyme or rosemary to the crockpot for an aromatic touch.
- Toss in baby carrots, diced potatoes, or green beans to cook along with the chicken.
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!
My Serving Suggestions
- Over mashed potatoes (try my slow cooker mashed potatoes)
- With steamed white rice or rice pilaf
- Serve as sandwiches by scooping the chicken onto toasted hamburger buns or you can put the honey mustard chicken in tortilla wraps with shredded lettuce and tomatoes.
- You can also serve the chicken over pasta, such as egg noodles or penne.
More chicken recipes to try next:
- Slow Cooker Crack Chicken
- Slow Cooker Chicken Tinga
- Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken
- Slow Cooker Honey Mustard Wings
- Slow Cooker Fiesta Chicken
- Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken
Slow Cooker Honey Mustard Chicken
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts
- ½ cup honey
- ½ cup yellow mustard
- 1 ½ tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- ¼ cup salted butter, melted
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- ½ tsp. dried leaf oregano
- ½ tsp. pepper
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ 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!
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Sarah’s Notes
- 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 tenderloins
- Whole Chicken (this will take additional time to cook, usually around 8 hours on low or until cooked through)
- Grey Poupon can be used instead of regular mustard. Dijon mustard is made with white wine (or wine vinegar) and can add a great flavor to this dish. However, I suggest only using 1/4 cup and 1/4 cup of standard yellow mustard as well.
- Add fresh thyme or rosemary to the crockpot for an aromatic touch.
- Toss in baby carrots, diced potatoes, or green beans to cook along with the chicken.
- Over mashed potatoes, be sure to spoon over the extra honey mustard sauce!
- With steamed white rice or rice pilaf
- Serve as sandwiches by scooping the chicken onto toasted hamburger buns or you can put the honey mustard chicken in tortilla wraps with shredded lettuce and tomatoes.
- You can also serve the chicken over pasta, such as egg noodles or penne.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
I prefer my meat not shredded and thigh pieces with bone in fat removed or chicken breast chopped into medium cubes. I would brown chicken pieces first for the thigh pieces,then add to slow cooker with sauce. Would this work? It does look like a very nice recipe.
You’ll want to cook for much less time. Or you’ll end up with tiny shreds of meat since you cut the chicken into cubes.
I made this using fat free Greek yogurt as a healthy substitute for the cream and it was delicious! I also had it with roast potatoes which were yummy
This is absolutely delicious. The heavy cream is just the right finish. It’s really good with mashed potatoes and naan bread.
What can I substitute the mustard for as we as a family do not like mustard
Hi! I’d find another recipe with chicken. If I used something else it would need to be tested.
I doubled the sauce and cut my chicken breasts into quarters before putting them in to cook. I also added yellow onion because it’s my go-to. It’s definitely on the sweeter side but it’s absolutely INCREDIBLE. A massive hit with the family, I’ll be keeping this one in my regular rotation for a very, very long time. Thank you!
Do i use frozen chicken with this? It looks amazing.
No, only thawed meats are used in these recipes.
I used frozen chicken breast and it turned out just fine!
Loved it.
Served over spaghetti
Such a great idea!
Great easy recipe! I added fresh green beans about 30 mins before cooking time is up and it was a nice addition. This is on the sweeter side but very good.
Any idea what a serving size it? I 1.5 the recipe and it was a hit. Just not sure how to measure leftovers for tracking.
Good but still too sweet for my husband and I. I did use half Dijon mustard as suggested. Could I use 1/4cup of honey and 3/4 cup of mustard?
Yes, you can taste it before you put it on the chicken and that will probably be more up to your preferences.