Slow Cooker Leek Chicken is a wonderful comforting meal and goes great along side mashed potatoes or rice.
This Slow Cooker Leek Chicken was an idea that came to me after I made a vintage recipe a few weeks ago that had a ton of leeks in it, that recipe is Slow Cooker Homemade Potato Soup. That recipe smelled so good while cooking and I thought I needed to make something again soon that had a ton of leeks in it that wasn’t a soup recipe.
Be careful with leeks, they can have sand in them, the sand is very visible. You can rinse the leeks after they are sliced or before if you cut them length wise and spread out the layers.
This recipe is mostly flavored by the leeks and 4 cloves of garlic. Not much else is needed to make this dish shine, plenty of flavor from that and the chicken thighs themselves.
I made homemade mashed potatoes to go with this. I usually avoid making mashed potatoes, but the whole family enjoys it so much I have to do it once in a while. I had heavy cream in my fridge and that makes the BEST potatoes. The sauce that is made while this dish cooks is great, it’s flavored with leeks, garlic, butter and the chicken juices. Be sure to ladle those juices over the chicken on the plates.
Here is my YouTube video about how to make this Slow Cooker Leek Chicken. You can follow me on YouTube, here.
I hope you give this new recipe a try! It’s great comfort food, would be nice for a Sunday dinner. Have a great weekend!
- 2.5 lbs. chicken thighs (about 5 chicken thighs)
- cooking oil
- 5 carrots, peeled and cut into thirds
- 3 leeks sliced, divided (and rinsed after being sliced if they are sandy)
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- ¼ cup salted butter, melted
- 5-quart or larger
- In a medium-sized pan set on medium high heat on the stove top add enough cooking oil to coat the pan. Brown the chicken on both sides. Remove from heat.
- Add the carrots to the slow cooker and half the leeks. Add the chicken.
- Sprinkle over the salt, pepper and garlic. Add the remaining leeks and pour over the butter.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- Serve the chicken and carrots along side mashed potatoes or rice and drizzle over the sauce that is in the slow cooker.
I used my 6-quart Crock-Pot® for this recipe. I recommend a 5-quart or larger slow cooker for this recipe.
Janice says
December 11, 2017 at 5:53 pmHi! My husband isn’t a big fan of chicken thighs, prefers breast over all other parts. Any recommendations to ensure it doesn’t dry out?
Sarah Olson says
December 12, 2017 at 6:42 amIf you use bone in, skin on chicken breasts, I think it would be fine. May need an hour more cooking time.https://www.themagicalslowcooker.com/wp-admin/edit-comments.php#comments-form
Nora Dolan says
February 24, 2018 at 4:28 pmThanks, I was just about to ask this!
Bonnie Szirtes says
February 16, 2018 at 12:41 pmCould you make this in the Instant Pot?
Sarah Olson says
February 16, 2018 at 2:09 pmI’m sure you could. I’m unsure how much time.
Jayne says
April 8, 2019 at 6:51 pmThis looks delicious and I’m seriously considering making it for my seniors & disabled group. I feed over 60 of them. I’m going to deviate a bit and ask a question… how did you write your book? I’ve got so many recipes I’d love to write a book and sell it (not sure if it would sell considering there are so many out there)…
Margaret robinson says
April 22, 2019 at 10:04 amGreat recipe but the 6 hrs will mean that i have to get up in the middle of the night. My fault
Will it matter if i stop and start it or leave it on all night