Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken and Red Potatoes is a fast and easy meal that the entire family will enjoy. Chicken thighs and potatoes cook together with the flavors of ranch!
If you want a creamy version of this type of meal, try my Creamy Ranch Chicken and Potaotes recipe.
This recipe cooks potatoes and chicken together with a touch of butter on the potatoes and a ranch dressing packet for flavor. I added a side of fresh green beans to make this a complete meal.
How to make Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken and Red Potatoes:
You will need these ingredients:
- Bone-in chicken thighs
- Cooking oil to brown the chicken
- Red Potatoes
- Ranch dressing mix
- Salted butter
Directions:
- In a large skillet set to medium-high heat, add the oil after the pan is hot. Brown the chicken thighs on both sides, no need to cook through. Set aside.
- Add the red potatoes to the slow cooker. Sprinkle over half of the ranch packet. Melt the butter and drizzle over the potatoes.
- Add the chicken thighs on top of the potatoes.
- Sprinkle over the remaining dressing mix over the chicken.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 5 hours.
Even though my daughter is not a toddler anymore, she is still as picky as can be. I can never go wrong though with a chicken recipe for dinner. Lola always comes in the kitchen and begs for a taste of chicken before dinner is even ready.
Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken with Red Potatoes
Equipment Needed:
Ingredients:
- 2 1/2 lbs. bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
- 2 Tbsp. cooking oil
- 2 lbs. red potatoes, cubed
- 1 oz. pkt. ranch dressing mix
- 3 Tbsp. salted butter melted
Instructions:
- In a large skillet set to medium-high heat, add the oil after the pan is hot. Brown the chicken thighs on both sides, no need to cook through. Set aside.
- Add the red potatoes to the slow cooker. Sprinkle over half of the ranch packet. Drizzle over the butter.
- Add the chicken thighs on top of the potatoes.
- Sprinkle over remaining dressing mix over the chicken.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 5 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
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Nutrition Information:
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- Slow Cooker Chicken with Bacon Gravy
- Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy (without bacon)
- Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken
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- Slow Cooker Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
- Slow Cooker Full Chicken Dinner
- Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Chicken and Veggies
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- Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Fajitas
- Slow Cooker Alpine Chicken
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For a family member who doesn’t like dark meat chicken, would a skin-on, bone-in chicken breast work as well?
Yes, that will work fine. Make sure it’s cooked to at least 165 degrees before serving.
Can i use skinless boneless chicken thigh. If so should i had chicken broth?
This looks AMAZING!! This may be a really stupid question seeing as this is a SLOW COOKER site, but do you think this is doable in an instant pot using the pressure cook setting? Typically you have to add a liquid to it for the pressure cooking to work, so it might alter it too much. But I’d love your thoughts? (And any other recipes you want to modify for the instant pot because I’m ALWAYS throwing dinner together at the last minute!)
You can do it in the instant pot, but you’ll need a cup of liquid added to it. It may end up a little soupy though.
I definitely want to try this recipe….Can I use chicken legs in place of thighs? Will that alter cook time?
Yes, and the cook time will be the same.