Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken
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Updated May 14, 2025
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Bring the flavors of Tuscany into your kitchen with this delicious Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken recipe. Made with skinless boneless chicken breasts, sun dried tomatoes, sliced onion, basil, and a host of other seasonings – this chicken dinner is one the whole family will love.
There’s other ways to add Tuscan flavors in your meal plan, especially with my Creamy Tuscan Mushrooms and Tuscan White Bean Soup.
This Crockpot Tuscan Chicken is packed with rich flavor from a blend of herbs, sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, and a creamy Parmesan sauce. Browning the chicken before slow cooking helps seal in flavor and keeps it tender, while the rest of the ingredients come together easily in one pot. It’s a comforting, restaurant-style meal that’s simple enough for weeknights but special enough to impress—your family will definitely be asking for it again
Ingredients for Tuscan Chicken
Here is all you need. Find the full recipe in the recipe card below the images.
- Chicken: All you’ll need are 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts for this recipe.
- Seasonings: Dried oregano, dried thyme, garlic powder, onion powder, crushed red pepper flakes, kosher salt, black pepper, minced garlic cloves.
- Veggies: Sun dried tomatoes (drained and chopped), sliced onion, and baby spinach. We also use sun dried tomatoes in our Slow Cooker Marry Me Chicken recipe.
- Wet Ingredients: Olive oil is used for browning the chicken just before slow cooking, low sodium chicken broth, and heavy cream.
- Garnish: Fresh parsley and freshly grated Parmesan cheese (optional).
How to Make Tuscan Chicken in the Crockpot
See my slow cooker method to make this chicken dish.
Step One – In a small bowl, mix together the dried oregano, dried thyme, garlic powder, onion powder, crushed red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper.
Step Two – Rub the spice mixture over the chicken breasts, ensuring they are evenly coated. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, warm the olive oil. Brown the chicken breasts on both sides, about 3-4 minutes per side.
Step Three – Transfer the browned chicken breasts to the slow cooker.
Step Four – Directly over the chicken in the slow cooker, add the onion, minced garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, and pour the chicken broth evenly over the top.
Step Five – Cover and cook on LOW for 3-4 hours, or until the chicken is tender and cooked through.
Step Six – Stir the heavy cream and baby spinach into the slow cooker.
Step Seven – Allow the spinach to wilt and the sauce to thicken slightly.
Step Eight – Sprinkle the freshly grated Parmesan cheese over the chicken.
Step Nine – Cover and cook for an additional 15 minutes to allow the flavors to meld. Serve crockpot tuscan chicken using some of the suggestions below and enjoy!
How to Serve
This chicken is great with almost any side – here are my favorites.
This dish pairs wonderfully with al dente pasta, such as fettuccine or penne, to soak up the delicious creamy sauce.
Serve the Tuscan chicken accompanied by your choice of pasta, rice, or crusty bread.
You can also serve the chicken on a bed of green salad for a refreshing meal. For the dressing, use some of the cream sauce drizzled over the chicken breast.
Other starch options are serving over mashed potatoes, or steamed white rice.
Featured Comment
“I made this tonight and it was delicious! Excellent flavoring. Next time I will add that splash of wine. This is going in my KEEPER file.”
– Debbie
Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken
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Ingredients
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 2 pounds)
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- ½ tsp. garlic powder
- ½ tsp, onion powder
- ¼ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 cup sun-dried tomatoes, drained and chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 2 cups baby spinach
- ¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- Fresh parsley for garnish
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix together the dried oregano, dried thyme, garlic powder, onion powder, crushed red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper.
- Rub the spice mixture over the chicken breasts, ensuring they are evenly coated.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, warm the olive oil. Brown the chicken breasts on both sides, about 3-4 minutes per side.
- Transfer the browned chicken breasts to the slow cooker.
- Directly over the chicken in the slow cooker, add the sliced onion, minced garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, and pour the chicken broth evenly over the top.
- Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours, or until the chicken is tender and cooked through.
- Once the chicken is cooked, remove it from the slow cooker and set aside.
- Stir the heavy cream and baby spinach into the slow cooker, allowing the spinach to wilt and the sauce to thicken slightly.
- Return the chicken to the slow cooker and spoon some of the sauce over the top.
- Sprinkle the freshly grated Parmesan cheese over the chicken.
- Cover and cook for an additional 15 minutes to allow the flavors to meld.
- Serve the Tuscan chicken garnished with fresh parsley and accompanied by your choice of pasta, rice, or crusty bread. Enjoy!
Sarah’s Notes
- Adding the onions, garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, and broth directly to the slow cooker simplifies the preparation process while still infusing the chicken with rich flavors.
- For an extra depth of flavor, consider adding a splash of white wine along with the chicken broth.
- This dish pairs wonderfully with al dente pasta, such as fettuccine or penne, to soak up the delicious creamy sauce.
- Leftovers can be refrigerated for up to 3 days and reheated gently on the stove or in the microwave.
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
- Try Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken for a sweet and tangy twist on dinner, or switch things up with Slow Cooker Pizza Chicken loaded with classic pizza flavors.
- Warm up with a bowl of Slow Cooker Crack Potato Soup, a creamy, hearty favorite, or spice things up with Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken.
- For a savory and comforting option, Slow Cooker Mississippi Chicken is always a hit.
Can you make this on the stove or in the oven?
I’m sure you could, but I have not tested that way. I apologize.
Heavy cream, sour cream or cream cheese are used in many slow cooker recipes. Would any one of these work well in this Tuscan Chicken recipe? Can they be used interchangeably in most recipes? If not what dictates which one should be used for tastiest results. Thank you for all the wonderful slow cooker recipes!!
This one already has heavy cream, but I think the addition of cream cheese would be great.
Your recipe has contradictions in it. In the ingredients it say to slice an onion. In the instructions it says to put chopped onions over chicken. So do we slice or chop the onions?
It is sliced onions, thank you for letting me know.
The sauce was way to runny. My Family didnt care for it at all.
Excellent recipe!!! The only thing I did differently was add 4oz of softened cream cheese into the crockpot and stirred until smooth, along with some grated Parmesan, as the sauce was a bit too runny for my liking. Served it with mashed potatoes—absolutely delicious!!! This is my second time making it, and it was a hit both times.
This was a delicious meal and so flavorful! I made a few modifications. I didn’t have the sun dried tomatoes so I added baby Bella mushrooms. After the chicken was browned and placed in the crock pot I deglazed the pan with white wine, then added the onion & mushrooms. Cooked until the onions were soft, then added to the chicken. The final modification I made was I used fat free half& half instead of the cream since that’s what I had. The hubs loved it! The short time in the crock pot ensures that the chicken won’t get too dry. This was absolutely delicious and I plan to make it again! Highly recommend! Thank you for sharing this great recipe.
Can I substitute bone in thighs or legs?
Yes, either will work great! You may need to degrease the sauce before serving though.
Hi, in the ingredients it says 1 onion sliced. In the instructions it says to add the finely diced onion. Does it make a difference how the onion is cut?
Thanks
I made this tonight and it was delicious! Excellent flavoring. Next time I will add that splash of wine. This is going in my KEEPER file.
Where is the basil in this recipe? It’s shown as an ingredient in the pictures.
That is actually spinach! I apologize for the confusion.