39 Crock Pot Chicken Recipes To Cook If You're Having A Lazy Day (2024)

If you've never cooked a whole chicken in a slow cooker before, get ready to be amazed.It’s a no-fuss dinner option, and the leftover chicken can be used in countless other dishes!

Recipe:Lemon Garlic Slow Cook Chicken

Chicken breasts are cooked with Italian dressing mix, cream of chicken, and cream cheese in a slow cooker until tender and juicy. Served over hot noodles, this creamy pasta dish is divine.

Recipe:Crockpot Creamy Italian Chicken

Set it and forget it! This 5-ingredient recipe for flavorful shredded chicken is a breeze to prepare and can be served with tortillas or hamburger buns for an easy weeknight meal.

Recipe:Shredded Salsa Chicken

This chicken fajita recipe can be personalized to your family's preferences: as a bowl, wrapped in a tortilla, over rice, or in crunchy taco shells.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Chicken Fajita Bowls

This classic comfort food is an excellent easy dinner option for a cloudy day.

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The complex flavors of chicken tikka masala come together magically in this easy recipe that requires little chopping.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala

As some commenters note, you'll want to check the chicken for done-ness starting at three hours if you're running your Crock Pot on high, and seven hours if you're running it on low.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki

This recipe is truly throw-and-go: simply place all the ingredients — chicken, coconut milk, spices, and all — in your Crock Pot, and come back in four hours to a fragrant pot of butter chicken.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Butter Chicken

Serve with all your favorite taco ingredients. We recommend sliced avocado, black beans, salsa, lettuce, and some cheese.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken Tacos

Quick tip: if you don't have corn flour on hand, corn starch works just fine.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Honey Teriyaki Chicken

With ingredients like coconut milk, peanut butter, fish sauce, and red curry paste, you know there's no way this dish won't be the best thing you've tried this week.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Chicken

If you're sensitive to sweetness, as some others who've tried this recipe were, you might want to consider reducing the serving to a quarter cup of honey. If you change your mind later, you can always serve it with extra BBQ sauce!

Recipe: Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken Sliders

There's something about this simple lemon garlic sauce that makes chicken taste so much more luxurious. Pair it with some brown rice, roasted broccoli, sweet potatoes, or kale, and you're in business.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Lemon Garlic Chicken

A trifecta of flavors — spicy, sweet, and cool — awaits you in this recipe that comes together surprisingly easily with household ingredients you probably already have on hand.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Honey Sriracha Chicken

For even juicier chicken, try dry-brining it in salt for a few hours before popping it in the slow cooker. Read about thebenefits of dry-brining chicken here.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken

These sticky, sweet, fall-apart chicken wings are perfect for your next dinner party or potluck.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Root Beer Chicken Wings

To get veggies that aren't too mushy and retain just a little bit of crunch, try throwing them in when you have just 30–45 minutes left to go on the chicken.

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken

This is a great way to jazz up an ol' packet of dried tortellini. A mix of evaporated milk, chicken broth, and carrots is all you need to get this recipe started.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Tortellini Soup

Braised in a sauce of tomatoes, vinegar, and loads of veggies like bell peppers and mushrooms, this rich chicken dish needs just a sprinkling of Parmesan to complete it.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore

You can easily swap out the corn and jalapeño here for your faves, like caramelized onions, green chiles, and sour cream.

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Chicken Tacos

Who says you can't have dip for dinner? Especially when it's as protein-full, velvety, and easy to make as this one!

Recipe: Healthy Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Dip

If you like chili on the thicker side, try adding tomato sauce, white beans, or some crushed-up tortilla chips.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Chili

Don't have a whole chicken? Use an equivalent serving of chicken thighs or breasts instead.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Herb Butter Chicken

Packed with cream of mushroom soup, chicken, and stuffing, this casserole truly is amazing and is ready in just two hours.

Recipe: Sharon’s Amazing Chicken Casserole

Tomato sauce + heavy cream + corn starch + herbs = the creamiest tomato sauce you'll want to drench your chicken, and everything else in sight.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Creamy Tomato Basil Chicken

This homemade BBQ sauce is sweet, savory, and totally worth making double the serving of.

Recipe: Slow-Cooker BBQ Pulled Chicken, 4 Ways

For the best result, reduce as much of the liquid in your recipe by draining the canned tomatoes adequately and patting dry the rest of the vegetables.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas

Don't have access to green curry paste? One commenter recommends blending up a bit of shallot, garlic cloves, ginger, jalapeños, turmeric, cumin, coriander, and salt for a DIY replica!

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Thai Green Curry

The answer is yes, your favorite childhood snack tastes just as, if not more, delicious, in the form of a cheesy, hearty soup.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Nacho Soup

If you have a taste for spicy food like me, you'll want to throw in a handful of sliced jalapeños and a sprinkle of cayenne pepper into the mix.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken And Bean Dip

Don't have matzo meal? Try blending matzo crackers or simply using breadcrumbs.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Matzo Ball Soup

The magical part of this recipe — and most other slow cooker ones! — is that it all cooks right in the pot: chicken, rice, and all.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Chicken and Rice

For an alternative to frying your own tortilla bowl, try baking one between two oven-safe metal bowls for a few minutes in the oven.

Recipe: Chicken Tortilla Bowl Soup

Make a batch of these for the next time you're scrambling to put together a meal before your next meeting or class, and future you will thank you.

Recipe: Freezer Prep Chicken Fajitas

These sliders make the perfect snacking sandwiches or dinner you can easily pair with a side salad or sweet potato fries.

Recipe: Even Better Buffalo Chicken Sliders

Chicken breasts sometimes get a bad rep for being bland — but as this recipe shows, they're actually the perfect vehicles for loads of herbs and buttery flavor.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Chicken Breast

For the perfect meal you can make in bulk and freeze for later, this honey soy chicken will satisfy your need for veggies and irresistibly sweet, savory chicken.

Recipe: Freezer Prep Honey Soy Chicken

This chicken recipe — which is meant to be pale in color — is popular in many east Asian countries and best enjoyed with a generous dip in a soy-vinegar sauce.

Recipe: Rice Cooker Asian Chicken Rice

If you can't find frozen egg noodles at your local grocery store, try using dry egg noodles and adding an extra half cup of water to the recipe.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Chicken and Noodles