Must-Try Crock Pot Chicken Dishes That Will Wow Your Family

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Busy day? Let your slow cooker do the work with these easy and delicious crock pot chicken recipes!

With minimal prep and maximum flavor, these meals are perfect for busy weeknights or lazy weekends.

From creamy pastas to zesty tacos and comforting soups, there’s a recipe for every craving.

Simply toss in the ingredients, set it, and forget it—dinner will be ready when you are!

Plus, slow-cooked chicken turns out juicy, tender, and packed with flavor every time.

Slow Cooker Mexican Shredded Chicken Tacos

A close up of soft tacos filled with strips of chicken in a red sauce and topped with diced tomatoes, onions, avocado and pieces of green seasoning. — Image Credit: It Is a Keeper

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Slow Cooker Mexican Shredded Chicken Tacos combine tender chicken with a variety of mouth-watering spices to make a delicious dinner full of Mexican-inspired flavors. These crockpot Mexican chicken tacos are filled with tangy salsa and flavorful chicken. They are made in the slow cooker, so you can easily add them to the crockpot, forget about them, and come back later to a delicious chicken taco meal. Think Taco Tuesday but the easy and quick version!

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Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sloppy Joes

A close up of the top and bottom of a burger bun stuffed with ground chicken topped with ranch dressing. — Image Credit: It Is a Keeper

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sloppy Joes combine two cookout favorites into one delicious meal. These easy sandwiches are packed with ground chicken, onion, minced garlic, and celery for a burst of unforgettable flavor. Throw together your ingredients in the slow cooker in the morning, forget about them, and come back in the evening for a delicious dinner!

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Slow Cooker Italian Dressing Chicken

On a white place there is a small mound of white rice which is topped with shredded chicken covered in a creamy yellow sauce. — Image Credit: It Is a Keeper

Italian Dressing Chicken is perfect for a busy weeknight meal. Only 4 ingredients, plus a slow cooker, makes for an easy dinner! This chicken recipe ends up so flavorful and moist. It makes a wonderful, creamy sauce too. Slow cooker meals are my favorite to do on weeknights since I can let the slow cooker do all the work!

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Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup

A close up of light yellow soup in a bowl. There are visible vegetables including carrots and parsley. — Image Credit: It Is a Keeper

This Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup is a healthy, delicious recipe that comes together fast and tastes amazing. It’s creamy, satisfying and incredibly delicious. It is hearty, warm and so perfect for a cool fall or chilly winter day. This is the perfect meal for a busy week night when you are short on time but don’t want to compromise flavor.

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Slow Cooker Chicken Marsala

A close up of three chicken breasts covered in a honey colored sauce and topped with mushrooms and parsley. — Image Credit: It Is a Keeper

Now that it is back to school, schedules have gotten crazy busy. Once 4 pm hits, it’s go-time at our house. Between sports practices and games, Cub Scouts and music lessons, we are always on our way out the door. A busy schedule doesn’t mean we can’t have a delicious home cooked dinner. With a little planning and some easy recipes up my sleeve, we’re able to eat dinner together every night. This Slow Cooker Chicken Marsala is one of those recipes—get ready to keep this recipe in your arsenal of favorites!

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Creamy Slow Cooker Chicken Pasta

A plate of pasta and chicken mixed together. The chicken and pasta have a creamy mixture on it, topped with mushrooms and parsley. — Image Credit: It Is a Keeper

Creamy chicken pasta is great for a luscious dinner. Does it get better than this? Slow cooker pasta is an easy pasta dish that’s the perfect way to have a great meal ready for when you get home from work. Really, any slow cooker meal is great for those busy weekday nights!

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Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken

A close up of two chicken breasts covered in barbeque sauce and topped with parsley. — Image Credit: It Is a Keeper

This easy Instant Pot BBQ Chicken recipe has only three easy ingredients and is incredibly easy to make. It’s always a hit and one of the best crockpot recipes for chicken. When it comes to easy dinners, it doesn’t get much simpler than this Instant Pot BBQ Chicken. It’s delicious enough to serve as is or as BBQ Pulled Chicken with some extra barbecue sauce on the side. Other times, I pile it onto rolls for Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Sandwiches. Anyway you decided to serve it, it’s a keeper.

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Slow Cooker Chicken Parmesan

A close up of spaghetti topped with a red sauce, parmesan crusted chicken slices and parsley. — Image Credit: It Is a Keeper

Slow Cooker Chicken Parmesan is a super easy dinner recipe for crispy breaded chicken, coated in parmesan cheese and Roma tomatoes. Just throw all the ingredients together in the morning and come back to this juicy chicken meal just in time for dinner. Add a squeeze of lemon juice to your chicken in the crockpot for a fresh, zesty taste. Before you know it, the tastiest dinner will be on the table.

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Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sliders

On a white plate, there is a close up of two small burger buns filled with shredded chicken mixed in a red buffalo sauce. The bottom of the buns have blue cheese dressing. The foreground has little cubes of celery on the plate. — Image Credit: It Is a Keeper

This recipe couldn’t be any easier for a busy weeknight meal! You could easily use a homemade buffalo sauce or you could pick up your favorite restaurant version at the grocery store. If you happen to have any leftover Buffalo Chicken from this recipe, you could whip up an easy Buffalo Chicken Salad for lunch.

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Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy

A close up picture of mashed potatoes topped with chicken and parsley. The chicken is shredded and in a gravy. A black spoon is stuck in the mashed potato on the right hand side of the picture. — Image Credit: It Is a Keeper

Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy is guaranteed to become your new weeknight dinner favorite. With just a few simple ingredients and minimal effort, you can achieve tender, juicy chicken smothered in a rich and savory gravy. Our Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy recipe is here to make your life easier and your taste buds happy. The slow cooking process allows the flavors to meld together, creating a rich and flavorful gravy that perfectly complements the succulent chicken.

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Slow Cooker Fiesta Chicken

On a white plate, there is a mound of rice, chicken, black beans and onions topped with chopped green onions. The chicken is shredded and topped with a red taco seasoning. — Image Credit: It Is a Keeper

Easy crockpot recipes are an essential tool in any busy cook’s toolbox. This recipe for Slow Cooker Mexican Fiesta Chicken is one of those easy recipes and healthy meals that comes together in a snap and is easy on the waistline! This is one of the best crockpot chicken recipes. This Slow Cooker Fiesta Chicken is one of my favorite go-to crockpot meals. It’s extremely easy to put together and it’s full of flavor.

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Slow Cooker King Ranch Chicken

On a white plate there are tortilla chips topped with melted cheese, tomatoes and shredded chicken. On the left hand side of the plate there is a fork with a few chips on it. — Image Credit: It Is a Keeper

King Ranch Chicken Casserole is a favorite at my house. The crunch of the tortilla chips in this dish makes it second to none. To make sure I get that crunch, I crush some of the remaining chips on the plate and then dish the King Ranch Chicken Casserole on top. Trust me this is the only way to eat it. Unlike a lot of slow cooker recipes this one does require you to start out with cooked chicken. If you don’t have the time to prepare a chicken, no worries! You can simply buy a rotisserie chicken and shred it.

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Slow Cooker Sticky Chicken Thighs

A very close up picture of a chicken thigh that is covered with brown sauce and topped with green onions. In the background there is a blurred version of another chicken thigh. — Image Credit: It Is a Keeper

Slow Cooker Sticky Chicken Thighs are sticky, sweet and slightly umami. They are perfect for football parties, weekday dinners or anytime you want a quick and easy dinner all done in the crockpot. This recipe has it all going on. It has a rich and sweet tomato flavor. It’s deep and rich and kicked up with fresh ginger and garlic. I seriously think everything is better with garlic and ginger. They’re two of my all time favorite flavor boosters when making chicken crock pot recipes.

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Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken with Garlic

A close up of three chicken breasts covered with Italian seasonings, red sauce, tomatoes, onions, sprigs of thyme and chopped parsley. The chicken looks really moist and full of flavor. — Image Credit: It Is a Keeper

On busy nights, there’s nothing like coming home for dinner that is ready to go. Slow cooker recipes are always my go to because I know I can spend just a few minutes prepping and the slow cooker does the rest. There’s a problem, though, with many slow cooker recipes. The food gets over cooked and turns out bland and tasteless. Not this one! The meat is tender and the sauce is off-the-charts flavorful. The sauce is what makes this crockpot balsamic chicken with garlic crazy good.

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Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken

A very close up of chicken covered in a sauce that looks like the consistency of a sweet and sour sauce. The chicken has pineapple chunks and topped with sliced green onions and sesame seeds. — Image Credit: It Is a Keeper

Crockpot Honey Garlic Chicken is a tender and flavorful slow-cooked dinner, with juicy chicken slathered in a sweet and savory Asian inspired sauce. Serve on a bed of rice with vegetables for a filling, delicious meal.

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