Post updated 7/15/2019
Crockpot Chicken & Gravy – only 3 ingredients!! Such a great weeknight meal! Just dump everything in the slow cooker and let it work its magic! Serve over hot steamed rice with some green beans. SO easy and kid-friendly too! #slowcooker #crockpot #chicken #chickenrecipe
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I am a huge fan of crockpot meals, especially this time of year. I don’t know about you, but I am really busy during the holiday season. The last thing I want to worry about is dinner. This recipe is super easy and tastes great. Chicken slow-cooked in chicken gravy mix, cream of chicken soup, and chicken broth. Serve the shredded chicken over rice and dinner is done. I used Uncle Ben’s Ready Rice, and dinner was ready in less than 5 minutes after walking in the door! Can’t beat that any time of year!
How To Make Chicken & Gravy in the Crockpot
This Crockpot Chicken & Gravy is SUPER easy to make. Simply place the chicken in the slow cooker, Season the chicken with salt and pepper. I sometimes use garlic salt or seasoned salt instead of plain salt. Once the chicken is seasoned on both sides, whisk together the gravy packets and soup. Pour the soup over the chicken and cook.
Once the chicken is cooked, shred it with two forks right in the slow cooker. We like to serve the chicken over white rice. Feel free to use cooked brown rice, mashed potatoes, or egg noodles. Heck, you could even serve this over some Texas toast for a chicken & gravy sandwich. If you are eating gluten-free, I think this would be great over cauliflower rice or spaghetti squash.
I used chicken gravy mix. Feel free to use any packet of gravy mix you prefer. If you want a thinner gravy, add about ½ to 1 cup of water or chicken broth to the soup mixture. Adding some water/chicken broth is a great way to stretch the gravy. The slow cooker gravy is the BEST part of the whole recipe!
What to Serve with Slow Cooker Chicken & Gravy
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Crockpot Chicken & Gravy
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 3 to 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 (10.5-oz) can Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup
- 2 (0.87-oz) envelopes of chicken gravy mix
- 1/2 cup water or chicken broth, optional
- hot steamed rice
Instructions:
- Place chicken in the slow cooker and season with salt and pepper, if desired.
- Whisk together soup, gravy mix, and water (if using). Pour over chicken.
- Cover crock-pot and cook on LOW for 4-6 hours.
- Before serving break the chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces. Serve over hot steamed rice.
Notes:
- Do NOT make the gravy. You are only using the dry mix.
- Can use chicken thighs or tenderloins in place of chicken breasts.
- Can use frozen chicken breasts.
- You will need to cook on the higher end of the cooking time if using frozen chicken.
- Can add frozen vegetables to the mixture.
- I suggest using Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup in this dish to control the sodium.
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- Here is our recipe for Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup:Â https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-cream-of-chicken-soup/
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Chicken Broth: https://www.plainchicken.com/slow-cooker-chicken-broth/
Steph
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I made it and loved it. My mom and dad who are elderly would eat this once a week if I served it to them. Question: how can I convert this from a slow cooker to an oven? I ask because I don’t have my slow cooker with me at the moment. Would it be three hours at 325° in a glass casserole with a lid? Thank you. Anyone who wants to answer, I’d love to know.
This is my all time favorite chicken and gravy recipe!!!!!!
I’m so new here I don’t know where to place my question so maybe she will get it from my reply sorry Kim I’m not mean this to reply to your comment or ruin your comment I just don’t know where else to ask this should I brown the chicken first before I put it in the crock pot
I don’t brown the chicken before adding it to the crock pot.
I’m here doing some caregiving for my elderly parents and my mom wanted something from a slow cooker so I spotted this chicken recipe and thank you for your review of it which makes me inclined to make it and I plan to do so this evening. It looks delicious. Will probably serve it over mashed potatoes because I think my mom would eat mashed potatoes every day! Lol.
Can u use chicken thighs instead
absolutely!
Agreed!
I just found this recipe this morning. I was looking for something I could make quickly for my family. Leave it all day in the crockpot, have a nice smelling house! Cannot complain. It is delicious!
We put the chicken and gravy on top of our mashed potatoes with a side of corn. Plus a buttered roll! Was a hit in the house with husband and kids!
I love this recipe! I live alone, so I use one large chicken breast in my 2qt slow cooker and half the remaining ingredients. It makes quite a bit of gravy, but what is the problem in that? 😉
Made this for my family tonight! Used chicken breast tenderloins and seasoned those with salt, pepper, and garlic and cooked on low for a little less than 3 hrs. Served over mashed potatoes with corn on the cob. Everyone loved it! Including my picky toddler!
I had to cook my chicken breasts ahead due to dinner plans change. Froze the chicken the is shredded and chopped but am wondering if I can just make the delicious sauce after defrosting the chicken and warm through in a big stove pot on low? I’ll then use egg noodles, rice and possibly add peas depending on the Grandkid’s choices. Please give me your advice, I can’t wait to try this. Thank You, Grammy wanting to make ahead meals🙌😉
I think that would work just fine.
Even I couldn’t mess this up! So yummy
I am making mashed potatoes & peas instead of rice. My house smells amazing right now & I can’t wait to serve this to my granddaughters tonight!
Can u use brown gravy mix instead
Was in need of an easy, warm recipe for football Sunday in the middle of a snowstorm. Followed some comments and used thighs, added minced garlic and frozen peas and carrots for some vitamins. Cooked on high instead of low and kept an eye on it. Figured we had a couple of ways to serve, made some biscuits with it too but didn’t want it to feel like my chicken and dumplings(which is a very similar recipe). It tasted like my chicken and dumplings. The gravy packets didn’t do much, but it was a warm, hearty meal just as I needed. Thanks!
I made this for dinner tonight and it was a definite win. I added a teaspoon of minced garlic, the juice of half a lemon and half a cup of reduced sodium chicken broth. Instead of chicken breasts, I used chicken tenderloins. Paired with brown rice it was a delicious dinner that will be enjoyed again tomorrow.
Would this work with a turkey gravy packet? I don’t have a chicken gravy packet..
yes
I didn’t see the note not to make your own gravy until after I did it! Will it mess up the recipe?
It will have a ton of extra liquid and the gravy flavor won’t be as intense since you diluted it.
Any guesses on what the garnish is? Parsley perhaps??
parsley
Excellent. The only change I’d recommend is to double the batch. It is so satisfying and delicious and so easy to make. I served it with white rice and peas. I served 5 hungry adults and had just enough for my breakfast this morning.
I only had bone in skin on thighs so I had a bit more but well worth it in the end. I seasoned my dish with white pepper. You could add mushrooms and onions if you need. To do more, but it’s great as it is written.
May be a stupid question, but if you double the recipe should you cook longer or just increase temp to high for 4 to 6 hours?
I doubled the recipe and cooked it on low 8 to 9 hours. Chicken just fell apart. Aside from the ingredients. I also added a 1/4 cup of lemon juice, and 1 + 1, 1/2 table spoons of ‘Better than Bouillon ‘ beef flavor. Only because I didn’t have the chicken flavor. But you cannot even notice the beef at all. This recipe is amazing delicious. Hope that helps.
So easy and so good! I put this on during my lunchbreak at work and had dinner when I got home. Doesn’t get any easier than this!
I fixed this yesterday and it was a big hit. I started with frozen chicken breast tenderloin pieces and cooked on low for 6 hours. I added one envelope of onion soup mix since I only had one envelope of chicken gravy mix on hand, and it came out great.
Chicken gravy was delicious! Approved by 3 teenagers who are picky eaters! Followed the recipe. Great dinner! Easy Peasy! Let the crockpot do all the work
What size chicken breasts do you recommend? Also, I have an old time crockpot that just has numbers 1 through 4 for heating. What number do you suggest I use? I bought the crockpot at a yard sale and it has no book instructions and I am new to crock pot cooking 🙂 Thank you so much
This is a really forgiving recipe. I just use 4 medium chicken breasts or 3 large chicken breasts. You want about 2 1/2 pounds of chicken. A little more or a little less is fine too.
You might Google your crockpot brand and see if you can find out what the settings mean. You might be able to find a manual online.
Thank you so much!! I appreciate the quick response
….so you made a completely different meal
Made this tonight – it was very good! Served over mashed potatoes. I do have a question, if I use your homemade cream of chicken soup mix – it says to make the soup with water on that recipe site to use in other recipes – is that what you have to do for this recipe also?
I made this last weekend and it was fabulous! So very good that I am making it again this weekend! Perfect fall dinner! Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe.