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
This Crockpot Chicken & Gravy is a favorite in our house. It is so simple to make and tastes great! I always have the ingredients on hand so we can make this yummy chicken! As I said, we serve the chicken and gravy over rice. We also love to make some green beans or asparagus to go with this chicken. Here are a few of our favorite side dish recipes that go great with this Easy Crockpot 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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- Need Gluten-free Cream of Chicken Soup? You can buy it here: https://amzn.to/3MtqQ1s
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup: 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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Simple, easy and delicious!
Enjoyed this chicken recipe, easy and tasty. I just added more chicken broth to the gravy. Will be having this chicken and gravy regularly. ( I did add some Montreal steak seasoning.)
So what kind(brand)of gravy mix do you use?
McCormick Chicken Gravy Mix
Hi. I’d like to send this with my husband to bring on a hunting trip. Can I mix everything up and put in crockpot so all he has to do is plug it in? I’d need to mix it up on Friday and he’d cook it Saturday. Will this be ok?
I think that would be fine.
Is there anything I could replace the cream of chicken with? I don’t have cream of anything. 🙁
Steph,
Just ate my first serving of the Crockpot Chicken and Gravy. Yum! I WILL be making it again! I wonder if it would work as well if I cut the raw chicken into cubes (or nuggets) before dropping them into my crockpot. I only have an old, what I’ll call an “upright” crockpot – is that 3.5 quarts? Today I used chicken tenders, layering the first few facing one direction and the rest layered on top at right angles to the first. They seemed to cook fine (I used five hours on low) but stirring was almost ‘til the chicken was pretty well cooked. If the original pieces were smaller and I could stir in the gravy ingredients, all the flavors would be more evenly distributed. Whaddya think?
Easy and great tasting recipe! I added spinach, celery an carrots to the dish at the end to give it some color and served over rice—-and it was a big hit with my husband and kids. Makes good leftovers and also goes well over egg noodles.
This is a simple hearty recipe. I Love crockpot recipes. Makes life so much easier especially for working moms & grammas.
I Made this Today, So Easy and So So So So Good!!!! My New FAVORITE!!! MY Family LOVED it😋
So glad you enjoyed it!
I would love to make this for dinner tonight, but I only have cream of celery, not chicken. Would that ruin the recipe?
If you like celery, it should be fine.
I have eaten crockpot chicken for 60 years, and 3 generations and I can honestly say this recipe is the best tasting one of them all. Super easy to make, and very simple. This thanksgiving we are going to make this instead of our traditional turkey. I think the recipe is best when you add the cup of chicken broth which they list as optional’ Thank you for posting this. Great job.
What are the green flecks? Parsley?
yes
Would brown gravy work instead of chicken gravy?
Very good and easy to make!
Can you freeze this after cooking in crockpot. I should have halved before cooking and now I have a TON of leftovers. Hoping it will save in the freezer???
I’m sure it will be fine if you freeze it
I’m usually not a “packet” type cook , but six months of cooking has opened my mind.
My family loved this so much. I left the slow cooker uncovered for a half hour or so after it was done to thicken it up. I served it with canned biscuits.