Here’s a simple, versatile Slow Cooker Chicken recipe — perfect for a hands-off weeknight dinner. You can adapt it with different sauces, herbs, or spices to change the flavor every time.
🍗 Basic Slow Cooker Chicken
Ingredients (Serves 4)
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (or thighs)
- 1 cup chicken broth (or water for a lighter option)
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Optional: herbs like thyme, rosemary, or oregano
Instructions
- Prep the chicken
- Season chicken with garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt, and pepper.
- Add to slow cooker
- Place chicken in the slow cooker.
- Pour chicken broth around the chicken (not over the top if you want a more “roasted” flavor).
- Cook
- Low: 6–7 hours
- High: 3–4 hours
Chicken should be tender and fully cooked (internal temperature 165°F / 74°C).
- Optional: Make a sauce
- Remove chicken.
- Add cornstarch slurry (1 tbsp cornstarch + 2 tbsp water) to the juices and cook on High for 10 minutes to thicken.
- Serve
- Over rice, pasta, or with mashed potatoes
- Add steamed or roasted vegetables
💡 Flavor Variations
- BBQ: Pour BBQ sauce over chicken before cooking.
- Honey Garlic: Mix honey, soy sauce, and garlic for a sticky glaze.
- Italian: Use Italian dressing and dried herbs.
- Lemon Herb: Add lemon juice, garlic, and rosemary.
If you want, I can make a weeknight rotation guide with 5 different slow cooker mixtures so your chicken tastes completely different every time without extra effort.
Do you want me to do that?
