Slow Cooker Chicken and Potatoes (Printable version)
Tender chicken, baby potatoes, and green beans simmered in a savory herb broth for a simple, wholesome gluten-free meal.
# What you'll need:
→ Meats
01 - 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 24 oz / 1.5 lbs)
→ Vegetables
02 - 1 lb baby potatoes, halved
03 - 8 oz fresh green beans, trimmed
04 - 1 small yellow onion, sliced
05 - 2 cloves garlic, minced
→ Liquids
06 - 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
→ Spices & Herbs
07 - 1 tsp dried thyme
08 - 1 tsp dried rosemary
09 - 1 tsp paprika
10 - ½ tsp black pepper
11 - 1½ tsp kosher salt
→ Oils
12 - 2 tbsp olive oil
→ Optional
13 - Lemon wedges, for serving
14 - Fresh parsley, chopped, for garnish
# Directions:
01 - Arrange the chicken breasts in the bottom of a 6-quart slow cooker.
02 - Scatter the halved baby potatoes and sliced onion evenly around the chicken.
03 - In a small bowl, combine olive oil, minced garlic, thyme, rosemary, paprika, salt, and pepper. Drizzle the mixture evenly over the chicken and potatoes.
04 - Pour the chicken broth into the slow cooker, taking care not to wash off the seasoning from the chicken.
05 - Cover and cook on LOW for 5 hours.
06 - After 5 hours, add the green beans on top of the potatoes and chicken. Cover and cook for another 1 hour, until the green beans are tender and the chicken is cooked through to an internal temperature of 165°F.
07 - Serve hot, garnished with fresh parsley and lemon wedges if desired.
# Expert Tips:
01 -
- It is genuinely hands off, five minutes of layering ingredients and the slow cooker handles the rest while you live your life.
- The potatoes soak up the herb flecked broth and turn almost buttery without a single drop of dairy.
- Cleanup is one pot, which means more time for a second helping and less time standing at the sink.
02 -
- Do not add the green beans at the beginning, five hours in a slow cooker turns them to olive colored mush with zero texture left.
- Resist lifting the lid during cooking, every time you peek the slow cooker loses heat and adds time to the overall cook.
03 -
- Pound the chicken breasts to even thickness before adding them to the slow cooker so the thinnest parts do not dry out while the thickest parts finish cooking.
- A squirt of fresh lemon juice right before serving wakes up all the flavors that have been quietly mingling for six hours.