Easy 5 Ingredient Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes

10 Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes with 5 Ingredients or Fewer

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At least once a week, my meal plan seems to need a slow cooker chicken dinner. Sometimes it's because we're feeding a hungry group after soccer practice; other nights my husband needs to make something simple and nourishing while I'm busy elsewhere. But no matter the reason, a slow cooker chicken dinner is a simple, crowd-pleasing winner.

These 10 chicken dinners are big on taste but short on ingredients, so anyone can get them into the slow cooker and feel like an absolute dinner hero with minimal effort.

1. Buttery Slow Cooker Chicken & Potatoes

This simple chicken dinner is cooked from start to finish in the slow cooker. All you need to make this a complete meal is a green salad or some crusty bread for soaking up the gorgeous broth.

2. Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken Sandwiches

These chicken sandwiches take advantage of two shortcuts: bagged broccoli slaw and ranch seasoning. You can shorten the ingredient list further by using the seasoning on the slaw for these sandwiches too.

3. Slow Cooker Salsa Pulled Chicken

Salsa and chicken go into the slow cooker and out comes one the easiest taco dinners you'll make in your life. All you need are tortillas and some cheese or sour cream.

4. Slow Cooker Lemon-Garlic Chicken Breast

Chicken breasts with lemon-garlic sauce look fancy (and taste incredible!), but are really just slow cooker dinners at their very best: simple and easy. We often serve this over rice or pasta for weeknight get-togethers.

5. Slow Cooker Pesto Chicken

Chicken plus pesto in your slow cooker equals dinner. Boom. You're done. You can throw the finished chicken onto pasta, into a wrap, or into a grain or hummus bowl. No matter what you do, it will be tasty.

6. Slow Cooker BBQ Shredded Chicken

Cover chicken in your favorite BBQ sauce and cook low and slow in the slow cooker and you'll have an easy meal that's big enough to feed the neighbors, the soccer team, your PTA crew, or your family for several nights running.

7. Slow Cooker Thai-Style Chicken Tacos

These tacos have been on my "to-try" list for a while. The ingredients are really just chicken, peanut sauce, and Sriracha. Then this saucy chicken gets wrapped in tender tortillas for devouring.

8. Trader Joe's Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala

This shortcut dinner is all about using Trader Joe's products in a smart and easy way. The ingredient list is short and the results are warmly spiced and deliciously comforting.

9. Slow Cooker Whole "Roast" Chicken

You really can just cook a whole chicken in the slow cooker and call it dinner! The secret to keeping it from getting overly waterlogged is to elevate the chicken while it cooks. If you don't have a rack that fits, root veggies like sweet potatoes or carrots and onions will work. Love the idea but worry you'd miss the crispy skin? No problem: Three minutes under a broiler just before serving will crisp the skin up nicely without overheating the kitchen.

10. Crispy, Juicy, Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs

Chicken thighs are a staple in our house, and this slow cooker version is my husband's favorite way to cook them. Use whatever spices you like here. The results are so tender, you won't be disappointed.

Meghan Splawn

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Meghan was the Food Editor for Kitchn's Skills content. She's a master of everyday baking, family cooking, and harnessing good light. Meghan approaches food with an eye towards budgeting — both time and money — and having fun. Meghan has a baking and pastry degree, and spent the first 10 years of her career as part of Alton Brown's culinary team. She co-hosts a weekly podcast about food and family called Didn't I Just Feed You.

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