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Crockpot Chicken Dinner with chicken thighs, potatoes, and green beans served on a white plate, garnished with parsley

Crockpot Chicken Dinner

This Crockpot Chicken Dinner is a time-saving, flavorful meal featuring easy slow cooker chicken thighs, one pot chicken and potatoes, and healthy ingredients like green beans—all cooked to perfection!
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 4 hours 55 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ½ lbs bone-in chicken thighs
  • 2 Tbsp. cooking oil
  • 1 ½ lbs. Yukon gold potatoes, diced
  • 1 lb. green beans, ends snipped
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 8 oz. can tomato sauce
  • 1 ½ tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. pepper
  • ½ tsp. dried thyme
  • ½ tsp. dried rosemary

Equipment

  • Slow Cooker
  • Sauté Pan
  • spatula

Method
 

  1. Heat a sauté pan to medium-high on your stovetop. Add the cooking oil and swirl to coat.
  2. Brown the chicken thighs on both sides (about 3-4 minutes per side). No need to cook through.
  3. Layer the diced potatoes and green beans into the bottom of your slow cooker, tossing to combine.
  4. Place the browned chicken thighs on top of the vegetables.
  5. Add the minced garlic evenly over the ingredients.
  6. Drizzle with the tomato sauce, then sprinkle with salt, pepper, thyme, and rosemary.
  7. Use a spatula to spread and mix the seasonings into the sauce.
  8. Cover and cook on HIGH for 4.5 hours. Do not open the lid during cooking to ensure the potatoes cook fully.
  9. Serve warm and enjoy!

Notes

Pro tip: If your slow cooker has a “sear” or “sauté” function, you can skip the stovetop step entirely and brown the chicken right in the crockpot.