Easy slow cooker chicken and gravy recipe (2024)

Easy slow cooker chicken and gravy recipe is made with simple ingredients, packed with flavor, and is a family favorite. With four simple ingredients, you can have dinner prepped and cooking in the slow cooker in five minutes. You will end up with a tender chicken dinner and plenty of happy eaters.

The Perfect Comfort Food Recipe

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 7 hours
Total Time: 7 hours and 5 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Preparation Level: Beginner +

What I Love About This Recipe

• Chicken, ranch seasoning, and cream of chicken soup are the perfect comfort food.
• It’s very budget-friendly, tastes amazing, and everyone here at the house loves it
• And it’s such an easy chicken recipe. I can’t get over how easy it is to make it.

We head over to The Fresh Market once a week and stock up on chicken and meat on sale day. They have great prices, and we honestly love the way both the ground beef and chicken taste.

Serve this tender chicken on top of garlic butter pasta from Beyond The Chicken Coop for a hearty and flavorful meal.

You can use chicken breasts or cutlets for this recipe. I usually use whatever is on sale.

I’m notorious for not planning dinner ahead of time, so I try to keep both the soup and seasoning in the pantry. That way, if I need to put something in the Crock Pot for dinner, I can grab those, add them to the chicken, turn it on, and it’s cooking.

If you love slow cooker chicken, give No Plate Like Home’s brown sugar balsamic chicken a try.

Ingredients

• Skinless chicken breasts or cutlets
• Cream of condensed chicken soup
• Ranch dry seasoning
• Water or chicken broth
• Mashed potatoes or rice

Full recipe with measurements and instructions listed at the bottom of the post in the recipe card. The recipe card can also be printed. Approximate nutrition facts are listed below.

We love this particular recipe over mashed potatoes because the flavors go so well together and it’s filling. But, it also tastes great over white rice. Another option is to thicken the gravy and put over egg noodles.

If you don’t want to take the time to make mashed potatoes, grab some pre-made mashed potatoes at the grocery store, heat them up, top them with the shredded chicken and gravy, and you’ve got dinner.

Step-By-Step Instructions

Start by spraying the slow cooker with non-stick spray and place chicken breasts or cutlets at the bottom. I used six chicken cutlets for this recipe. If you plan to use breasts, use four.

This will feed four people, and I have two hungry teenagers, so this is a good amount for four with mashed potatoes.

Next, pour the cream of chicken soup over the top and spread it out.

Sprinkle the ranch seasoning over the top of the soup and chicken.

Finally, pour the water into the slow cooker. Try to pour the water over the ranch, so it will cook a little better and not be dried out on top.

Replace the lid and cook for seven hours on low.

Once the chicken is finished cooking, remove the lid, shred the chicken, and top some mashed potatoes.

The gravy mixture is not a typical thick gravy or lumpy gravy, but it ends up with a buttery and rich flavor and it is one delicious gravy.

If you do want a thicker gravy, add a tablespoon of cornstarch to the meal about 30 minutes before it gets done cooking. Be sure to add the cornstarch to water and mix before adding to the slow cooker or it will be lumpy.

Side Dishes (And Simple Recipes) That Go Well With Chicken and Gravy

• Green beans
• Moist Jiffy cornbread
• Homemade creamed corn
• Southern homemade butter beans

Other Easy Slow Cooker Recipes

• Slow cooker lasagna is a great recipe that will feed a crowd.
• Crock Pot macaroni and cheese is always a great side dish and this is a recipe that is easy to make and super cheesy.
• Slow cooker creamy ranch chicken and potatoes is another delicious dinner that produces tender chicken and potatoes with a ton of flavor.
• Easy Crock Pot meatballs are a great dish for potlucks, parties, and gatherings. This is my favorite way to eat meatballs and it only calls for a handful of ingredients.

Flavor Variations

If you’d like to change the flavors of the meal on occasion, here are a few alternate ideas:

• Cream of mushroom soup
• Cream of celery soup
• Cream of cheddar cheese soup
• Pork or chicken seasoning
• Taco seasoning
• Gravy seasoning (brown gravy mix or white gravy mix)
• Fajita seasoning
• Sour cream
• Onion soup mix