Slow Cooker Summer Chicken
Enjoy a healthy and easy summer dinner with this slow cooker chicken recipe made with fresh corn, carrots, potatoes, and herbs. It's cozy but also feels light and refreshing.
Recipe slightly adapted from recipever
Fresh and Healthy Summer Dinner
When the heat is on, the last thing you want to do is turn on the oven. Slow Cooker Summer Chicken recipe is your go-to for warm weather meals. Packed with juicy chicken breasts, sweet corn on the cob, tender carrots, hearty potatoes, and fragrant fresh herbs, this one-pot dish is healthy, easy, and full of seasonal flavor.
Recipe Highlights
- Effortless Prep: Just 15 minutes of chopping and layering. The slow cooker does the rest!
- Fresh Summer Ingredients: Crisp corn on the cob, carrots, potatoes, and garden-fresh herbs.
- One-Pot Meal: Protein, veggies, and starch all cook together in one easy dish.
- Perfect for Busy Days: Set it and forget it---dinner is ready when you are.
- Great for Leftovers: Tastes amazing the next day and reheats beautifully.
Basic Ingredients For Summer Chicken Recipe
- Chicken- Use chicken breast or thighs.
- Olive oil- For searing the chicken.
- Veggies- Fresh corn on the cob, baby red potatoes, carrots, and red onions.
- Fresh herbs- Rosemary and thyme.
- Broth mixture- Chicken broth, lemon juice, flour, and pantry seasonings like garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper.
- Lemon slices- Serve dish with lemon slices for a fresh citrus flavor.
Important Tips
Extra flavor- Sear the chicken breasts or thighs in a skillet before adding to the slow cooker. This offers so much flavor.
No fresh herbs? Substitute with 1 teaspoon each of dried rosemary and thyme or other dried herbs on hand.
Easy Step By Step Slow Cooker Summer Chicken
- Season and brown chicken- Season your chicken on both sides with onion powder, salt and pepper, then sear in a skillet with olive oil (or if you have a stovetop safe slow cooker insert) until golden brown.
- Layer veggies- Add prepared veggies to the bottom of your slow cooker.
- Make the sauce- Combine the broth, lemon juice, flour, and additional seasonings in a bowl. Pour over the veggies and toss to combine.
- Add chicken- Place chicken and herbs on top of the veggies and cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 7-8 hours.
What To Serve With Summer Chicken
Honestly, this dish is hearty enough on its own but pairs beautifully with...
- a crisp green salad
- garlic bread
- chilled glass of white wine or iced tea
Slow Cooker Summer Chicken
Equipment
- 1 6 Qt Slow Cooker
- 1 large skillet if your slow cooker insert is not stovetop safe
Ingredients
For the chicken
- 3-4 boneless skinless chicken breast or use 5-6 boneless thighs
- onion powder to taste
- kosher salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Veggies
- 2 ears of corn cut in quarters see post for description
- 1 ½ cups baby carrots, cut in half
- 1 pound baby red potatoes, cut in quarters
- 1 cup red onion, roughly chopped
Sauce
- `1 ¼ cups chicken broth, low sodium I use the better than bouillon chicken base
- 3 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- ½ lemon, juiced, about 2 tbsp
- ¾ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Additional ingredients
- 2 fresh sprigs rosemary
- 4 fresh sprigs thyme
- lemon slices for serving
Instructions
- Season 3-4 chicken breasts on both sides with salt, pepper, and onion powder. Measure with your heart.
- Heat a large skillet to medium high heat (or if your slow cooker insert is stovetop safe) and add 1 tbsp olive oil. Sear chicken on both sides until golden brown. No need to cook the chicken all the way through, it will finish cooking in the slow cooker.
- Place the prepared veggies in the bottom of the slow cooker. 2 ears of corn cut in quarters, 1 pound baby red potatoes, quartered, 1 ½ cups baby carrots, halved, 1 cup red onion, chopped.
- Make the sauce by combining 1 ¼ cups chicken broth, 3 tbsp flour, ½ lemon, juiced, ¾ tsp garlic powder, ½ tsp onion powder, 1 tsp dried parsley, 1 tsp kosher salt, and ½ teaspoon black pepper. Whisk until mixture is smooth with no lumps from the flour.
- Pour sauce over veggies in the slow cooker and toss to combine. Place seared chicken on top of the veggies then add 2 sprigs fresh rosemary, and 4 sprigs fresh thyme.
- Cover slow cooker and cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 7-8, until chicken is cooked through and veggies are tender. Serve with lemon wedges.
Notes
- Fridge: Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
- Reheat: Microwave gently until warmed through or add splash of broth to a saucepan on medium-low heat. Add chicken and veggies and place the lid on. Heat until warmed through.
Nutrition
Try These Slow Cooker Meals Next
For more easy meals to make this summer, try our Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas, Slow Cooker Greek Chicken, Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken, or Slow Cooker Cowboy Soup.
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