35 Easy Slow-Cooker Chicken Recipes For Stress-Free Weeknight Dinners

Ever wish you had dinner on the table without, ya know, having to cook it? Well, thanks to your slow-cooker, these chicken dinners basically make themselves. And since chicken and slow-cookers are a match made in dinner heaven, you're only a few minutes of prep away from tender, fall-apart chicken for tacos, pasta, soups, and more. After you try our recipes for slow-cooker chicken thighs, crockpot chicken fajitas, and brown sugar BBQ chicken, you'll be setting it and forgetting it to make some truly unforgettable meals.

These slow-cooker chicken recipes just might be the easiest recipes ever, and perfect for the beginner cook. It's basically impossible to over-cook your slow-cooker chicken cacciatore when it's being cooked low and slow. And did you know you can even cook a whole rotisserie-style chicken right in your crock pot?! Now you do. You'll be so glad you have leftover rotisserie chicken when it looks this good.

New to slow-cookers and Crock Pots? We tested all the best slow-cookers and crockpots, so you can find the perfect one for your kitchen. Slow-cookers also make parties and the holidays so much easier (and help you save on oven space), making it even simpler to have party-ready slow-cooker dips and even a whole thanksgiving dinner in your slow-cooker.

And if you're looking for more slow-cooker recipes, we've got something for everyone, like our healthy Crock-Pot recipes, beginner slow-cooker recipes for two, and fall slow-cooker recipes. Loving that countertop appliance life? Don't miss our best air fryer recipes and Instant Pot recipes.