Crockpot chicken and gravy is a simple comfort food favorite in our house! Toss everything into your slow cooker and walk away. The gravy makes itself in the slow cooker and the chicken turns out so juicy and tender. Big thanks to Bob Evans for sponsoring this post.
This time of year demands cozy fires and crockpots full of comfort food.
Am I right?
I get so sad towards the middle of winter, wondering if summer will ever show up again.
And then I bust out my crockpot and all is right in my world again. Slow cooker recipes make me happy – they’re cozy and warm and comforting.
This crockpot chicken and gravy definitely qualifies as comfort food and it’s one of the easiest things ever to make! You’re going to love the creamy garlic gravy, the tender chicken, and best of all – the dreamy mashed potatoes you serve this over.
I partnered with Bob Evans again this year to share new recipes featuring their refrigerated mac and cheese and mashed potatoes.
Both products are ones that I keep on hand in my kitchen at all times. They taste homemade, they take less than 10 minutes to get on the table, and my family loves them. The mashed potatoes are perfect with this easy crockpot chicken.
How to make my crockpot chicken and gravy recipe:
To start, you’ll need a 5-6 quart slow cooker.
Add your chicken breasts to the slow cooker along with a couple cans of cream of chicken soup (or use my substitute for cream of chicken soup), a packet of chicken gravy mix, and a bunch of minced garlic.
Cover your slow cooker and walk away.
When the chicken is cooked through, about 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low, shred the chicken with two forks.
Stir in some freshly chopped parsley and cracked pepper.
Dinner is almost done!
Grab your package of Bob Evans Garlic Mashed Potatoes, peel back the plastic, and microwave.
Heap some mashed potatoes on your plate and top them off with a couple spoonfuls of this chicken and gravy.
My family devours this recipe and always asks me to make it again soon. It really tastes amazing, but it’s just about the easiest thing ever. I hope you’ll give it a try too!
Tips & Tricks:
You may substitute chicken thighs for chicken breasts, if you prefer.
Every slow cooker cooks differently – some run hotter than others. This crockpot chicken and gravy recipe will cook on low in 6-8 hours or on high in 3-4 hours in most slow cookers.
More slow cooker favorites:
Mississippi Chicken: Another toss and go chicken recipe!
French Dip Sandwich: The single most popular recipe on my site!! With good reason! 🙂
Crockpot BBQ Chicken: Move over pulled pork, chicken is on the menu tonight!
Crock Pot Ribs: You won’t believe how easy ribs are when you toss them in the slow cooker!
Slow Cooker Chicken & Garlic Gravy
Ingredients
- 3 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2 10.5 ounce cans cream of chicken soup
- 1 packet chicken gravy mix
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- ¼ cup parsley minced
- 2 teaspoons cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Add the chicken to a 5 quart slow cooker.
- In a small bowl, combine the cream of chicken soup, gravy mix, and garlic.
- Spread the cream soup mixture over the chicken.
- Cover the slow cooker and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours.
- When the chicken is cooked through, shred the meat with two forks. Stir the meat into the gravy mixture.
- Add the parsley and pepper to the slow cooker and stir well to combine.
- Serve chicken spooned over mashed potatoes, rice, or noodles.
Carol says
Can you use jarred gravy ipo gravy mix?
Karly says
It might be a bit too runny since you’re also using the canned soup.
Carla says
Hi Karly,
Since my husband is GF could I use two cartons of McCormick’s Chicken Gravy in place of the Cream of Chicken Soup, as I have not found a GF Cream of Chicken Soup? Either that combination or one GF Gravy and add some heavy cream slowly until I reached the proper consistency? I do wish that Campbell or some soup company would make a GF cream soup.
Thank you,
Carla
Mystic says
Pacific brand has Gluten Free Cream of Mushroom and Cream of Chicken soups!
Laura says
This chicken and garlic (!!!) gravy sounds amazing! Â Anything in the slow-cooker is my jam – thanks for the inspiration!
[email protected] says
This looks super yummy! Comfort food in a crock pot is definitely the perfect kind of dinner this time of year!
Sabrina says
great flavors and slow cooked even better, garlic and chicken is hard to mess up, even for me, but gravy too is a nice bonus, thank you
David @ Spiced says
This crockpot chicken and gravy sounds like my definition of winter comfort food! We’re supposed to get a ton of snow this weekend, so I think I need to get this into the slow cooker before the snow starts. It’ll be delicious after a round of shoveling! 🙂
Sara says
Always looking for another chicken recipe, this one is great! Thank you for sharing it!
Jocelyn says
We had this for dinner tonight, and it was terrific! Â It was so easy. Â I served it over rice. Â Thanks!
Molly says
Do you think this would taste good over mashed sweet potatoes? Also how would you make your own chicken gravy mix? Boullion and flour?
Karly says
I haven’t tried this over sweet potatoes – not sure how it would taste. And I haven’t experimented with the recipe other than as written, so I really can’t offer help with making your own gravy mix.
diane kaemming says
What brand of gravy mix do you use?
Karly says
Any brand should be fine. I think I usually grab McCormick.
Carla says
WOW, I have my answer, as McCormick makes a great GF Chicken Gravy. Thank you.
Julie says
Sounds yummy but how much is a serving? It has calorie amount but no serving. Also, is the calorie amount listed include the mashed potatoes? Thanks.
Karly says
The recipe serves 10. The nutrition does include the potatoes as well. 🙂
DA says
No water added to package gravy correct? Thx
Karly says
That’s correct!
Jennifer says
This was super tasty as well! Three for three. I actually made it with chicken thighs because that is what package of meat I opened. Still worked great. Thanks for the great recipes. I put all my stuff in the crockpot and go to bed, then in the morning there is yummy food waiting. We pack it up in our Tupperware and take it for lunch and dinner. Love it over rice.
Victoria Hutman says
How much salt?
Karly says
Whoops! No salt added – it’s already salty enough with the gravy mix. 🙂
Victoria Hutman says
Thank you!
Cassie-Lee says
how much in grams do you use of the chicken gravy mix please?
Karly says
The packet I use is 24 grams.
Adrianne says
This recipe sounds delicious! What a great combination, everyone loves chicken and gravy. Forever loving the crockpot!
Tonja says
Made this tonight for dinner. So easy! 5 mins prep, 4 hours on high, chicken was fall apart tender. Served over mashed potatoes with peas on the side. Family loooovvvveeed it!! Total comfort food!!!
Karly says
So glad you and the family enjoyed this one! 🙂
Carla says
I am making this recipe today, it is not that cold, but the weather is damp, rainy and raw.
I did make one substitute, as I am not shredding the boneless chicken breast “tenders.” I used a gluten-free gravy as my husband is gluten intolerant. McCormick makes a delicious G.F. gravy and we both love the Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes, I may never peel another potato! The green veggie choice will be either peas or broccoli.
Danielle DiNapoli says
Hi! I’d love to make this recipe but I don’t have a Crockpot. I do have an Instant Pot – do you have any recommendations for how to modify it for the Instant Pot? Thank you!
Karly says
Hi Danielle! I haven’t tried this one in the Instant Pot. There wouldn’t be enough liquid as it is to get it to pressure, so you’d probably want to add a cup of broth, but then your gravy will be a lot thinner. You could use the slow cook function on the IP.
Bonnie says
This was so easy to make but it’s so salty.  Too much sodium for me.
Wendell Hayman says
Hi Karly, Can I use stuffing instead of mashed potatoes?
Karly says
You can put over anything you like. Stuffing sounds good. 🙂
Jackie says
Love this recipe post more slow cooker recipe
Debra says
Great recipe, going to fix this. Yum
Debra says
Going to fix this. Thank you
Karly says
Enjoy! 🙂
Julie says
Going to PIN this and make it for my husband but will have to make some changes as we do low carb. You might want to recalculate your nutrition as there is no way this recipe is only 1 carb as the chicken soup itself has at least 8 carbs per can. Also would be helpful to have how much a serving size is, such as 1 cup etc., as most families do not have 8 members they are feeding at a time. This way it can be measured out and leftovers packed away for another meal.
Pam W says
Added sauteed mushrooms with soup mix and peas and carrots after shredding the meat. Served over egg noodles. OMG!!!
Karly says
Sounds delicious! 🙂