Easy Crockpot Chicken and Salsa Recipe

13 Simple Slow Cooker Recipes for Easy Dinners

Finding time to make dinner on busy nights can be hard. Between sports, music lessons, and meetings, making dinner can feel downright impossible! Enter the kitchen tool MVP — the slow cooker!

With a handful of ingredients and a few minutes of prep, you can get dinner started early and let the slow cooker do most of the hands-on work for you without sacrificing a home-cooked meal. In the summer months, it’s a great way to cook a meal without heating up the kitchen, and in the fall and winter months, it’s a great way to cook up something cozy and comforting.

We have a variety of slow cooker dinners for you to try. Made with simple ingredients and easy enough for any home cook, you’re going to love these simple slow cooker recipes.

Salsa Chicken

Easy Crockpot Chicken and Salsa Recipe (2)
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If you are looking for a simple, delicious, and versatile slow cooker recipe, then this easy crockpot chicken and salsa recipe is for you. Made with just three ingredients and takes just two minutes to prep.

Once your salsa chicken is cooked, it will shred easily. You can use the leftovers for many different meals. It’s delicious in tacos, nachos, burrito bowls, or on a salad.

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Wisconsin-Style Brats

Slow Cooker Brats (Crockpot Beer Brats)
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To make slow cooker brats, you only need a few minutes to brown them and seal them in the flavor. After that, you just pop them in the slow cooker with a delicious mustard and beer sauce and let them cook for several hours.

These tasty brats are ideal for an easy family dinner or for a large gathering. Serve your brats with buns and all of your favorite brat toppings like sauerkraut, mustard, and onions.

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Loubia Moroccan Bean Stew

LOUBIA (MOROCCAN SLOW COOKER BEAN STEW)
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If you are looking for an easy, comforting, and delicious slow cooker dinner, you should try Loubia. Loubia is a Moroccan bean stew with cannellini beans, tomatoes, and spices that everyone will love.

This is a simple dinner made from pantry staples. It can be served anytime. Just pop your ingredients in the slow cooker in the morning, and it will be ready for serving by dinner.

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Buffalo Chicken Sliders

Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Sliders Recipe
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Crock Pot buffalo chicken sliders are a family dinner everyone looks forward to. They have layers of flavor with sweet Hawaiian rolls, tender buffalo chicken, a creamy ranch butter sauce, and melty white American cheese.

Thanks to your crock pot, these sliders are easy to make. They're great for dinners and perfect for game day.

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Cheesy Potatoes

Crockpot Cheesy Potatoes Recipe
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These slow-cooker cheesy potatoes are a hearty comfort dish layered with flavors and easy to make. They are a great side dish for a holiday meal, or serve them with chicken or pork for a simple weeknight dinner.

You can save time by using prepared diced potatoes from the refrigerator or freezer section of your grocery store or dice your own if desired. Both ways are delicious.

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Pulled Pork Loin

EASY CROCK POT PULLED PORK LOIN
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This easy crockpot pulled pork loin is simply delicious, and you will have plenty of leftovers. This easy recipe will leave you with tender, juicy pork that you can use for sandwiches, rice bowls, and more.

This recipe only takes a few minutes of prep and is made with basic ingredients.

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Shredded Beef

shredded crockpot beef
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Ten minutes of prep, a few basic ingredients, and several hours of slow cooking will leave you with flavorful, tender, and delicious shredded beef. Once the beef is cooked, there are several different things that you can do with it.

It’s delicious layered on a piece of bread with melty cheese and pepperoncini or stuffed into tortillas with pickled red onions.

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Pesto Chicken

2-Ingredient Crockpot Pesto Chicken Thighs
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If you are looking for a super simple weeknight dinner that the whole family will love, you can’t go wrong with this two-ingredient crockpot pesto chicken.

Once the chicken is cooked, you can use it for a variety of dishes, including chicken sandwiches, pesto chicken pizza, or pesto chicken pasta. You can also serve this tasty chicken with a few simple veggies sides for a delicious and complete meal.

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Mustard Chicken

CROCKPOT MUSTARD CHICKEN AND POTATOES
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This tasty crockpot mustard chicken recipe is easy to make, hearty, and a delicious meal for the whole family. It’s made with simple ingredients and has a bold, savory flavor that no one can get enough of.

Juicy chicken thighs are paired with red potatoes and a tangy, creamy mustard sauce for a tasty meal. Serve this with a salad or a simple vegetable, and dinner is ready to serve.

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Chicken and Gravy

4-Ingredient Crockpot Chicken and Gravy with Noodles
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This crockpot chicken and gravy is the solution when you need a comfort food dinner but don’t have the time to make it. Just four basic ingredients and five minutes of prep will leave you with a cozy and warm dinner.

To complete this meal, you will need to cook some egg noodles or rice and a simple veggie side. This easy and delicious weeknight meal is sure to become a staple in your menu rotation.

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Chicken and Potatoes

Best Crock Pot Chicken and Potatoes Recipe (10-min prep!)
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This chicken and potatoes recipe is a favorite. With rotisserie chicken-inspired flavors, it’s cozy comfort food at its best! Preparing this dish takes just 10 minutes and requires some basic ingredients.

When it's time for dinner, you will have perfectly cooked chicken thighs and tender potatoes with a flavor the whole family will love. Serve them with a salad or a green veggie, and dinner is done.

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Barbacoa Street Tacos

BARBACOA STREET TACOS
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Shake up taco night at your house with these delicious slow cooker barbacoa street tacos. The beef is cooked low and slow in the slow cooker in a rich sauce of chipotles, onions, garlic, and spices until it is falling apart tender, and easy to shred.

Serve it in tacos, on top of nachos, in a burrito, or use it for enchiladas. This dinner will be requested again and again.

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Jambalaya

CROCKPOT JAMBALAYA
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This delicious, healthy, and simple crockpot jambalaya has something for everyone. It has shrimp, chicken, sausage, and lots of bold flavors for a striking dish.

You only need ten minutes to prep this slow cooker meal in the morning and you will be enjoying it for a hearty dinner. Cook some rice to serve with your jambalaya and dinner is done.

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Author: Emily Dingmann

Emily Dingmann is a writer, recipe developer, and content creator. She creates easy recipes for busy families using her degree in Nutrition and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor backgrounds. Her work has been featured on the Today Show, MSN, Self Magazine, Fitness Magazine, Twin Cities Live, and more.

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