Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken is a simple sweet-savory meal where chicken cooks slowly in a tangy cranberry sauce until tender. 🍗🍒
Ingredients
- 4 boneless chicken breasts or thighs
- 1 cup Cranberry sauce
- ½ cup French dressing
- 1 packet Onion soup mix
- 1 tbsp Garlic (minced, optional)
Instructions
1. Add Chicken
Place the chicken in the bottom of your slow cooker.
2. Mix the Sauce
In a bowl combine:
- cranberry sauce
- French dressing
- onion soup mix
- garlic
Stir until well mixed.
3. Cook
Pour the sauce over the chicken and cook:
- Low: 5–6 hours
- High: 3–4 hours
The chicken will become tender and coated in a sweet-tangy glaze.
4. Serve
Serve the cranberry chicken with:
- rice
- mashed potatoes
- roasted vegetables
🍽️ Optional Garnish
- chopped parsley
- dried Cranberry
Tip
If you want a thicker sauce, mix 1 tablespoon cornstarch with 2 tablespoons water and stir it into the slow cooker during the last 20 minutes.
If you’d like, I can also give you:
- 🍗 3-ingredient cranberry chicken recipe
- 🍊 Orange cranberry slow cooker chicken
- 🧄 Honey garlic slow cooker chicken.
