Crock Pot Chicken And Brown Gravy – A Recipe With Step By Step Instructions

Learn how to make Crock Pot Chicken and Gravy with this easy recipe and cooking instructions.

Crock Pot Chicken and Brown Gravy is a simple slow cooker dinner with only three simple ingredients. The combination of condensed French Onion Soup and Golden Mushroom Soup make a tasty chicken and brown gravy served over mashed potatoes.

Slow Cooker Chicken Recipe

I’ve come to realize that my kids love any type of meat that has a gravy and can be served over mashed potatoes. I mean who doesn’t love comfort food like this, because I know I love gravy-smothered taters too. Some of our favorites include Pork Roast and Gravy and Chicken Fried Steak.

I’ve been finding a lot of chicken breasts on mark-down at Aldi lately, and I decided to try a chicken and brown gravy recipe for the crock pot. Another option for chicken breasts in the slow cooker is this vintage Continental Chicken recipe.

Crock Pot Chicken and Brown Gravy

Taking inspiration from what I had on hand in the pantry, I came up with this easy chicken and gravy recipe for the crock pot.

This particular crock pot chicken and gravy recipe has a brown gravy instead of a white gravy. I personally think brown gravy has more flavor, and this recipe does not disappoint.

3 Ingredient Crock Pot Chicken and Gravy

This crock pot chicken and gravy only has three ingredients total.

One, of course, is the chicken itself. Use boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs depending on what you prefer or what you have on hand.

This chicken and gravy recipe is versatile so feel free to use anywhere from 2 – 4 chicken breasts or thighs.

The base of this brown gravy comes from two simple condensed soups – French Onion Soup and Golden Mushroom soup.

French Onion Soup is a favorite ingredient of mine when I want to add a punch of intense flavor. The Golden Mushroom Soup helps thicken up the brown gravy. If you can’t find Golden Mushroom Soup, go ahead and use cream of mushroom instead.

Ingredients Needed for 3 Ingredient Chicken and Gravy in the Crock Pot

Chicken, breasts or thighs

French Onion Soup, condensed

Golden Mushroom Soup (or Cream of Mushroom)

How to Make Crockpot Chicken and Gravy over Mashed Potatoes

Step by Step Instructions

1. Place chicken breasts (or skinless chicken thighs) in the bottom of crock pot insert.
2. In a small bowl, mix condensed French Onion Soup and Cream of Golden Mushroom Soup.
3. Pour soup mixture over chicken.
4. Cook on low 5-7 hours. The cooking time will be much less (around 2 to 4 hours) if cooked on high heat instead.
5. Shred chicken with 2 forks, and return to crock pot gravy.
6. Taste and season with salt and black pepper, if desired.
7. Serve over mashed potatoes or egg noodles.

Storage Instructions

Let the leftovers cool completely. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.

For the full ingredient amounts and instructions for slow cooker chicken and brown gravy, scroll to the recipe card at the bottom of this post. 

FAQs

• This slow cooker chicken and gravy can use chicken breasts or thighs. I prefer boneless, skinless chicken to make life easier.
• Use 2 – 4 pieces of chicken depending on how much your family eats.
• If you can’t find Golden Mushroom Soup, use cream of mushroom soup or cream of chicken soup instead.
• Be sure to use the condensed type of French Onion Soup.
• For more flavor, add any herb of your choosing such as rosemary, thyme or parsley. Garlic powder would also be a welcome addition.
• To speed this recipe up, cook the chicken on high for 2 – 4 hours.
• Serve over mashed potatoes, noodles or rice.  I love using the pre-made refrigerated type of mashed potatoes.
• To make it lower in carbs, serve over cauliflower rice.
• Check out our Amazon Store for our favorite pantry essentials (including Golden Mushroom Soup).

What to serve with chicken and gravy?

First off, you’ve got to serve this with some basic bread and butter, white bread or wheat bread. That’s how Grandma would have served chicken and brown gravy to my grandpa. The bread is used to sop up all the gravy.

Next, you’ve got the protein and starch covered, so I recommend going for some great vegetable sides.  There’s nothing wrong with classic cooked peas or carrots; however, here’s 10 tasty vegetable dishes to serve with chicken and gravy over mashed potatoes.

1. Lemon Carrots 
2. Sweet and Sour Green Beans with Bacon
3. Simple and Sweet Coleslaw
4. Fresh Broccoli Casserole 
5. Pan Roasted Summer Squash
6. Old-Fashioned Creamed Peas
7. Sour Cream Zucchini Casserole
8. Air Fryer Cauliflower
9. Crock Pot Cheesy Creamed Corn
10. Old Fashioned Pickled Beets 

Do you need to cook chicken before putting in slow cooker?

No, chicken (or any meat for that matter) can go in raw to a slow cooker or crock pot. The meat does not have be been cooked before adding it to a crock pot. The raw meat will cook in the crock pot.

However, the meat can be already cooked (such as browned ground beef or diced, cooked chicken breast) if you are making a quick soup or stew using a slow cooker. In that case, the meat is pre-cooked at the beginning of the recipe.

Can you slow cook meat without browning?

Yes, browning is an optional step for slow cooking meat. Often times, a recipe will state to brown the meat in oil in a skillet on the stove before adding it to the crock pot or slow cooker. The browning step will add more depth of flavor from the browning process; however, it is not a mandatory step. The browning step can be omitted for the sake of time.

Recipes Using Condensed French Onion Soup

We love using condensed French Onion soup in our recipes, both main dishes and our sides. We even have a blog post featuring all of our recipes using canned French Onion Soup.

French Onion Sliders

Sloppy French Onion Joes

French Onion Rice Casserole

French Onion Shepherd’s Pie

Slow Cooker Recipes

• Crock Pot French Style Green Beans
• Slow Cooker Bratwurst Casserole
• Crock Pot Lentil Soup with Sausage
• Slow Cooker Honey Mustard Pork Roast
• 9 x 13 Crock Pot Breakfast Casserole