Slow Cooker Amish Chicken and Carrots
Some dinners remind you just how satisfying simple home cooking can be. This is one of those recipes for Slow Cooker 4-Ingredient Amish Chicken and Carrots. Soft chicken cooked in a delicious sauce with sweet carrots makes for a hearty dinner that tastes like something you’d find on a farm dinner table.
I love this recipe, because there’s not much of you to it. No complicated preparation, no long list of spices, no spending the afternoon in the kitchen. A few everyday ingredients in the slow cooker and all the gentle heat does the rest. The chicken will cook up tender and juicy, and the carrots will soften and absorb the flavorful sauce.
It is also a good choice if you want a budget-friendly family dinner. Chicken and carrots are humble ingredients that can easily be stretched to make several meals, and the slow cooker makes this meal especially convenient for busy weeknights.
Serve the finished chicken over mashed potatoes, white rice, buttered egg noodles or with warm dinner rolls. The flavorful sauce is worth spooning over anything on the plate.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
- This chicken dinner, inspired by the Amish, is all about simplicity.
- And you need just 4 ingredients and you don’t have to prepare a fancy sauce. The onion soup mix adds a savory seasoning that is especially good with the chicken and carrots, and the slow cooker brings them together.
- But it’s also a good family meal. Serve the chicken and carrots with mashed potatoes, buttered noodles or homemade bread and you have a satisfying meal, without a lot of fuss.
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 lb. carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 can cream of chicken soup, condensed
- 1 package dry onion soup mix
Instructions
- Lightly spray the inside of a 6-quart slow cooker. Place the chicken breasts in a single layer on the bottom.
- Arrange the carrot pieces over and around the chicken.
- In a small bowl mix together cream of chicken soup and onion soup mix. Stir until well blended. Spread the mixture on top of the chicken and carrots.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 5 – 6 hours or until chicken is tender and reaches safe internal temperature.
- Remove the chicken carefully and let it rest for about 5 minutes. Gently stir in carrots and creamy sauce in the slow cooker.
- To serve, spoon the savory sauce over the top of the chicken and carrots.
Tips and Variations
Use Chicken Thighs Boneless, skinless chicken thighs work well as a substitute for chicken breasts. Slow cooked they are still very tender and add a deeper flavor.
Cut Carrots Evenly: Cut the carrots into similar sized chunks so they cook at the same rate. Larger cuts will benefit from the longer slow-cooking time.
Add Potatoes: If you want a more complete one pot dinner, add baby potatoes or quartered potatoes around the chicken and carrots.
Use Cream of Mushroom Soup: If you like a more earthy, deep flavor, use cream of mushroom soup instead of cream of chicken soup.
Add Fresh Herbs: If you’re not too concerned with the four ingredient rule, a bit of fresh parsley or thyme can brighten up the finished dish.
Don’t Add More Salt Immediately: Onion soup mix is very seasoned already. Taste the sauce before you add more salt.
Cook on LOW: The chicken cooks slowly on LOW to keep it tender and allows the carrots to slowly soak up the savory flavors.
Don’t overcook the chicken breasts: If you leave the chicken breasts in the slow cooker too long they will dry out. Begin testing them at the low end of the suggested cooking time.
Serve with mashed potatoes: Creamy mashed potatoes are one of the best sides for this dish, as they soak up the savory sauce so well.
Try Egg Noodles: Buttered egg noodles also make a simple and comforting bed for the chicken and carrots.
Make it creamier: To thin the sauce, mix in a little warm milk or chicken broth near the end of cooking.
Save the Leftovers: Store any leftover chicken, carrots and sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator. If sauce gets too thick, reheat gently and add a splash of broth.
Make Ahead: Put the chicken and carrots in the slow cooker insert and make the sauce earlier in the day. Refrigerate until ready to prepare.
This easy 4-ingredient Amish Chicken and Carrots Slow Cooker recipe is the kind of easy slow cooker chicken recipe that makes homemade dinner feel effortless. Tender chicken, sweet carrots, creamy soup and savory onion seasoning come together for a warm and satisfying meal with very little hands on work.
This is a simple recipe to have in your rotation whether you’re looking for an inexpensive chicken dinner, an easy farmhouse style recipe, or a comforting recipe for a busy weeknight. Serve over mashed potatoes or egg noodles, add some warm bread and let that creamy savory sauce pull the whole meal together.
