Crock Pot Tuscan Chicken
Crock-Pot Tuscan chicken is a creamy chicken slow cooker recipe with delicious Italian flavors. The breasts are first cooked with garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, and artichoke hearts. Once they're super tender, we mix in a creamy parmesan sauce to make this dish irresistible.
Complete the meal with a side of perfect basmati rice or cauliflower rice. The sauce is also delicious spooned over cauliflower mashed potatoes.
Crock Pot Tuscan Chicken
Are you dreaming of a boldly flavored dinner with a deliciously creamy sauce? Your dreams can come true, and with next to no effort on your part.
While it looks impressive, this is easily a weeknight dinner meal.
There is no pre-searing chicken breasts or sautƩeing veggies in this recipe. Just pop everything into your pot, and away you go. Dinner doesn't get any easier than this.
To make this Crock-Pot Tuscan chicken recipe, we used our new Crock-Pot MyTimeā¢ Programmable Slow Cooker. It's a big upgrade from our older model (and very well used) Crock-Pot.
This new Crock-Pot with MyTimeā¢ technology lets you program exactly what you're eating and when you want your food to be ready. Then it brings the food to a safe temperature and adjusts the cook cycle as needed so that your food is always perfectly cooked.
Since you don't have to worry about your food with Crock-Pot MyTimeā¢, you'll have more time to enjoy with your family.
Bonus that it has a big, 6-quart capacity (which feeds 7 people) so there is lots of room to double a recipe so you can plan to have leftovers. Meal prep!
How to make crock pot Tuscan chicken
This recipe packs an incredible punch of flavor, which makes it even more amazing that it is so simple to make.
- Place the chicken breasts, sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, garlic, chicken stock, salt, and pepper into the pot then tell your Crock-Pot MyTimeā¢ when you want to eat dinner.
- Now go enjoy some time with your family.
- A few minutes before you want to eat dinner, add the spinach and cream sauce (just some cream, parmesan, salt, and pepper) to the pot. Dinner is ready!
Full recipe instructions in the recipe card below.
What to serve with slow cooker tuscan chicken
This creamy Tuscan chicken sauce is so delicious that you'll definitely want something to pour it over. We love it with some perfectly cooked basmati rice or some low carb cauliflower rice.
You can also make some no yeast bread with herbs and cheese and use it to mop up the sauce. Yum!
Add veggies with some easy roasted Italian cauliflower or arugula and wild rice salad.
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Crock Pot Tuscan Chicken
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Ingredients
- 4 boneless chicken breasts
- Ā½ teaspoon EACH: salt and pepper
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup quartered marinated artichoke hearts
- Ā¾ cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes, preferably in oil
- Ā½ cup chicken stock
- 3 cups baby spinach leaves
Cream Sauce
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Ā½ cup grated parmesan cheese
- Ā½ teaspoon EACH: salt and pepper
Instructions
- Add the chicken breasts to your Crock-Pot and sprinkle the salt and pepper over the top. Add the garlic, artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, and chicken stock and stir the pot.Ā4 boneless chicken breasts, Ā½ teaspoon EACH: salt and pepper, 4 cloves garlic, 1 cup quartered marinated artichoke hearts, Ā¾ cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes, Ā½ cup chicken stock
- Set the timer to cook on high for 4 hours or use the MyTimeā¢ technology to tell your Crock-Pot when you want dinner ready.Ā
- When the chicken is fully cooked, remove it from the pot. Add the spinach, stir, and let it wilt. Add the cream, parmesan, salt, and pepper to the pot and stir well. Serve the chicken with the sauce poured over the top.Ā3 cups baby spinach leaves, 1 cup heavy cream, Ā½ cup grated parmesan cheese, Ā½ teaspoon EACH: salt and pepper
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Busy parent with Celiac here- just made this today and it was so easy and delicious! I had larger-sized chicken breasts, so I sliced them in 1/2 and placed them in the crock pot on high for a little over 2 hours. The chicken came out fantastic! To make life easier, I added quick minute rice on the side and covered it all with the sauce from the crock pot. Yum!
This was the tastiest, richest, most delicious chicken I’ve ever had. I dumped all the ingredients in the pot, oil on the tomatoes and water on the artichokes, and all. My hubby wanted it over noodles, so ziti it was. I lived in Sicily for 3 years and this recipe really lived up to Tuscan fare. Delicioso!!!
Made this tonight and my husband and daughter loved it!! My chicken did shred though even though I did the recommended 4 hours, did Ido something wrong?Ā
This was absolutely fabulous & the easiest meal ever!! I did use sun-dried bruschetta instead as that’s all I had, but I can’t stress enough how phenomenal this was. I added brown rice as a side & it was perfect to soak up the extra juice!
Love, love, love this! So easy and tasty.
My adult children require gluten free – so I tried this for Sunday dinner. It was such a hit, two of the guests wanted the recipe. I did not remove the Chicken but broke it up in the slow cooker prior to adding the spinach. Served over Rice (but pasta would obviously work as well). Yum!
Fantastic recipe! Easy to make! This will be a regular for us!
My daughter made this for me tonight for my birthday. I have to say, honestly, it’s restaurant quality! The sauce was creamy but not too rich, the chicken stayed moist and the flavor was amazing! Paired it with roasted potatoes and asparagus. Devine!
Thank you. Do I double the time if I double the recipe or cook for the same time? Thk u
You can cook it for the same length of time. š
Could you substitute something instead of artichoke?
If you’re not a fan you can simply omit it. š
Could you cook it on low instead of high and if so for how long?
Technically you can cook it on low for 7-8 hours. But the chicken will be VERY tender and will definitely fall apart. But the flavors will be great as long as you’re ok with the texture of pulled chicken. š
Are these full sized chicken breast? Not thin sliced? Approx. how many pounds would this be?
The chicken breasts are about 6-7 ounces each. š
So easy and sooo yummy! I will be making this again.Ā
This is absolutely delicious!!
We had this last week and the family has asked to add this to our regular rotationāmight have been their favorite dinner in months. I realized too late that I didnāt have cream, so I made it with ālow fat creamā (milk, flour & cream cheese). It was an easy sub and still worked and tasted great. Thanks so much!Ā
Great idea with the cream substitute!
I made this using chicken thighs instead of chicken breast but followed the rest of the recipe as directed. It was a big hit with my entire family.
Do the canned artichokes and tomatoes need to be drained? Thanks
I drain the artichokes and take the tomatoes out of the oil. Don’t throw the oil away though! It’s very flavorful and you can use it for sauteeing other things. š
Made the recipe exactly as written and it turned out well. Will make this one again. Thank you!
Sounds delicious. What sides do you suggest to have with this?
We like it with something to spoon the sauce over – rice, potatoes, or pasta. And a nice big green salad on the side.
Have you tried making this recipe dairy free? What could you use in place of heavy creamĀ
and Parmesan cheese?
While I haven’t tried it, I think my fav trick of using cashew cream would work well to thicken this and make it creamy. You’ll want to mix about 2 tablespoons of store-bought cashew butter with Ā½ cup of water then use that as a cream replacement. It’ll need a few extra minutes in the pot as it thickens when it’s cooked. You can reference this post for more info!