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Crock Pots and Flip Flops | Recipes

4 Ingredient Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken

Modified: Apr 1, 2024 · Published: Feb 23, 2021 by Allison Treadwell · This post may contain affiliate links · 12 Comments

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Looking for the easiest Crock Pot recipe ever? Try this 4 Ingredient Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken! This recipe has cranberry sauce, french dressing, and chicken that combine to make a sweet and tangy chicken dinner.

This is one of those truly easy dinners that Crock Pots are made for. You pour four ingredients into your Crock Pot and a few hours later you have dinner done which is always a win for me!

There is no prep before or after and the dish is fail-proof. The juicy chicken cooks in the sauce and makes a simple and flavorful dinner the whole family will enjoy. Another easy chicken recipe I love is this Garlic Parmesan Chicken Dinner where you use another salad dressing.

My six year son is actually the reason for this recipe because he loves cranberry sauce. So weird right? So he found a bag of frozen cranberries from Thanksgiving. I didn't end up using them for Thanksgiving and asked me to cook them up. I happily obliged and made a big batch of cranberry sauce. But since it was February and not November I wasn't sure what to make with it.

Gluten Free Chicken Dinner

Then I remembered a recipe my mom use to make with French Dressing and Lipton Onion Packet. Unfortunately, Lipton Onion Packets have gluten in them. Since all my recipes are gluten-free because my husband has celiac disease (which means you are allergic to gluten) I always use the Simply Organic French Onion Packet which is gluten free.

3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken

Thanksgiving Leftovers

If you do have extra cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving this dish is a perfect way to use up those leftovers. You can make a big batch of this and serve it over your leftover mashed potatoes! Boom...Two leftovers are used to make another delicious meal.

What to Serve with 4 Ingredient Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken

I served this over mashed potatoes. Mashed potatoes were my go-to because I feel like cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes just go together. I think it's a Thanksgiving thing. But you could serve this over rice or even on its own with green beans.

Also, I like to add more Cranberry Sauce on top of it once it's finished! I really like Cranberry Sauce and I loved the extra punch of cranberry that it adds to the meal.

How to Make 4 Ingredient Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken

Step 1. Add Chicken to Crock Pot.

Step 2. Pour ½ a bottle of French Dressing over the chicken.

Step 3. Pour ½ of cranberry sauce into Crock Pot.

Step 4. Sprinkle the french onion packet over the ingredients. Stir ingredients together.

Step 5. Cook on low for 4-5 hours or on high for 2-3 hours.

4 Ingredient Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken

Allison Treadwell
Make this easy 4 Ingredient Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken for a delicious gluten free dinner that you can whip up in minutes!
4.03 from 201 votes
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 4 hours hrs
Total Time 4 hours hrs 5 minutes mins
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 4 servings
Calories 572 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 8 oz French dressing
  • ½ cup cranberry sauce
  • 1 French Onion Packet

Instructions
 

  • Layer chicken on bottom of the Crock Pot.
  • Pour ½ a bottle (8oz) of French dressing over chicken.
  • Pour ½ cup of cranberry sauce into Crock Pot.
  • Sprinkle onion packet over ingredients.
  • Stir ingredients together.
  • Cook on low for 4-5 hours or on high for 2-3 hours.

Nutrition

Calories: 572kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 49gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 145mgSodium: 748mgPotassium: 891mgFiber: 1gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 346IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 28mgIron: 1mg
Keyword cranberry chicken, crock pot chicken, slow cooker chicken
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Comments

  1. Dolores Miller says

    October 06, 2022 at 12:46 pm

    I am going to make this. Sounds really good. Thank you for sharing

    Reply
    • Allison Treadwell says

      October 19, 2022 at 11:40 am

      Hope you enjoy it!!!

      Reply
  2. Meredith says

    October 18, 2022 at 6:33 am

    How can I modify the recipe if I am using fresh cranberries?

    Reply
    • Allison Treadwell says

      October 19, 2022 at 11:51 am

      Hi Meredith, I haven't used fresh cranberries in the recipe so I'm not sure how they would work but you could add the fresh cranberries and maybe add 1 Tablespoon of sugar as well, and then they would cook into a cranberry sauce. Once the meal was finished cooking just mash the cranberries up to give them texture.

      Reply
      • Vickey says

        September 17, 2024 at 8:40 pm

        You scared ne here it is 1136p.m at night local grocery store is closed I got everything to make this I thought wh we n reading it over I had use fresh cranberry I'm in nor t h michigan it's late Sept where am I going get fresh cranberry I'm glad I read what you wrote now I can make this for dinner tomorrow

        Reply
        • Matt Fay says

          September 18, 2024 at 11:30 am

          Good luck with it. Hope you love it! Didn't mean to scare : )

          Reply
  3. Debi says

    May 07, 2023 at 2:49 pm

    4 stars
    Family was freaking out with ingredients on counter. Say what? French dsg, cranberry, onion mix,
    Yuk, and then to say serving it over mashed potatoes
    Yeah, who is laughing now? They liked it. I loved it. Did sear salt and peppered chx thighs first.
    I would recommend prepare and 'hide' the recipe!

    Reply
    • Allison Treadwell says

      May 09, 2023 at 10:31 am

      I love this story!! I know it is the craziest combo but so yummy. So happy everyone loved it!

      Reply
  4. Patricia ANN Walsdorf says

    November 22, 2023 at 9:14 pm

    5 stars
    If I want to dbl this would the time stay the same?

    Reply
    • Allison Treadwell says

      November 28, 2023 at 9:32 am

      I haven't doubled it but I think it would be the same as long as the chicken breasts aren't stacked on top of each other.

      Reply
  5. Kathy says

    September 20, 2024 at 3:54 pm

    Delicious!! Easy to make 😊

    Reply
    • Matt Fay says

      September 26, 2024 at 4:18 pm

      Kathy - glad you like it!

      Reply
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