Chicken is a meat that isn’t really known for slow-cooking, but if it’s all you’ve got in the fridge, then it’ll have to do! These slow-cooked chicken recipes are perfect to throw in the slow-cooker or on the stove and let simmer away for the whole day.
You’ll make the house smell delicious, and have a hearty, rich meal at the end of it.
Our favourite slow-cooked chicken recipes
Turn on the slow-cooker in the morning, and add in your chopped veggies and a bit of chicken – then you’re good to go! Think casseroles, chicken soups and one-pot meals that even the pickiest of eaters will want more of.
While the cook times can take a while (up to 8 hours for some of them), the hardest part of these recipes is the prep. After slicing and dicing, there’s nothing left to do but wait.
Try out one of our slow-cooked recipes with chicken below, and enjoy!

In this slow cooker chicken stew recipe, the flavours of barley, rosemary, garlic and white wine combine to create a winning dinner. You won’t regret jumping out of bed early to prepare this meal, because the smell you’ll come home to is truly divine.

All you need are drumsticks, tomato and teriyaki sauces, canned pineapple, capsicum and green shallots. Too easy!

Put a deliciously creamy poultry spin on fam fave beef stroganoff. Easy roasted chook takes the place of beef in your super satisfying midweek meal!

We used shiraz for this coq au vin recipe, but a merlot, cabernet or a pinot noir all work nicely.

Start it cooking in the morning and snuggle up in the evening with this easy-to-make curry. If you have a pressure cooker whip it out and have a delicious chicken curry on the table in less than an hour!

Using just 6 ingredients in the slow cooker, this one is easy to put on and absolutely delicious for dinner!

Reinvent the classic Sunday night roast chook into a succulent sensation. The best part is, it’s a pot roast, and only needs a singular pot!

It’s the chicken soups of of chicken soups. Ticking all the boxes, this soup is made for winter nights, nourishing and good for the soul.

This one-pot meal only has 6 ingredients in it! It may be simple to cook, but it’s definitely not lacking in flavour.

Spanish chorizo brings smoky, spicy flavour to this much-loved French casserole.

Who doesn’t love drummies? These pleasers bathe in a gorgeous light korma sauce for three hours before legging it to a bed of steamed rice.