Chicken Bacon Gravy Slow Cooker Recipes

This Slow Cooker Chicken with Bacon gravy is wonderful served over mashed potatoes!

You may have seen my other recipe for chicken and gravy. It's always been a great basic recipe for adding extra ingredients to. I've had readers add potatoes, carrots and even mushrooms, but never bacon. The idea for this recipe came to me when I had a delicious crispy breaded chicken with bacon gravy the other night at our favorite restaurant, though I can't do crispy chicken in the slow cooker I sure can do the chicken and bacon gravy!

How to make Slow Cooker Chicken with Bacon Gravy:

I start with chicken breasts, pepper, thyme, garlic and of course bacon.

3 chicken breasts and cooked bacon in a slow cooker

Then I add 2 packets of chicken gravy and water. Note that I do not use all the water that the packets call for, I use 1 1/4 cups instead of the 2 cups. The reason being is the chicken will let off the liquid and I will be adding the cream after the chicken has finished cooking.

uncooked chicken and gravy mix in a slow cooker

Below is what the chicken and gravy looks like after cooking for 3.5 hours on high.

cooked chicken and gravy in a slow cooker.

Then I add heavy cream and shred the chicken with 2 forks.

chicken breasts in gravy in a slow cooker garnished with dried thyme

I serve this with mashed potatoes and green beans. The gravy is very creamy and has a smoky flavor from the bacon.

shredded chicken and gravy with a spoon in it.

More Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes:

Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy (without bacon)
Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken
Slow Cooker Seasoning Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans
Slow Cooker Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken and Potatoes
Slow Cooker Fiesta Chicken with Rice
Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Fajitas
Slow Cooker Alpine Chicken

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chicken breasts in gravy in a slow cooker

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Slow Cooker Size: 3-quart or larger

▢ 1 1/2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts
▢ 1/4 tsp. pepper
▢ 1 tsp. dried thyme
▢ 1 tsp. minced garlic
▢ 6 slices bacon sliced and cooked
▢ 1.74 oz. chicken gravy dry mix packets (2 PACKETS that are .87 oz. each)
▢ 1 1/4 cup water
▢ 2/3 cup heavy cream ADD AT THE END

Add the chicken to the slow cooker. Sprinkle over the pepper, thyme, garlic and bacon.
In a small bowl mix together the gravy mix packet and the 1¼ cup water until smooth. Pour the gravy over the chicken.
Cover and cook on HIGH for 3.5 hours or on LOW for 6 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
When the cooking time is done, add the heavy cream. Shred the chicken with 2 forks and give everything a gentle stir until the gravy and the cream are mixed.
Serve over rice or mashed potatoes.
Enjoy!