Slow Cooker Chicken With Creamy Dijon Mustard Sauce

Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 7 hrs
Total: 7 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 4 servings

Just four ingredients make a surprisingly easy and flavorful chicken dish, and it is a snap to prepare and cook in the slow cooker. The finished dish with its creamy sauce is a fabulous main dish to serve with noodles, rice, or potatoes. Add a green vegetable of choice or a side salad and you have a perfect busy-night meal. If you're low carbing it, consider serving the dish with mashed cauliflower in place of the starch, or serve it with two low carbohydrate vegetables. 

The easy condensed soup sauce is subtly flavored with Dijon mustard. The recipe calls for cream of mushroom soup, but cream of chicken or cream of celery soup would work just as well. Add some fresh parsley or chives for extra color and flavor, if you like.

You might also enjoy this recipe for Chicken Dijon made in a skillet.

Creamy Dijon Chicken
Diana Rattray

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened

  • 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts

  • 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted

  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard

  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch

  • 1 dash freshly ground black pepper

Steps to Make It

  1. Gather the ingredients.

  2. Lightly butter or oil the inside of the slow cooker crockery insert. Alternatively, you may use a slow cooker cooking bag.

  3. Arrange the chicken breast halves in the slow cooker.

  4. In a bowl, combine the remaining ingredients; stir to blend the sauce ingredients thoroughly.

  5. Spoon the sauce over the chicken breasts.

  6. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours, or until the chicken is tender and thoroughly cooked. The chicken is done when it reaches 165 F.

  7. Serve the chicken and sauce hot with rice, potatoes or noodles and a green vegetable and/or a side salad.

  8. Enjoy!

Tip

  • Chicken breast size can vary widely, from small, 4 ounce portions to as large as 8 to 10 ounces. If a chicken breast is quite large, cut it in half horizontally to make two cutlets. 1 1/2 pounds should be sufficient for an average family of four. If you are serving all adults or adults and teenagers and some are heavy meat eaters, use 2 pounds of chicken.
  • Boneless chicken thighs are a good choice if you will be cooking the dish longer than 5 or 6 hours.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
371 Calories
12g Fat
7g Carbs
55g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 4
Amount per serving
Calories 371
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12g 16%
Saturated Fat 4g 22%
Cholesterol 156mg 52%
Sodium 631mg 27%
Total Carbohydrate 7g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1g 2%
Total Sugars 2g
Protein 55g
Vitamin C 0mg 1%
Calcium 89mg 7%
Iron 2mg 11%
Potassium 536mg 11%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

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