Slow Cooker Chicken with Bacon Gravy
Slow Cooker Chicken with Bacon Gravy
Slow cooker, chicken, bacon, and gravy, what's not to love here? This is delicious! I made this on 29 June 2017, easy to put together, great flavor. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
- 750-1000 grams chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, cut into 3 pieces, or use fillets uncut
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
- 6 slices smoked bacon
- 2 packets dry chicken gravy mix, OR make from a shortcut
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 2/3 cup heavy cream, or use evaporated milk
Instructions
- Chop and cook the bacon in a pan on the stove top until crispy, drain on paper towels.
- In a small bowl mix together the 1 1/4 cups of water and the gravy mix packets until smooth.
- Place the chicken in your slow cooker, I used 1.2 kilos of chicken breast fillets, uncut, these were perfect.
- Sprinkle over the pepper, garlic, thyme and the bacon.
- Pour the gravy mixture over the chicken. I spread out the bacon after the photo, this looks better than just looking at gravy.
- Cover and cook on High setting for 3 1/2 hours without opening the lid.
- At the end of the cooking time, pour in the heavy cream or evaporated milk and gently stir to mix into the gravy. I used evaporated milk, this photo shows after it was mixed, perfect creamy gravy.
- Serve over mashed potatoes with a vegetable on the side for a complete meal.
Notes
The chicken will cost about 75 Baht for 1 kilo. For 4 servings, this is about 55 cents per serving.
Shortcut: Gravy Mix.
Provided courtesy of good friend, Ken Ritter.
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Nothing short of perfect! I used chicken breast fillets, perfect size without cutting them. I also used evaporated milk instead of heavy cream, worked well, end result was a nice creamy gravy. I did not use my standard shortcut for the gravy mix, I used two packets of mix, Thai made, Lobo brand, and that is spot on gravy mix! The chicken was tender and juicy, cooked perfect in the time stated. My wife, who is not a fan of chicken, said this was really good. On my go to list now!