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Chicken thighs are the starting point for these quick and easy main dish recipes. Dark meat cooks better in the crockpot and has more flavor, so the recipes are flavorful and delicious.

Crockpot Peanut Chicken

Crockpot Peanut Chicken is an easy and delicious chicken thigh recipe. Chicken and peanut butter, combined with salsa and ginger root, are a delicious but unusual sounding combination in this one dish crockpot recipe.

Crockpot Chicken Alfredo

Crockpot Chicken Alfredo is an easy and quick main dish recipe. This easy and nutritious one dish crockpot meal recipe uses chicken thighs and frozen broccoli plus bottled Alfredo sauce to make a delicious main course.

Chicken Manicotti

Chicken Manicotti is an easy five ingredient recipe. Only five ingredients, including manicotti pasta shells, chicken thighs, spaghetti sauce, and mozzarella cheese, combine for this excellent chicken manicotti recipe.

Peachy Crockpot Chicken

Peachy Crockpot Chicken is an easy and healthy slow cooker recipe. This delicious glazed chicken thigh recipe is cooked in your crockpot using only five ingredients.

Crockpot Chicken and Shrimp

This elegant shrimp and chicken crockpot meal recipe uses frozen artichokes and tomatoes for flavor and texture.

Crockpot Portuguese Chicken

Crockpot Portuguese Chicken is a flavorful recipe that uses chorizo sausage, chicken thighs, tomatoes, and seasonings. Slow cooker main dish chicken recipe.

Madras Chicken Crockpot

Madras Chicken is full of flavor and nutrition; this simple and healthy crockpot recipe is delicious and good for you.

Crockpot Lemon Chicken and Carrots

Boneless, skinless chicken thighs cook in your crockpot along with lemonade concentrate, ketchup, onion, and baby carrots for a delicious entree recipe.

Crockpot Chicken Cacciatore

Rich Crockpot Chicken Cacciatore is low in fat and sodium.

Chicken Fajitas

This quick and simple recipe uses chicken thigh strips and spicy seasonings to make a wonderful filling for tortilla fajitas.

Chicken Fricassee

This delicious dish made from chicken thighs, andouille sausage, onion and celery simmers for a long time; that's what makes it so flavorful.

Coq au Van

This rich and elegant recipe is perfect for entertaining, and is very inexpensive because you use chicken thighs.

Crockpot Barbecued Chicken

Barbecued chicken is so easy to make when all you do is throw a few ingredients in the slow cooker, turn it on, and let it cook all day.

Crockpot Chicken Alfredo

This easy and nutritious one dish crockpot meal recipe uses chicken thighs and frozen broccoli plus bottled alfredo sauce to make a delicious main course.

Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings

Make old fashioned chicken and dumplings the easy way - in your crockpot using tender and inexpensive chicken thighs.

Crockpot Chicken and Shrimp

This elegant shrimp and chicken crockpot meal recipe uses frozen artichokes and tomatoes for flavor and texture.

Crockpot Chicken Cacciatore

Make this easy one dish crockpot meal recipe using chicken thighs and legs with lots of vegetables.

Crockpot Honey Chicken with Dried Fruit

Chicken combines with dried fruit and honey in this simple five ingredient crockpot entree recipe.

Crockpot Jambalaya

Crockpot Jambalaya is a wonderful pasta recipe that is a variation on the traditional recipe, using chicken thighs, orzo, and shrimp.

Crockpot Lemon Chicken

Lemon and chicken are natural partners. This excellent and easy crockpot recipe uses both to good advantage.

Crockpot Sweet and Sour Chicken

This recipe for sweet and sour chicken is made with just five ingredients in your crockpot.

Crockpot Thai Chicken

This spicy and rich Thai flavored chicken entree recipe cooks slowly in the crockpot, and uses few ingredients so it's easy to assemble.

Honey Mustard Chicken Thighs

This simple recipe for glazed chicken thighs and vegetables cooks in about 10 minutes on top of your stove.

Lemon Tarragon Scalloppini

Boneless, skinless chicken thighs are pounded thin and cooked in a fragrant lemon tarragon sauce in this elegant recipe.

Lemon Thyme Chicken

This flavorful recipe using chicken thighs takes about 30 minutes from start to finish.

Microwave Chicken Curry

This delicious recipe using chicken thighs, apples, onions, and cream is ready in about half an hour.

Peanut Crockpot Chicken

Chicken and peanut butter, combined with salsa and ginger root, are a delicious but unusual sounding combination in this one dish crockpot recipe.

Roasted Thai Chicken

This delicious main dish chicken recipe is seasoned with the flavors of Thailand, including chilies, lemon grass, ginger, and garlic.

Spanish Chicken Crockpot

Spanish chicken cooks with peppers, Italian turkey sausage, artichoke hearts and olives for a wonderful one pot crockpot dinner recipe.

Sweet and Spicy Crockpot Chicken

This delicious and super simple chicken crockpot entree recipe consists of just five ingredients, including sweet and sour sauce and onions.

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