Goatland Eatery
Crockpot Lemon-Herb Chicken with Baby Yellow Potatoes & Cherry Tomatoes
Tender lemon-herb chicken breasts slow-cooked with baby yellow potatoes and cherry tomatoes in a light garlic-herb broth. An easy, hands-off weeknight dinner.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- Approximately 3–4 hr on LOW
- Total
- Approximately 3 hr 10 min to 4 hr 10 min
- Servings
- 3
- Calories
- 380 per serving
- Pan
- Slow cooker
Ingredients
- 1¼–1½ lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts fully thawed
- ¾ lb baby yellow potatoes halved or quartered
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes whole
- ½ cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 lemon use juice of ½ lemon to finish, with more to taste
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Prepare the potatoes Wash ¾ lb baby yellow potatoes. Cut them in half, quartering larger potatoes so they cook evenly. Place the potatoes in the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Add the chicken Place 1¼–1½ lb fully thawed boneless, skinless chicken breasts over the potatoes. Season with 1 tsp Italian seasoning, ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp black pepper, and 2 cloves minced garlic. Distribute the seasonings evenly over the chicken.
- Add tomatoes and broth Scatter 1 cup whole cherry tomatoes around the chicken and potatoes. Pour ½ cup low-sodium chicken broth around the sides of the slow cooker. The chicken does not need to be submerged. Do not add oil; the broth and cooking juices provide the moisture.
- Slow cook Cover and cook on LOW for approximately 3–4 hours. Begin checking the chicken around the 3-hour mark. The chicken is done when its thickest part reaches 165°F. Check the potatoes with a fork; they should be tender. If the chicken finishes before the potatoes, remove it and keep it covered while the potatoes finish cooking. Do not continue cooking finished chicken unnecessarily.
- Finish with lemon Once everything is cooked, squeeze ½ lemon over the chicken, potatoes, and tomatoes. Gently stir the potatoes and tomatoes into the cooking juices. Taste and add additional lemon, salt, or pepper if needed.
- Serve Divide the chicken, potatoes, and cherry tomatoes between three plates or bowls. Spoon some of the lemon-herb cooking juices over the chicken. No additional side dish is required.
Nutrition
Estimated per serving (⅓ of the recipe), using 1½ lb raw chicken breast. Values depend on chicken quantity, actual potato weight, and the specific broth used.
- Calories
- 380
- Total Fat
- 6 g
- Saturated Fat
- 1.3 g
- Trans Fat
- 0 g
- Cholesterol
- 165 mg
- Sodium
- 530 mg
- Total Carbohydrates
- 24 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 3 g
- Total Sugars
- 2 g
- Added Sugars
- 0 g
- Protein
- 54 g
Nutrition Assumptions
- Canonical calculation uses 1½ lb (about 680 g) raw, boneless, skinless chicken breast without added solution, while the ingredient range remains 1¼–1½ lb. The meal and cooking juices are divided into 3 equal servings.
- Potatoes: ¾ lb (about 340 g) raw baby yellow potatoes with skin. Tomatoes: 1 cup (about 149 g). Garlic: 2 cloves (about 6 g). Lemon: juice of ½ lemon (about 24 g).
- Broth: ½ cup low-sodium chicken broth, estimated at 5 calories and 70 mg sodium; use the package label for your brand. Assumes broth with no added sugar.
- Includes 1 tsp Italian seasoning, ½ tsp salt (about 1,180 mg sodium for the whole recipe), and ¼ tsp black pepper. Extra lemon, salt, or pepper added to taste is not included.
- No oil, butter, cream, cheese, or additional sauces are included. Nutrition uses generic raw-ingredient estimates and is rounded; 0 g trans fat is a rounded estimate.
- Cook and total times in structured data use the upper end of the stated approximate range: 4 hours cooking and 4 hours 10 minutes total.
A Note From the Kitchen
One of the things I like about crockpot meals is getting everything started and then getting back to work. This one keeps it simple: chicken breasts, baby yellow potatoes, cherry tomatoes, a little broth, and seasoning.
I wanted something lighter than the heavy crockpot meals we've made in the past, without cream-based sauces or butter. The chicken and potatoes make a complete meal, and the tomatoes release their juices into the broth as everything cooks.