Creamy, cheesy, and comforting Chicken Thighs in Creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce is a dump and forget crockpot dinner recipe which you must include in your weekly dinner rotations. It's super creamy and so delicious Chicken Recipe 😋
This super creamy and comforting Crockpot Chicken Thigh recipe is just perfect for a quick and easy dinner for summers. Also you can make it any time of the year and it will never disappoint you. Its a perfect summer slow cooker dinner recipe.
You can even add some rice into this to make Crockpot Chicken and Rice or even add some uncooked noodles into it to make Crockpot Chicken Alfredo. (However make sure to use boneless, chicken thighs if you're adding Pasta or Rice) Also try these Easy Slow Cooker Beef Recipes for Dinner
I just love a creamy sauce to dunk my bread in or to pour over my bed of Pasta or Rice. Nothing seems more logical to me than a creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce.
Made with just 4 ingredients - Heavy Cream, Cream Cheese, Parmesan Cheese, and Garlic this sauce is so flavorful and delicious! Want to bake this try this Garlic Parmesan Chicken & Rice Baked Casserole
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Easy Garlic Parmesan Sauce 😋😋
Garlic Parmesan Sauce is one of my go-to sauces. Have you tried my Creamy Garlic Parmesan Shrimp or Creamy Garlic Parmesan Mushrooms!
This sauce is soo good that I feel like making this again and again.
I use just 4 basic ingredients to make this creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce - Garlic, Parmesan Cheese, Heavy Cream, and Cream Cheese.
Besides this I use Salt, Pepper, sometimes a little Onion & Garlic Powder, and a bit of Thyme for depth of flavors!
It is just so good!
This Creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce can be made in advance and refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.
You can use it with Chicken, Shrimp, Sausages, Chicken Wings, or Vegetables.
Also, this Garlic Parmesan Sauce is so popular with the kids. Top it over your pasta or throw it in a one-pot Chicken recipe and watch everyone enjoy it! Have you tried my
Garlic Parmesan Potato Wedges in Air Fryer or
Roasted Garlic Parmesan Cauliflower or
Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings or
Creamy Garlic Parmesan Orzo or
Garlic Parmesan Smashed Potatoes or
Tasty Garlic Parmesan Carrot Fries or
Crockpot Chicken Thighs in Lemon Garlic Sauce
An easy Crockpot Chicken Thighs recipe 🥘
The crockpot is seriously the best kitchen appliance I have. With every recipe I am making in this, I am falling in love with this appliance! Here's why you must own a Slow Cooker if you don't already!
Crockpot Chicken Thighs tastes especially good because the Chicken Thighs gets cooked to perfection and also remains juicy.
Chicken Thighs are the best piece in a Chicken. It's the juiciest piece in a Chicken 😋
So cooking it on the stove top generally dries it out easily. Hence, it's always a great idea to cook it in the Crockpot or Instant Pot.
My Crockpot Chicken recipes are the best of all.
Have you tried my Cajun Butter Crockpot Chicken Thighs and Rice or
Crockpot Chicken Thighs in Lemon Garlic Sauce or
Crockpot Chicken Thigh Recipe with Asian Glaze or
Crockpot Hawaiian Chicken with Sweet Pineapple Glaze or
Honey Bourbon Chicken in Crockpot or
Crockpot Coconut Lime Chicken.
🔪Ingredients
- Chicken Thighs (bone - in or boneless)
- Olive Oil - To grease the pot
- Cream Cheese - Softened to room temperature
- italian seasoning - use homemade or use oregano
- Parmesan Cheese - Grated
- Garlic Powder - Optional
- Heavy Cream - you can replace heavy cream with low fat milk as well
- Water - to combine everything or Chicken Broth
- Garlic Cloves - for depth of flavors
- Salt & Pepper
- Cornstarch + water - to thicken the sauce
👩🍳Instructions
STEP 1: Dump and Forget
- Grease the inside of a crock pot with olive oil
- Add diced Cream Cheese, grated Parmesan Cheese, Italian seasoning, Heavy Cream, Water, and a few garlic cloves into the pot.
- I have used whole cloves of garlic here. These cloves of garlic when get cooked, plump up and tastes so good. Also, it doesn't make the sauce extra garlicky.
- Combine everything using a spatula
- Add the Chicken Thigh pieces
- Season with salt and pepper
- Add some more freshly grated Parmesan cheese on top
- Cover with the lid and slow cook on high for 2 hours or on low for 4 hours.
- After it gets cooked, combine 2 tablespoon of Cornstarch with 3 tablespoon of water. Mix until combined and pour over the chicken. Toss to combine. Cover and let sit for 10 min so that it keeps warm and the cornstarch thickens the sauce meanwhile.
STEP 2: Garnish and Serve
- Garnish with chopped Parsley and serve immediately
- Or Cover and Keep warm until you serve.
FAQs
How long should you cook Bone in Chicken Thighs in the Crock Pot?
Typically bone-in Chicken Thighs should be cooked for about 2-3 hours on low or 4-5 hours on high so that they get perfectly cooked through.
How long should Chicken Thighs be cooked on high?
If you're cooking Chicken Thighs in the Crock Pot on high you just need to cook them for 2-3 hours on high.
How long should I cook Crock Pot Chicken Thighs on low?
Again, if you're cooking Chicken Thighs on low in the crock pot, you need to cook them for about 4-5 hours on low so that they are cooked to perfection while being juicy on the inside.
🥗Serving Sides
This Crockpot Garlic Parmesan Chicken Thigh makes for a whole meal in itself. Here are some of my favorite serving sides for this dish.
You can serve this with Steamed Rice or Jasmine Rice or Fried Rice or my favorite Coconut Rice.
You can also serve this with Cauliflower Rice for a Low Carb meal.
Apart from this, you can serve this with any crusty bread and it's going to taste so good.
Don't forget to pair this with some refreshing Salads like this Asian Cucumber Salad or this Dill Cucumber Salad
📝Variations
- Garlic - For depth of flavors I have used both Garlic Powder as well as whole cloves of Garlic. This is what makes my sauce super garlicky and balances out the sweetness of heavy cream.
- Braised Chicken - You can alternatively, season the Chicken Thighs with salt, pepper and garlic powder and sear it in a skillet until golden brown on the outside. Searing the skin brown before adding them to the Crock Pot gives the Chicken a gorgeous color and crispy texture on the outside. After the Chicken is Golden Brown, dump it in the Crockpot and Slow Cook in the Garlic Parmesan Sauce.
- Oven baked - You can make this same recipe in the oven. Just dump everything in a 9x12 inch casserole baking dish and bake covered in a 200C or 400F preheated oven for 15-20 minutes.
- How to make this healthy and low carb - If you wish to make this Crockpot Garlic Parmesan Chicken a bit healthier and low carb, you can replace heavy cream with low fat milk, also you can use lean Chicken Breasts in place of Chicken Thighs as Chicken Breasts are healthier and you can use Low Fat Parmesan Cheese.
💡Top Tips
TOP TIPS
- This is a very simple one pot recipe. You can add more veggies if you want along with the Chicken
- To thicken the sauce - After it gets cooked, combine 2 tablespoon of Cornstarch with 3 tablespoon of water. Mix until combined and pour over the chicken. Toss to combine. Cover and let sit for 10 min so that it keeps warm and the cornstarch thickens the sauce meanwhile.
- I have used Freshly grated Parmesan Cheese. You need to use grated Parmesan Cheese so that it combines with the sauce
- I have used a whole block of Cream Cheese. This Cream Cheese which i have used is softened. Softened Cream Cheese is easy to use and mixes well with the sauce
- I have used water to combine everything. You can use White Wine or Chicken Broth.
- I have used whole cloves of garlic here. These cloves of garlic when get cooked, plump up and tastes so good. Also, it doesn't make the sauce extra garlicky.
- This Creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce can be made in advance and refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.
- You can add a little Onion & Garlic Powder, and a bit of Thyme for depth of flavors!
Here are some more Crockpot Chicken Thigh Recipes😋
- Apricot Chicken Thighs in Crockpot
- Sesame Roasted Chicken Thighs
- Sheet Pan Harvest Baked Apple Chicken with Sweet Potatoes
- Chicken Fajita Casserole Recipe (With Rice)
- Crockpot Chicken Alfredo (With just 3 - ingredients)
- Chicken Parmesan Casserole
- Jalapeño Peach Chicken
I hope you liked this recipe. If you happen to make this recipe, then comment below and rate this recipe. Also, tag me with #recipemagik on Instagram.
Crockpot Chicken Thighs in Creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce (just 4-ingredients)
INGREDIENTS
- 1 lbs Chicken Thighs Boneless, Skinless (4 small-medium pieces)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- 8 oz Cream Cheese softened at room temp.
- 1 cup Heavy Cream or light cream
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning or oregano
- 3-4 cloves Garlic
- ½ cup Water or Low Sodium Chicken Broth
- 2 tablespoon Cornstarch and 2 tablespoon water to make cornstarch slurry
- ½ cup Parmesan Cheese grated
- Freshly chopped Parsley for garnish
INSTRUCTIONS
- Grease the inside of the Crockpot with Olive Oil. Add Softened Cream Cheese, Grated Parmesan Cheese, Heavy Cream, fresh minced cloves of Garlic, Italian seasoning or oregano, and Water to the pot. Stir to combine everything. Place the Chicken Thigh pieces on it.
- Season the Chicken Thigh pieces with salt, pepper, and some more grated Parmesan Cheese. Cover with the lid and slow cook on high for 2 hours or on low for 4 hours.
- After it gets cooked, combine 2 tablespoon of Cornstarch with 3 tablespoon of water. Mix until combined and pour over the chicken. Toss to combine. Cover and let sit for 10 min so that it keeps warm and the cornstarch thickens the sauce meanwhile.
- Garnish with chopped parsley and serve
Mia says
This is the most delicious garlic parmesan chicken recipe ever!! Loved the creamy sauce and the juicy chicken thighs! Made this tonight and everyone just LOVED this ☺️
Anjali says
Thank you so much! So glad you made it and your family loved it...!
Rachel Messier says
The flavor is amazing. Sadly after 5 hours in the crackpot, it didn't thicken at all. It was like white soup with chicken thighs. Still ate it though, served over rice.
Surup says
Hi Rachel! I'm really sorry you didn't enjoy the recipe. However if you think that its too soupy add a bit of cornstarch slurry to thicken the sauce next time.
Toby Williams says
Fantastic recipe! Super creamy and comforting 😍😍😍
Anjali says
Yes, this is so hearty and comforting!
Christie says
20 mins in a 400 degree oven didn't begin to finish this dish. Is that a typo?
Anjali says
No, its not a typo. It generally takes 15-20 minutes to cook Chicken breasts in the oven @400F. Ideally you should cook for 15 minutes and then check the internal temperature of the Chicken using a meat thermometer. If it reads 165°F (75°C), your Chicken is cooked. If not, cook for some more minutes.
Deborah says
I love this recipe, chicken came out great ! Thank you
Surup says
thank you so much! so glad you liked this recipe.
Dee says
Can I add green beans to this in the crockpot?
Anjali says
Yes few green beans is a welcome addition to this creamy garlic parm chicken thighs. Hope you enjoy it.
Jessica says
I made this tonight and thought it was delicious. However, it turned out more like creamed chicken which my family is not a fan of. Like a deconstructed chicken casserole. But the flavor is outstanding. I loved it!
alyssa says
Hands Down! The Best Chicken Thigh recipes I've ever made! Also, the sauce is just excellent.
Rachael says
Absolutely love this recipe! Made this so many times already!!! Really good.
Cheri Di Dio says
Only a 3-star because I'm confused and haven't yet tried this recipe ... the ingredients say "heavy cream", which is like a heavy milk product in a pourable carton. But the video appears like you're using "sour cream." That would make sense to get that gorgeous thicker sauce. Is it heavy cream or sour cream? Thanks so much! This recipe looks SOOO tasty and can't wait to try!
Anjali says
Its heavy cream indeed. I know it might look thick, but it's just because I am using the refrigerated kind so was a little thick. You can use sour cream if you want. However it might make the sauce a little tarty! I would prefer to use heavy cream. The sauce will thicken on its own because of the Parmesan cheese and slow cooking!
Bonnie says
I don't know what I did wrong but the sauce was curdled and extremely thin. Very bland as well.
Anjali says
Hi, I am sorry that you didn't like this recipe. There can be a number of reason why your sauce curdled. It could be because of the quality of cream cheese or heavy cream. You can rectify a curdled sauce by adding some cornstarch slurry and slow cooking on low until combined.
Kristin L Ruscitti says
Mine just came out the same way, I followed the recipe exactly but the chicken is no good and the sauce smells amazing but tastes gross....not an edible recipe
Surup says
I am really sorry to disappoint you, Kristin. After reviewing and re-testing the recipe, I have made slight changes. Hopefully, you will like it this time.
Pam says
Tried this. Way too watery, would cut the broth (or water) in half. I had to take it out of the crockpot and make the slurry to thicken it up then browned the thighs in a pan. The recipe is definitely lacking something, was kind of bland 🙁
Surup says
Hey Pam! Sorry this recipe didn't work out for you. If you find that the sauce is too watery, you can reduce the water next time. Also browning the chicken thigh is a genius idea to enhance the flavors. You can even add a sprig of fresh thyme and 1 tsp of dried rosemary to enhace the flavors. However, this recipe is supposed to be simple in flavors and give a comforting taste.
Renee McCraney says
My family loved this! Will be a regular rotation sneak this winter!
Anjali says
I am so glad you loved this!!
Math is hard says
Made the recipe, it was delicious, i didnt have cream cheese i subbed with ricotta and still came out great. However, i would like to know where you learned to count to 4, because this is 11 ingredients. 10 if you dont count the chicken. Make this chicken with only four ingredients-plus also 7 more ???
Chloe says
Very delicious garlic Parmesan chicken recipe!! Love that it’s made in slow cooker
Are there any way to make it in the stove top as well or in the air fryer ??
Anjali says
Thank you so much Chloe! So glad you liked these. Yes you can find the instructions in the post about how to make this Garlic Parmesan Chicken in a skillet or even in the oven.