Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken Thighs Recipe

3.60 from 5 votes

Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken, a super easy recipe with just 5 ingredients, that turned out way better than I'd hoped.

Prep Time10

Cook Time6

Total Time6 10

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: 5-ingredient apricot chicken, crock pot apricot chicken, low fat apricot chicken

Servings:

Ideal Slow Cooker Size: 2- to 3-Quart.
Grease the inside of your slow cooker with nonstick spray.
Season your chicken thighs with salt and pepper, if desired, then place them in the slow cooker.
Mix together the dressing, fruit spread, tapioca and dry onion soup mix until well blended. Pour it over the chicken.
Cover and cook on LOW for 4 to 6 hours, or until the chicken thighs are cooked and tender when pierced with a fork.

Serving size: 1 chicken thigh + 4 tablespoons sauce

WW Points: 5

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8 SmartPoints (Green plan)

8 SmartPoints (Blue plan)

8 SmartPoints (Purple plan)

6 PointsPlus (Old plan)

Variations and Substitutions:

If you don't have apricot preserves, peach, pineapple or orange marmalade should work.
If you don't have Catalina dressing, substitute any spicy tangy dressing of your choice.
If you don't have tapioca, you can thicken your sauce at the end by combining 2 tablespoons cornstarch and 3 tablespoons water, stirring it into the sauce and letting it cook on High for 10 to 15 minutes until thickened.
If you don't have chicken thighs, you can use chicken breasts, but be sure to check them at 4 hours so they don't get dried out.
If you don't have dry onion soup mix, use 1 tablespoons dried onion flakes and 1 teaspoon garlic salt instead.