This Mediterranean chicken recipe will become your new favorite slow cooker chicken recipe. It’s full of flavor and is perfect for quick-prep dinner that can be made in a slow cooker, or if you are pressed for time, a pressure cooker.
You will love the way that the briny olives combine with the sun-dried tomatoes which add a hint of sweetness. The end result is tender chicken that is topped with a seriously flavorful chunky sauce.
Recipe Highlights
- It’s easy! It takes only eight ingredients that are “dumped” into the crockpot to make this slow cooker chicken dinner.
- It’s a healthy recipe; made with wholesome ingredients that you most likely have in your pantry already!
Here is What You Will Need
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- Boneless chicken breasts or thighs (one pound)
- Sun-dried tomatoes (¾ cup)
- Kalamata olives (¾ cup)
- Garlic (2 cloves)
- Onion (¾ cup medium)
- Chicken broth (1 cup)
- Oregano (1 ½ teaspoons)
- Flour (1 ½ teaspoons)
- Water
- Slow cooker
Here is how to make Mediterranean Chicken in a Slow Cooker
Add the chicken to the slow cooker.
Place the sun-dried tomatoes, olives, garlic and onions on top of the chicken.
Add the oregano and pour in the broth or wine.
Cover and cook on low for 2 ½ hours. Remove the chicken from the slow cooker and thicken the sauce with flour mixed with water.
Total Estimated Time to Make This Recipe: 3 hours 15 to 3 hours 20 Minutes
Short on time? Make it in a Pressure Cooker
To make Mediterranean chicken in a pressure cooker, you would follow the same steps as above, up to the cooking time.
To cook it, set the Pressure cooker to medium and cook for 10 minutes. Slow-release the pressure, remove the chicken, thicken the sauce and serve.
Total Estimated Time to Make This Recipe: 35 to 45 Minutes
Serving Suggestions
Serve Mediterranean chicken with a side of your favorite roasted vegetables, or green beans and a helping of mashed potatoes, farro or rice.
Ingredient Notes & Substitutions
Chicken – The best cut of chicken to use in this recipe is boneless breasts or thighs. The breasts are leaner and will cook a little quicker.
Sun-Dried Tomatoes – I like to use sun-dried tomatoes that come in a bag instead of the packed-in oil version. If you don’t have the bagged sun-dried tomatoes, you can use the oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, but drain them and rinse them before adding them to the slow cooker.
Kalamata Olives add a wonderful briny flavor to this dish, however, if you don’t like kalamata olives, you can substitute them with regular black olives or leave them out completely.
Chicken Broth – Can be substituted with a cup of white wine.
Flour can be substituted with arrowroot for a gluten-free version
How to Store Leftovers
Store leftover Slow Cooker Mediterranean Chicken in the refrigerator for up to four days in an air-tight container.
Reheat it in the oven covered at 350 until it is heated through, or in the microwave.
Freeze it – I have not tried to freeze Mediterranean chicken so I can’t recommend freezing it.
Variations
Add in ½ cup of quartered artichoke hearts or a few tablespoon of capers during the last half hour of cooking.
Substitute the chicken for a one pound pork tenderloin.
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Slow Cooker Mediterranean Chicken
Slow Cooker Mediterranean chicken will become your new favorite slow cooker chicken recipe. It's full of flavor and is an easy,healthy recipe that is perfect for a quick dinner.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup chopped onion (about 1 small to medium-sized onion)
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 pound boneless chicken breasts or thighs
- ¾ cup sun-dried tomatoes, roughly chopped
- ¾ cup kalamata olives, sliced in half
- 1 ½ teaspoons oregano
- 1 ½ teaspoons flour dissolved in 1 tablespoon water
Instructions
Slow Cooker Method
- Add the chicken to the slow-cooker
- Top the chicken with sun-dried tomatoes, olives, garlic and onions.
- Sprinkle on the oregano and add the broth.
- Cover and cook on low for 3 hours
- ½ hour before serving, remove the chicken breasts from the slow-cooker and set them aside.
- Mix the flour and water together and whisk it into the liquid in the slow-cooker until the liquid thickens.
- Add the chicken back to the slow cooker and keep warm.
Pressure Cooker (Instant Pot)
- Place the chicken into the pressure cooker.
- Top the chicken with sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, oregano, onions and olives.
- Set the pressure cooker to medium and cook for 10 minutes.
- Slow-release the pressure and remove the chicken from the pot.
- Mix the flour and water together and whisk it into the pressure cooker and stir until thick.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken and serve.
Notes
For a gluten-free version, substitute the flour with an equal amount of arrowroot to thicken the sauce just before serving.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 365Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 139mgSodium: 540mgCarbohydrates: 13gFiber: 3gSugar: 6gProtein: 46g
I love my slow cooker and now you gave me another reason to love it. I love the Mediterranean twist and your chicken looks so incredibly delicious!!
Thank you Elaine!
We are trying to follow a more Mediterranean diet at our house, so I absolutely love this recipe! I also love that you gave both slow cooker and pressure cooker instructions – since I use both regularly!
I use them both often too!
I am all for a one pot meal! This looks so full of flavor, a perfect addition to my weekly dinner rota!
One pot meals are the best Carrie!
You say Kalamata olives and I’m in. I absolutely adore them and the look of this dish. What a fantastic set it and forget it meal for any night of the week!
I love those set it and forget it meals Jenni
Ah !! I’m drooling over how delicious this looks. Tender juicy chicken with so much flavor. Love it that its so easy and yet so yum
Thank you Alisha!
Always a big fan of any slow cooker recipe ! Looking forward to making this on my own
I absolutely love this. The flavors are amazing. I ‘mean sun dried tomatoes, origano, olives… sounds so good. And made in slow cooker! This is perfect dinner for busy families.
I don’t have a slow cooker but this looks so delicious! Perfect Sunday dinner 🙂
I am truly grateful that you give instructions for both the slow cooker and the pressure cooker. It helps me tremendously from trying to adapt one recipe to the other. We eat lots of chicken meals and giving it the Mediterranean flavor with the sun-dried tomatoes and olives gives the meat plenty of flavor it wouldn’t get otherwise from merely sautéing the meat. And one olive we have in the house all the time is Kalamata olives. Hubby is addicted to them. This recipe is going to be a huge hit at our house.
Thank you Marisa, I’m happy to help!
Always looking for good and simple weeknight chicken dinners and this looks like a winner! Thanks so much for sharing :).
You are welcome Daniela, I hope you like it!
My slow cooker is gonna be hopping this week with this one! All you have to say is Mediterranean and I’m all over it!!
Thank you Lorie, we love this dinner!