Easy and flavorful Slow Cooker Chicken Marsala in a savory sauce filled with mushrooms and garlic!
Loving this super easy Slow Cooker Chicken Marsala? You’ll also want to try my NEW Instant Pot Chicken Marsala, Sheet Pan Balsamic Chicken with Potatoes and Carrots, One Pan Garlic Herb Chicken and Asparagus, and Healthy Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore.
Here’s How You Make It
Delicious — It’s SO good! Incredibly easy with just a few minutes of prep and that creamy sauce is heavenly. It’s easy peasy and crazy delicious meals like this that get me through stressful weeks. I could use a few more like this after our kitchen disaster.
Easy — I mean, you just can’t beat a slow cooker for busy weeknight cooking. Simply add your ingredients, cook, shred the chicken, and add it back in. Serve over rice and dinner is DONE.
Great for busy weeknights — It’s so great for those busy days when you don’t have time to make anything at dinner time, because when dinner time rolls around, dinner is done!
Leftovers — IF you have any leftovers (big if!) this chicken marsala is great the next day too. You could double this recipe to ensure leftovers as well, no problem. Leftovers keep just fine in the fridge, I would not recommend freezing this dish.
Ingredients
- Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts — This kind of chicken cut is the best no-muss, no-fuss way to enjoy chicken marsala in the slow cooker.
- Minced Garlic — Minced garlic adds a wonderful flavor to this dish and is a key ingredient, don’t skip (or skimp) on it!
- Sliced Mushrooms — You can skip the mushrooms if you’re not a fan but they give this dish such a great depth of flavor and texture that you’ll be missing out if you don’t add them! (You can always add them for flavor and pick them out later, too.)
- Sweet Marsala Cooking Wine — Marsala cooking wine is the best option for this slow cooker chicken marsala, but if you don’t like it or can’t find it, you can also use chicken broth.
- Water & Cornstarch — Mix these two ingredients together at the end of cooking to create a slurry that will thicken your chicken marsala.
- Fresh Parsley — There’s nothing like fresh herbs sprinkled over dinner before serving! Roughly chop some parsley to add over the top of this chicken for extra flavor and color. If you don’t have fresh, you can use dried too.
Here’s How You Make It
- First, lightly grease your slow cooker insert with nonstick spray to make for easier clean up later. Then, season the chicken with salt and pepper on both sides and place in the bottom of the insert. (photos 1-2)
- Next, add the garlic, mushrooms, and marsala wine right on top of your seasoned chicken. Add the lid and set the slow cooker for 5-6 hours on low. (photos 3-4)
- When the chicken is done, use a slotted spoon to transfer it to a plate. Then, whisk together the water and cornstarch until dissolved to make the slurry. Pour this into the sauce in the slow cooker and stir. (photos 5-7)
- Add the chicken back to the slow cooker and turn the heat to high. Re-cover and allow the chicken marsala to cook for another 20-30 minutes, or until the sauce is thickened. Right before serving, taste the sauce and add salt and/or pepper as needed. (photos 8-10)
- Sprinkle with parsley and serve. (not pictured)
Expert Tips + Tricks
- Serve this chicken marsala over noodles, rice, or mashed potatoes.
- Don’t like mushrooms? Then I suggest cooking with them and picking them out or leaving them out entirely.
- This chicken marsala will keep in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Frequently Asked Questions
The most important ingredient in chicken marsala is marsala wine. If you don’t have marsala wine you can use chicken broth in a pinch, or another kind of cooking wine like dry Madeira, port, or red vermouth.
Some sauces also call for the addition of chicken broth and cream but I like to leave that out, as I think the wine, mushrooms, and garlic make the best sauce!
I’ve found the easiest way for me to clean a slow cooker is to let it sit in the sink with warm water and dish soap to soak before cleaning. I typically let it soak overnight. If it’s not too bad, you can also put it in the dishwasher (check to make sure it’s dishwasher safe first, though).
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- Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken
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Slow Cooker Chicken Marsala
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- salt and pepper to taste - (I used about ½ teaspoon of each)
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1 cup sweet marsala cooking wine - (may sub chicken broth in a pinch)
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup corn starch
- fresh parsley - roughly chopped
Instructions
- Lightly grease your slow cooker with nonstick spray. Season chicken with salt and pepper and place in the bottom of your slow cooker.
- Top chicken with garlic, mushrooms, and marsala wine. Cover and cook for 5-6 hours on low.
- Use a slotted spoon to transfer chicken to a plate. Whisk together water and cornstarch til dissolved, then pour into slow cooker and stir.
- Add chicken back to slow cooker, switch heat to high, cover and cook another 20-30 minutes until sauce is thickened. Taste and add salt and pepper as needed. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.
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Notes
Nutrition
Recipe slightly adapted from Tablespoon.
Followed this recipe to a T, but it was practically inedible and I tossed it out. The chicken was very overcooked after less than 5 hours on low and the sauce was tasteless and never thickened.
Looks delicious! Can you use thin sliced chicken breast? If so, would you change cooking time?
This recipe hasn’t been tested for thin sliced chicken breast but I don’t see why not! They may just cook a bit faster so I would keep an eye on it if you’re able to.
Very good, but thickening the sauce at the end in the crockpot did not work, needs to be done on the stovetop.
Delicious! The whole family loves it!
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Hello! Do you think this can be done in the Instant Pot? It sounds delicious!!
Yes, there’s an instant pot chicken marsala recipe you can use!
Here’s the link; https://www.lecremedelacrumb.com/instant-pot-chicken-marsala/
Hope you enjoy!
STUMBLED UPON YOUR SLOW COOKED CREAMMY LEMON CHICKEN WITH ASPARAGES.COOKED IT LAST NIGHT AND MY TUMMY IS STILL SMILLING.LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT DISH.
I am knocking one star as I followed the recipe to a T and our chicken was dry. However, for those who read these comments, I’d like to note the Marsala flavor is strong. I absolutely hated the dish but I think it was because I didn’t like the Marsala. If I were to make again, I’d do chicken thighs and only chicken broth.
I have made this at least a half a dozen times lately for my husband. He loves it. I sub broth instead of the wine. Serve it over rice. So simple and easy!
This was a flop for us..I was able to drain it and fix it but recipe..is definitely a no
I was disappointed. Did not taste like Marsala, too bland.
This was practically inedible. Followed as directed. Corn starch gave it a nasty after taste and we had to toss it all.
Very good! We don’t like mushrooms so we subbed them out for caramelized onions and a can of artichoke hearts (drained). Everything else was exactly as written. It was very yummy!!
Soooo bland. Doesnt even taste like marsala at all. I even added extra salt and garlic salt.
I think it would be excellent but upon recipe suggestion I replaced wine with broth. I think that killed it. I recommend removing that from your recipe. Also add black pepper, a punch of garlic salt and top with fresh parsley and it would be superb.i don’t use cornstarch in this dish.just add a titch of flour add the end.overall with adjustments it’s a good recipe