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This slow cooker honey mustard chicken is easy to make with pantry ingredients. Tender, juicy chicken with a sweet and tangy herbed honey mustard sauce.

slow cooker honey mustard chicken on a plate

If you love the sweet and tangy flavors of honey and mustard, this is your new favorite recipe! Our slow cooker honey mustard chicken thighs are slowly simmered all day in a creamy herbed honey mustard sauce.

The crockpot honey mustard chicken ends up fork tender, and is perfect served over a bed of rice or mashed potatoes.

What Makes this Recipe Work

There are two key elements I look for when developing a recipe: the flavor and the texture. This recipe is spot on with both of these key elements.

Flavor: This slow cooker chicken recipe has a deliciously creamy honey mustard sauce with added rosemary and paprika for flavor. And to deepen flavors even more, I seared the chicken before adding to the crock pot. This caramelizes the outside of the chicken to enhance flavor and adds a little bit of color, too.
Texture: I could have used boneless skinless chicken breasts, and you certainly could. But I’ve found that chicken thighs are very forgiving and hold up to the long, slow simmer of the slow cooker. It stays juicy and tender! We use chicken thighs in our crockpot chicken and broccoli, teriyaki chicken thighs and Hawaiian bbq chicken.

Ingredients Needed

Heavy cream and cream cheese. These both combine to make the sauce creamy.
Dijon mustard and honey. For the classic honey mustard flavor!
Paprika, rosemary, garlic powder, salt and pepper. For a simple, added flavor.

✨ See the recipe card for full ingredients and amounts. ✨

How to Make Slow Cooker Honey Mustard Chicken

In a large frying pan over medium high heat, add the olive oil allowing it to heat until shiny (about 1-2 minutes). Season both sides of the chicken thighs with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika.
Swirl the oil to coat the entire bottom of the pan and then place the chicken into the pan, skin side down, and cook until golden and the skin releases easily from the pan (about 4-5 minutes).

In the bowl of the crockpot, whisk together the dijon mustard, honey, heavy cream, cream cheese, and rosemary until well combined.
Nestle the chicken into the crockpot, cover and cook on high 2-3 hours or low 5-6 hours. When the chicken has finished cooking (internal temperature of aat least 165ºF), remove it to a platter and set aside.

chicken over honey mustard sauce in a slow cooker

Whisk together the water and cornstarch. Drizzle the cornstarch slurry into the honey mustard sauce and stir well. Add the chicken back in, cover and allow the sauce to thicken for 5-10 minutes.
Brush or spoon the sauce over the chicken, garnish with fresh oregano, fresh parsley or green onions and serve immediately.

overhead view of honey mustard slow cooker chicken

What to Serve with Honey Mustard Chicken

For a full meal, serve with roasted veggies such as broccolini, carrots or brussels sprouts. The honey mustard sauce is great over white rice, roasted cauliflower, cauliflower rice, garlic mashed potatoes or even gruyere mashed potatoes.

Serve with a simple Irish soda bread to dip into the sauce.

spooning honey mustard sauce over chicken

Storage Instructions

Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3-4 days.

Other Chicken Recipes

Garlic mustard chicken
Honey butter fried chicken
Grilled chicken thighs with white bbq sauce or mustard bbq sauce