Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken - Real Recipes from Mums

Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken is always a favourite! Delicious flavours of apricot, onion and French onion soup are all cooked slowly so the chicken absorbs all the flavour.

Whether it’s an easy mid-week dinner, a massive double batch of Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken for a get-together or just a meal to have ‘in the fridge for hungry teens’ … this recipe is a winner! Simply prepare, pop in your slow cooker or warming drawer and you have a meal they’ll be talking about for weeks!

Chicken Drumsticks are always nice and cheap too so you can go large on your servings. Bulk out your Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken with a variety of sides – white rice, brown rice, quinoa, buckwheat or a lovely big dollop of mashed potato.

Don’t put your Slow Cooker away just because it’s not Winter either; these Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken Drumsticks are just as good with a lovely big salad.

Ingredients (serves 4)

1 kg Chicken Drumsticks
400ml can Apricot Nectar
1 Packet French Onion soup
1 can Apricot halves
Tablespoon Plain Flour
1 brown onion sliced

Method

Roll drumsticks in the plain flour
Add all ingredients to the slow cooker (including the juice of the apricot halves) to the slow cooker
Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours. The Chicken should be falling off the bone
Serve on Jasmine Rice or noodles

107 Comments

- - mom486197 said
  - 30 Jul 2024
    12:25 pm
Simple and easy recipe. I would change out the drumsticks for chicken breast because I am not a fan of the legs.

- - meedee said
  - 31 Mar 2022
    11:48 am
I do this from time to time in the microwave. yummy

- - mom462038 said
  - 14 Feb 2021
    1:28 pm
Absolutely love apricot chicken, never slow cooked it before

- - nadine_hill said
  - 09 Jul 2020
    2:26 pm
Haven’t tried this before and sounds delicious, will definitely give it a go!

- - Jbuttxx said
  - 19 Oct 2019
    12:35 pm
Mmm sounds amazing. Never had apricot chicken as I’m such a huge fan of lemon chicken

- - tessie said
  - 21 Sep 2019
    1:34 pm
I love Apricot Chicken. I used to make it all the time but no longer do. Might make it again one day

- - shanika said
  - 20 Sep 2019
    4:32 pm
Not sure i will like this recipe.

- - DaffyD said
  - 19 Sep 2019
    8:00 pm
I haven’t made this since before I had children, must try it with them

- - mom376182 said
  - 19 Sep 2019
    3:39 pm
Yum what a classic. This reminds me so much of my grandmother’s cooking.

- - Ellen said
  - 19 Sep 2019
    1:50 pm
Can’s of apricot and apricot nectar are very high on sugar content and are highly peocessed. Wonder if you can just use fresh apricots ?

- - ella12 said
  - 19 Sep 2019
    9:57 am
This looks lovely and flavoursome, thanks.

- - rovermum said
  - 19 Sep 2019
    9:09 am
Ooh, now this looks simple. I just usually buy the Apricot Chicken base to use, but this is too easy.

- - rachel1970 said
  - 19 Sep 2019
    6:09 am
I would love this and so would hubby, but I’m not sure my kids would appreciate it. Might make it anyway and hubby and I can have leftovers then.

- - Krystal said
  - 19 Sep 2019
    4:25 am
Yum! Great excuse to get the slow cooker out. I really should use mine more.

- - serotonin said
  - 30 May 2019
    12:26 pm
Mmm something tasty I’ll be trying this Winter. Thanks for sharing!

- - taynik46 said
  - 09 Sep 2018
    8:14 am
such a classic recipe – I remember having this as a kid in the 80’s – thank you for sharing your recipe
- mom93821 replied
  
  30 Sep 2019 , 9:23 am
  An a traditional recipe that has endured with many families.
- - mom93821 said
  - 28 Aug 2016
    5:23 am
Tasty apricot chicken drumsticks – such a satisfying meal.

- - mom125080 said
  - 27 Jul 2015
    1:53 pm
Yummy!!

- - shelley shelley said
  - 23 Jul 2015
    8:07 am
This is a great idea, apricot chicken is a very popular dish, but I would use breast meat and slow cook that. Yum yum!

- - deb_gs said
  - 22 Jul 2015
    8:26 pm
Yes, I this is an oldie but a goodie. Mum used to make this when I was a child and add mashed potato to soak up the sauce. Now, I would add vegetables and rice