This recipe takes French onion soup flavors but without the cheese to make this slow cooker recipe both paleo and whole30 compliant.
I’ve been meaning to make this for a while now. Months actually. I have no idea why I waited but I’m kind of glad that I did. I’m exactly half way through January whole 30 and I’m starting to feel uninspired. Cooking breakfast, lunch and dinner for myself and husband every day for the last 2 weeks straight has finally started to take its toll on me. Thankfully I have a notebook of recipes like this just waiting to be tweaked, tested and posted.
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I love french onion soup. LOVE it. It’s probably my favorite guilty pleasure soup. It’s not the same without the bread and cheese so I figured there was no point in trying to modify the soup to be whole 30 compliant. But I can take the flavors and use it on a protein! You can use any cut of chicken whether it be chicken legs, thighs, boneless, bone-in, skinless, skin-on – you get the drift.
PrintSlow Cooker French Onion Chicken (Whole30, Paleo)
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 3 hours
- Total Time: 3 hours 5 mins
- Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken
- 2 lbs onions, sliced thinly
Sauce:
- 1 cup low-sodium broth (or homemade bone broth)
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tsp ghee, melted
- 1 tsp coconut aminos
- 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Add half of the onions to the bottom of the slow cooker. Add chicken on top of onions. Add remaining onions on top.
- In a small bowl, mix together sauce ingredients.
- Pour sauce on top of chicken.
- Cook HIGH 3-4 hours or LOW 5-6.
This can be made a more complete meal adding in some diced potatoes or sweet potatoes for paleo.
If you’re feeling adventurous broil the chicken after it’s done cooking to crisp up the skin. Optional step of course.
Serve this with mashed cauliflower or mashed sweet potatoes.
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This was *incredibly* tasty, one of the best things I have made in a crockpot. Only sub was tamari for aminos.
I made this with a grass -fed beef roast and it was divine! Thanks for the recipe. The soup base will be my go to for all my meats. 😊
This looks really good, and easy. Like you, I am a sucker for French Onion Soup! I am mid Whole 30 right now and all of the cooking & prepping meals is definitely taking it’s toll on me also, so I can totally relate. My husband and I, and my 13 yr old daughter are all doing it. And I am trying to stay mostly compliant with my son and my other daughter. I think we will all enjoy this. I will def be making this soon, and will update with how it comes out!
I hope you enjoy it!
I really want to make this today but my chicken is frozen. Can I use it just cook for longer amount of time?
I’ve honestly never tried it. In theory it should work. According to Crock-Pot, “Frozen meats: Can be cooked in a slow cooker, however, it is best to use the following guidelines: Add at least 1 cup of warm liquid to the stoneware before placing meat in the stoneware. Do not preheat the slow cooker. Cook recipes containing frozen meats for an additional 4 to 6 hours on Low, or an additional 2 hours on High. So I would try warming the french onion sauce first. Let me know how it turns out!