Crockpot Turkey Breasts and Stuffing is the perfect, fuss-free way to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal year round. You’ll love this easy, juicy turkey breast recipe!
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Slow Cooker Turkey Breast
This Crockpot Turkey Breast recipe is one of our favorites. I buy the turkey breast in the freezer section and we make this YEAR ROUND.
- No time to prep a full size turkey, this one is an easy alternative!
- Or maybe you have a smaller crowd, limited oven space, or just don’t love as much turkey as other families.
- The best part is that the stuffing cookies right on top, so it’s literally ONE dirty dish.
This leaves you plenty of oven space for all your other favorite sides, like sweet potato casserole and Panera mac and cheese!
How to Cook a Turkey Breast in a Crock Pot
STEP 1: Lay THAWED turkey breasts in bottom of slow cooker. Pour chicken broth over turkey breasts.
STEP 2: Place cubed bread in a large bowl. We love using day old french bread for our homemade stuffing recipe!
STEP 3: Add apple, celery, onion, salt, poultry seasoning, sage, and black pepper to the bowl with bread cubes. Mix thoroughly.
STEP 4: Lightly press stuffing on top of the turkey breasts and broth in the slow cooker.
STEP 5: Cover and cook on low heat for 6 hours.
STEP 6: Remove stuffing and place on serving platter. Slice turkey breast and arrange over the dressing. ENJOY.
Tips and Tricks
- Use a large oval slow cooker, as a round one won’t be big enough!
- Be sure you start with DEFROSTED turkey breast. Depending on the size of the breast, you may need to defrost in refrigerator for several days. Be prepared.
- If you want to make a gravy, double the chicken broth in the recipe. When you remove the turkey and stuffing, thicken up the slurry of cornstarch and water. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- You’ll know the turkey breast is done cooking when it has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
- If you haven’t tried it, you can also make Instant Pot turkey breast with gravy in the Instant Pot.
- The nice thing about cooking turkey breast in the crockpot is you can add more turkey if needed. As long as you keep the crock pot closed while cooking, it can be very forgiving and not yield a dry, over cooked turkey.
Aimee’s Turkey Tip
I plan on about 1 pound of turkey breast per person, which leaves plenty for leftovers!
Serving Suggestions
- Aside from the dressing already in the slow cooker, we love having these Baked Mashed Potatoes. Don’t forget the Green Bean Casserole and the Corn Casserole!
- A frozen Cranberry Salad is our go-to “jell-o” dish, and of course this Ritz cracker mac and cheese is a must!
- For Thanksgiving, don’t forget the Pumpkin Dump cake, this easy Instant Pot Pumpkin Cheesecake, and of course, these adorable Turkey Rice Krispie Treats!
- Use up leftover turkey in these delicious Turkey Sliders or Turkey Noodle Soup!
More Easy Recipes
- Cocktail Meatballs
- Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows
- Apple Crumble
- Broccoli Salad
- Mashed Potatoes
- Turkey Hand Pies
- Bread Pudding
Thanksgiving Recipes
Crockpot Turkey Breast and Stuffing
Ingredients
- 3 pounds boneless turkey breasts
- ½ cup chicken broth
- 1 loaf bread cubed (with crusts)
- 1 apple diced (peel left on)
- 2 stalks celery diced
- 1 onion diced
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1 teaspoon ground sage
- ½ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- In bottom of crockpot lay turkey breasts (may overlap some). Pour chicken broth over turkey breasts.
- In large bowl mix cubed bread with apple, celery, onion, salt, poultry seasoning, sage and pepper.
- Pour stuffing over turkey and broth. Pat tightly. Cover the slow cooker and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Use a large oval slow cooker, as a round one won’t be big enough!
- Be sure you start with DEFROSTED turkey breast. Depending on the size of the breast, you may need to defrost in refrigerator for several days. Be prepared.
- If you want to make a gravy, double the chicken broth in the recipe. When you remove the turkey and stuffing, thicken up the slurry of cornstarch and water. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- You’ll know the turkey breast is done cooking when it has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
- If you haven’t tried it, you can also make Turkey breast with gravy in the Instant Pot.
Nutrition
Crockpot Turkey Breast and Stuffing is the perfect, fuss-free way to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal year round. You’ll love this easy, juicy turkey breast recipe!
I love this idea an easy Thanksgiving solution! Do delicious.
This is great! Love that the slow Cooker does all the work and it frees up oven space too.
My family prefers cornbread stuff, how much cornbread would you use?
Is it ok to use turkey broth instead of chicken broth?
I made this tonight and it was a hit! Thank you so much for this recipe. I made a couple of modifications–I doubled the chicken broth and used a chopped carrot and three cloves of garlic in the stuffing mixture. I didn’t have poultry seasoning so I used Bragg’s Organic Sprinkle and it was perfect! I have a Hamilton Beach programmable slow cooker. It cooks hot, so six hours on low was perfect.
Hi!
Love your recipe! If I wanted to leave out the stuffing (my boys are not stuffing fans, GASP!) How would I need to adjust everything? Thank you <3
Love it! Do you put the turkey in thawed or frozen?
Looks fantastic!!!!
-Hope
www.slowcookeradventures.com
Another winner! I’m now your newest follower.
Looks SO tempting! I love the slow cooker idea!
Sounds perfect for our church Thanksgiving potluck! Visiting from Tasty Tuesday.
I love it!! What a great, easy idea! I’ll have to pick up some turkey next time I go shopping. I love the holidays! We’ve had our tree up for a week now! I am all about getting into the holiday spirit early! 🙂
This would really take the stress out of holiday cooking. What a great recipe to use this Thanksgiving. So happy you shared this at Hunk of Meat Monday.
Genius idea of a holiday meal in the crock pot. It seems like the holiday season has started a little (a LOT) earlier this year. At first it freaked me out, but I’m finding myself getting sucked into it. It’s good to know I’m not the only one listening to Christmas music in early November.
Yum. I can smell the sage in the dressing! I cannot wait to try this. Thanks for sharing.
This looks like a great recipe, I will have to try it out…W/O Christmas music… at least until November 25th… LOL
Carlee
www.ladybirdln.com
What a great recipe! This would actually be really great for my Husband and I on Thanksgiving, since it will be just the two of us!
What a great recipe for this time of year, looks so delicious! Love your blog and so glad to be a new follower! xoxo
This is making me super excited for Thanksgiving!!
I was always one to wait until after thanksgiving to start thinking about Christmas, but this year for some reason, I am ready now too! Bring on the Christmas cheer!