These 3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Recipes pack a whole lot of flavor into dinner… minus the effort. Busy weeknights are hard, these dinners are not. In fact, they’re the EASIEST dinners you’ll make all week! Every recipe is 3 ingredients or less, and requires virtually no prep!!

Black and white Crockpot with a lid.

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Dinner is about to get easy. Like REALLY REALLY easy!

That’s because today you’ll kick up the flavor using hardly any ingredients. Then leave all the work to your slow cooker!

Paula writes: "These crock pot recipes are wonderful and so easy – thank you!"

Trust me, these are the crazy easy 3 ingredient slow cooker recipes you’ve been looking for!

You’ll find some of the world’s easiest 3 ingredient chicken recipes, beef recipes, and pork recipes! I’ve also included easy recipes for sides, appetizers and heavenly 3 Ingredient Desserts you’ll want to put on repeat!

These easy 3 ingredient meals are nothing less than your hot ticket to the easy dinner gravy train. Recipe after easy recipe delivers maximum flavor, all prepared the easiest way possible!

It’s truly is amazing what you can do with just 3 ingredients and a slow cooker…

What Else Can You Cook in a Slow Cooker?

As you know, slow cookers are AMAZING at cooking dinners on busy nights. What can be better than just setting it and forgetting it, right?

Well guess what, slow cookers are also the perfect small appliance to use when making savory side dishes and delicious desserts, too! You won’t believe how many incredible dishes you can make with just 3 ingredients!

Colorful, chevron Crockpot.

What Size Crockpot is Good For One Person?

There are so many sizes of Slow Cookers or Crockpots to choose from.

1. 4 quart Slow Cookers are ideal if you are just preparing meals for 1 or 2 people.

2. If you need to feed 4 – 5 people, consider a larger 5.5 – 6 quart Slow Cooker.

3. For bigger items, like pork ribs, go big and get a 7 – 8 quart Slow Cooker.

Are Crock Pots Worth It?

Absolutely! Crock Pots or Slow Cookers are very inexpensive and they can save you so much time! For most of these 3 ingredient crockpot recipes below, all you’ll have to do is dump your ingredients in and walk away. Crock Pots make your time in the kitchen so much easier!

3 Ingredient Crockpot Recipe Reviews

Here’s what your frugal friends are saying about these easy 3 ingredient slow cooker recipes…

B. writes: “Perfect for hot and steamy weather – no hot oven or stove top cooking.”

Kathy writes: “Makes dinner so easy!”

Danielle writes: “This is so helpful! Thanks for sharing!!”

Cindy writes: “So many great recipes!”

Kell writes: “Life just got easier! lol. Thank you!”

Emily writes: “So many easy and delicious ideas here”

Kim writes: “All amazing!! Thank you!!”

Rebecca writes: “I love how easy these are to make! Such a wonderful collection of delicious dinner ideas! This is perfect for busy moms who need to save time. No more hunting for recipe ideas with these!”

3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Recipes for Pork

Pulled Pork Recipe

Valerie writes: “Delicious! A family favorite.”

Barbecue Coca Cola pulled pork on a plate with beans, corn, and salad.

Crock Pot Ribs

Alysha writes: “Best ribs I’ve ever made!”

BBQ Coca Cola ribs on a plate.

Slow Cooker Baby Back Ribs

Ashley writes: “So delicious. Oh my goodness, so glad I tried it. It was a hit with my kids and my husband!”

BBQ Ribs on a plate with a salad.

Cola Pork Chops

Hailey writes: “Even my pickiest eater cleared his plate. Definitely easy for a quick, tasty dinner.”

BBQ Coca Cola pork chops in a slow cooker.

Glazed Ham Recipe

GG writes: “Tastes great & super easy!”

Partially-sliced ham on a platter with a pineapple.

3 Ingredient Chicken Recipes

Chicken with Italian Dressing

Barbara writes: “I make this at least twice a month.”

Italian Chicken in a slow cooker.

Crockpot Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo

Lydia writes: “I tried the chicken broccoli alfredo. It came out good.”

Chicken broccoli alfredo in a grey Crock Pot.

A&W Root Beer Chicken

Crystal writes: “My husband loved it!”

Root beer barbecue chicken with a can of root beer.

Buffalo Ranch Chicken

Jacqui writes: “Love this! My go to recipe for buffalo chicken. Always a hit!”

Buffalo chicken on a plate.

Crock Pot French Onion Chicken

Alycia writes: “My favorite chicken recipe.”

Shiny blue slow cooker.

Honey and Mustard Chicken

Merie writes: “This was amazing, so simple! AMAZING.”

Honey mustard chicken on a platter with vegetables.

Dr. Pepper BBQ Sauce Chicken

Ryan writes: “One of my go to recipes for busy nights”

Dr Pepper Barbecue chicken on a plate.

Coke Chicken Recipe

Stacy writes: “This recipe is crazy easy, and tastes amazing. A favorite in our household.”

BBQ Coca Cola chicken on a white plate.

Crockpot Ranch Chicken 3 Ingredients

Faith writes: “Fabulous… I have made it 2 times already in the last week and my husband loves it, too.”

Creamy Ranch Chicken breast on a blue plate.

Caesar Chicken

Tammie writes: “This was super easy and tasted wonderful.”

Caesar chicken on a green plate.

Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce Chicken

Lisa writes: “This may be my new favorite recipe!”

Containers of honey and barbecue sauce.

BBQ Chicken Sliders

Hickory BBQ Chicken on a bun.

Chicken and Pesto

Piece of pesto chicken on plate with slices of bread and basil leaves to the side.

Peach Chicken Recipe

Peach chicken on a plate with carrots and dip.

Peach Salsa Chicken

Peach Salsa Chicken on a plate.

Pineapple Chicken

Pineapple Salsa Chicken on a plate with a bowl of rice.

Crockpot Chipotle Chicken

Peach Chipotle Chicken next to a peach.

Chicken and Green Chiles

Green Chile Chicken on a blue plate with salsa and sour cream.

Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken

Sliced teriyaki chicken with green onions and sesame seeds on a white plate.

Mandarin Chicken

Jars of Mandarin sauce and pineapple preserves.

Honey Sesame Chicken Recipe

Honey sesame chicken over rice on a plate.

Hawaiian Chicken

Hawaiian Chicken with pineapple chunks on a yellow plate.

Apricot Chicken

Apricot chicken on a red plate.

Buffalo Drumsticks

Buffalo Ranch Chicken Drumsticks on a plate.

Barbecue Chicken Drumsticks

Barbecue drumsticks on a white plate.

Crockpot Chicken Legs

BBQ Coca Cola chicken drumsticks on a platter.

BBQ Chicken Legs

Barbecue ranch chicken drumsticks on a blue plate.

BBQ Crockpot Chicken Wings

Cooked chicken wings on plate with barbecue sauce.

Honey BBQ Wings

Root beer honey barbecue wings on an orange plate.

Buffalo Sauce Chicken Wings

Buffalo Ranch Wings on a white plate.

Sweet and Spicy Chicken Wings

Sweet Chili Chicken Wings in a basket.

3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Recipes for Beef

Beef with Broccoli Recipe

Broccoli beef on a bed of rice and broccoli.

Sweet and Sour Meatballs Recipe

Sweet and sour meatballs in a black and white Crock Pot.

Slow Cooker Meatballs Appetizer Recipe

Three meatballs on a spoon.

BBQ Crockpot Meatballs

Lines of meatballs with toothpicks on a plate.

Buffalo Wing Sauce Meatballs

Buffalo Meatballs on a plate.

3 Ingredient Crockpot Recipes for Dinner Sides

Crockpot Baked Potatoes in Foil

Loaded baked potato unwrapped from foil on a green plate.

Crockpot Sweet Potatoes

Four sweet potatoes on a yellow platter.

3 Ingredient Appetizers

Brown Sugar Bacon Wrapped Smokies

Bacon wrapped smokies with brown sugar in crockpot, with toothpicks inserted.

Crockpot Little Smokies

Lil smokies in grape jelly sauce in bowl, with toothpicks inserted.

Slow Cooker Kielbasa

Kielbasa bites in crock pot with ranch seasoning and barbecue sauce, and toothpicks inserted.

Sausage Bites

3 Ingredient Crockpot Recipes for Desserts

Cherry Pie Filling Dump Cake

Spoon with a scoop of cherry dump cake.

Black Forest Dump Cake

Chocolate cherry dump cake in a square bowl.

Crockpot Peach Dump Cake

Peach dump cake topped with whipped cream on a plate.

Lemon Dump Cake Recipe

Lemon dump cake in a blue bowl.

Blackberry Dump Cake

Blackberry Dump Cake in a yellow bowl.

Crockpot Blueberry Dump Cake

Blue bowl of blueberry dump cake.

Lemon Berry Dump Cake

Two bowls of lemon blueberry dump cake.

More Easy Few Ingredient Recipes

I’ve got even more crazy easy recipes that will help you share some love… while effortlessly collecting kitchen notoriety and fame!

Crockpot Appetizers

Serve an appetizer for dinner and make your week night dinner feel like Saturday night party!

Sausage in sauce in a slow cooker.

5 Ingredient Cookies

Top off your dinner with one of these easy cookie recipes! These 5 ingredient recipes are easy enough to pull off any day of the week!

Collage of four baked cake mix cookies.

21 Dump and Go Instant Pot Recipes

These Instant Pot recipes will have you dining on fun appetizers, flavor-packed beef and chicken dinners, savory soups, and healthy snacks in no time!

Silver Instant Pot with a lid.

Kid Friendly Meatless Meals

This is the BIG List of quick and easy Meatless Meals you’ve been looking for! These recipes serve up ALL the flavor… minus the meat!

Collage of meatless meals.

101 Easy Meal Prep Ideas

Mealtime is about to get ridiculously simple with this HUGE list of Easy Meal Prep Ideas! You won’t believe how much time and money you’ll save each week!

A collage of six meal prep recipes.

So have you tried any of these 3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Recipes yet?

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About Heidi Miller

Heidi Miller is the creator of The Frugal Girls, where she shares easy recipes with massive flavor! She has been creating and sharing recipes online for over 15 years, and brings warmth, expertise, and a personal touch to every recipe. Her work has been featured on Today.com, NBC, Fox, Parade, People, Country Living, Woman’s World, and more!

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6 Comments

  1. Kerri says:

    5 stars

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  2. Ezequiel says:

    5 stars

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  3. Paula says:

    Since teleworking from home (COVID 19), I now find myself cooking! These crock pot recipes are wonderful and so easy – thank you!

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    1. Heidi says:

      Thanks so much for the sweet comment, Paula… I’m so happy to hear you’ve been enjoying the easy dinner recipes during the past few months! 🙂

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  4. Penny Bisk says:

    Easy Crockpot Recipes are great. Some even low calorie. Simpler cooking is easier to engage.
    Thank you for connecting me with my crock pot again.

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    1. Heidi says:

      You’re very welcome, Penny! Enjoy the recipes!

      Reply