Drop a whole bone-in chicken thigh pack into the slow cooker with 4 other ingredients and get a supper so good your mother-in-law won’t believe it cost under $10

On hectic weeknights, this slow cooker chicken is exactly the kind of dinner that saves me. You use an economical family pack of bone-in chicken thighs, add just four pantry-friendly ingredients, and let the slow cooker do the heavy lifting until the meat is tender enough to practically slide off the bone. It has that cozy, old-school comfort food feel that tastes like you fussed all afternoon, even though the prep is barely more than opening a few packages and pouring everything in.

Serve these fall-apart chicken thighs over mashed