Are you looking for Crockpot turkey recipes for Thanksgiving? This moist and juicy turkey breast with homemade gravy is delicious for Sunday dinner, turkey sandwiches, and perfect when you need extra white meat for Thanksgiving dinner. It has crispy skin that’s golden brown and tender meat. No oven space left? No problem!

This bone-in turkey breast and gravy will be perfect with your favorite sides like mashed potatoes. Try my Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes. However, you can make this recipe with a boneless turkey breast but, the cooking time will be shorter.

After the cooking time is done win the slow cooker, I put this turkey breast in the oven on broil to get that nice brown, crispy skin.

Plus, you’ll have the gravy to put on the mashed potatoes! Serve it with Air Fryer Baked Potatoes or air fryer or Honey Ginger Glazed Roasted Carrots.

You know you need a delicious, homemade  Best Green Bean Casserole from Scratch + VIDEO to go with the turkey right? Hungry yet?

 

 
How are you going to please a crowd of white meat lovers when a whole turkey doesn’t have enough breast to satisfy all of them?

I’ve got the answer right here!

Yeah, I’m gonna say breast size matters here!

But, our beloved turkey only has two and sometimes that’s just not enough. Take Thanksgiving for example…

Don’t you just love walking into a warm house on Thanksgiving smelling the aroma of a turkey cooking!

You can’t see it yet but, you know it’s there steaming in its own juices just waiting for smooth gravy to be poured all over it and served next to its counterpart- stuffing/dressing!

You walk into the kitchen and give your mom a big hug and tell her dinner smells delicious and you can’t wait to dig in!

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So, how do you please all of those whining white meat lovers who act like dinner will be ruined if they have to eat dark meat?

Put an entire turkey in the oven and then a turkey breast in your slow cooker and you’ll make everyone happy….well, at least when it comes to the turkey. Slow cookers make great gifts for novice cooks!

I’ve got a juicy slow cooker turkey breast recipe for you! The onion steams inside the breast giving it a wonderful flavor when mixed with the olive oil and natural turkey flavor.

This slow cooker turkey recipe is:

• EASY
• flavorful
• juicy and moist
• only needs a few ingredients and an oval slow cooker with lid
• includes an EASY turkey gravy recipe too

This flavorful turkey will free up oven space during holiday dinners when oven space is needed most! For a smaller crowd (4-6 people), it alone can be your Thanksgiving turkey, if you don’t care for dark meat and don’t want to cook a whole bird.

With so much to do for Turkey Day, it’s great to have a printable planner for reference.

Crock Pot Turkey Recipes for Thanksgiving 

This Slow Cooker Turkey is easy to prepare with few seasonings and NO CHOPPING! I wouldn’t dream of serving this juicy turkey without Lemon Ginger Cranberry Relish! It made the Good Housekeeping 12 Easy Cranberry Relishes to Make This Thanksgiving TWO YEARS in a row for good reason you know!

Here’s a quick summary of this slow cooker turkey breast recipe:

1. Put a whole, peeled onion in the turkey breast cavity, sprinkle pepper and garlic on the skin. Put some water in the slow cooker and let it cook for 4 hours on the high setting.
2. Then, when you’re ready to serve it, rub some butter and paprika on the skin and put that turkey breast in the oven for just 5 minutes to broil.
3. Meanwhile, make the delicious, smooth turkey gravy to go on top! Don’t skip this step and used jarred because you have an easy way to make smooth, yummy, gravy with no lumps.

 

How to Make Easy Slow Cooker Turkey Breast with Gravy

You will need a large 7 qt or 8 qt oval slow cooker depending upon the size of your turkey breast. You want the turkey breast to fit in the slow cooker with the lid on it.

 

I use this reasonably priced,  insulated slow cooker carrier (fits 4 qt- 8 qt) to transport my turkey to my mother-in-laws for Thanksgiving so it stays hot and doesn’t spill in our car. Who wants oil dripping on the seats and carpet? It’s totally worth $15 and makes a great practical gift!

*The whole, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

Slow Cooker Turkey Ingredients

• whole turkey breast with bones
• water
• extra virgin olive oil (it’s the only kind of olive oil I use)
• whole onion
• butter ( plus extra for rubbing on the turkey breast skin)
• smoked paprika (you can use regular paprika instead; it gives it a nice brown color)
• garlic powder
• ground black pepper

Turkey Gravy Ingredients

• butter
• flour
• turkey juices (drippings from the bottom of the slow cooker)
• salt and black pepper to taste

Slow Cooker Turkey Instructions

1. First, pour water in an 8 qt oval slow cooker.
2. Then, remove turkey neck or bag from chest cavity. Add whole, peeled onion into the chest cavity. Place the turkey breast on its side (as it will fit better in the slow cooker with the lid on it.) Sprinkle pepper and garlic powder on top and pour extra virgin olive oil on top of skin. It’s o.k. when it runs off into the water. Cover with lid and set on high setting. Cook covered on high for 4 hours.
3. Next, insert a meat thermometer in the breast as far down as it will go into the meat. It should be 165F or higher. Remove and reserve the turkey drippings from the slow cooker. You should have about two cups. If not, add some water until you reach two cups.
4. Then, remove top rack of oven and preheat oven to broil setting (500F.) Put the turkey breast into a baking dish and rub about 1 tbsp of butter on the skin just to coat it a bit for browning. Sprinkle smoked paprika on the skin.
5. Last, place the baking dish on the lowest oven rack position so that the breast is at least 4-5 inches away from the heat. Broil for 5 minutes. The crispy skin will sizzle a bit and that’s o.k. Do not let it blacken too much. Remove turkey from oven and let it rest 10 minutes before cutting. Use a meat thermometer to check that the internal temperature near the thickest part of the breast has reached 165F.

Now be careful cutting that bird! You don’t want to spend Thanksgiving in the ER getting stitches.

Don’t forget to use this insulated slow cooker carrier to keep the turkey warm if you need to transport it. They make good reasonably priced gifts too!

You’re going to love the turkey leftovers too. Put them in an airtight container and enjoy them for up to 5 days in the refrigerator. Make a yummy turkey pot pie with the turkey leftovers.

Turkey Gravy Instructions

In a medium sauce pan on medium/high heat, add butter and flour and stir to form a roux. When the butter has melted, add the two cups of turkey drippings and stir it for about 30 seconds to one minute. Turn off heat when it’s heated through.

See the printable recipe card below for notes on how to serve the turkey and gravy.

Not enough Counter Space?

Unless you have some million dollar home with a gourmet kitchen that’s the size of a 3 car garage, you probably won’t have enough counter space on holidays. With people walking in with their desserts, side dishes and wine bottles, you need all of the counter space possible.

Take your slow cooker into another room or even outside on a porch, deck, laundry room, garage, etc.  Any room with a receptacle will work!

You may also like the idea of  Air Fryer Turkey Tenderloin. It’s delicious and a great way to make just the right amount of turkey breast or extra white meat.

For big gatherings, I will take appliances I won’t be using to my basement to have my counters free and clear for holidays. We need room to mix cocktails too!

This Crock Pot juicy turkey breast with gravy is a moist turkey breast and turkey gravy recipe that will easily solve your oven space problem especially if you don’t have a double oven.

But, with only a few ingredients and an oval slow cooker, you can make this delicious turkey breast for dinner any time of year! It will be one of the best Crockpot turkey recipes for thanksgiving!

Turkey sandwiches are perfect for weekday lunches!

 Don’t for get to get my Thanksgiving Planner so you can start planning Thanksgiving today even if it’s the week of Thanksgiving!

Read my post on How to Keep Thanksgiving Sides Warm! It has lots of good tips.

Turkey Side Dishes:

Best Green Bean Casserole from Scratch 

Air Fryer Parmesan Green Beans

Lemon Ginger Cranberry Relish Featured in Good Housekeeping seven years in a row!

Roasted Garlic Parmesan Mashed Potatoes

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Easy Thanksgiving Gravy Recipe Without Drippings

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I took this recipe to Weekend Potluck.