Slow Cooker Lemon Pepper Chicken

13 Reviews

Prep: 15 min
Cook: 5 hr
Ready In: 5 hr 15 min

“A whole chicken is seasoned with lemon pepper, garlic, and thyme, then slow-cooked to perfection.” - by loisln77

Ingredients

1 (2 to 3 pound) whole chicken, giblets removed
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon lemon pepper
1 (1-inch thick) slice of lemon
2 cloves garlic, lightly crushed, or more to taste
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons seasoned salt
1 teaspoon dried thyme
cracked black pepper to taste (optional)

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Original recipe yields 4 servings

Directions

Rinse chicken, pat dry with paper towels, and use your fingers to loosen the skin over the breast and thighs.
Stir butter and lemon pepper in a small bowl and insert seasoned butter beneath the loosened skin using a teaspoon. Push butter from spoon using the skin. Place lemon slice and garlic cloves into the chicken cavity.
Place chicken into a slow cooker. Rub skin with olive oil and sprinkle seasoned salt, thyme, and cracked black pepper over the bird.
Cook on High for 3 hours; reduce heat to Low and cook until chicken is very tender and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a thigh, not touching bone, reads at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C), 2 to 3 more hours. If desired, cook bird on Low setting 6 to 8 hours.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (4 total)

Calories
526 cal
26%

Fat
39.7 g
61%

Carbs
1.9 g
< 1%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (13)

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StrawberrySmoothie

Jan. 17, 2013

"This was excellent. The chicken turned out tender and moist. The lemon pepper flavor was lacking (compared to the lemon pepper chicken I get at my local grocery store) but who knows what kind of fake ..." See morechemicals they are using, so I prefer to make my own. I put bell peppers, onion, peppers and carrots in the cooker underneath the chicken to make a complete meal."

Cinemom

Jan. 14, 2013

"This was the most amazing chicken I have ever made...I did change a few ing. I substituted basil for the thyme and a half an orange for the lemon and it was out of this world!!!..." See more"