Lemon Garlic Chicken

Lemon Garlic Chicken -Slow cooker

This is such a great recipe for busy weeknights! You don’t even have to remember to thaw out your chicken!

I was able to score a ton of organic chicken thighs on clearance, so I have been loving finding new ways to cook them. After taking inventory of my pantry, I realized that I had garlic that needed to be used up and quite a few lemons. With no meat thawed out, this experiment began.

This turned out to be the perfect recipe for that night. We had a few other kitchen projects going on that day and some errands to run, so I knew I would not want to be slaving away in the kitchen come evening.

Getting home after a busy day knowing that I needed to have dinner on the table in about 30 minutes was no problem. Because the house was filled with the smell of the lemon and garlic and chicken. I quickly thew together my 30 minute dinner rolls and while they were baking tossed some asparagus in the cast iron. To finish everything off I topped the chicken and asparagus with parmesan and we all ate and were happy.

Lemon Garlic Chicken – Slow Cooker

This easy slow cooker recipe can be thrown together in the morning for an easy dinner. No fuss and kid approved.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 6 hours hrs

Total Time 6 hours hrs 15 minutes mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 1 lb chicken thighs I used frozen
• 2 lemons
• 1/2 onion diced
• 3 gloves garlic finely diced
• 4 tbsp butter
• 1 cup chicken broth no salt added

Seasoning blend

• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp parsley
• 1 tsp garlic powder

Equipment

• Slow Cooker Or you can use your oven if you adjust cooking times

Method

 

1. Dump frozen 1 lb chicken thighs in your slow cooker.
   1 lb chicken thighs
2. Season your chicken thighs with the seasoning blend: 1 tbsp salt, 1 tsp black pepper, 1 tsp paprika, 1 tsp parsley , 1 tsp garlic powder
   
3. Add your diced onion and garlic.
   3 gloves garlic, 1/2 onion
4. Cut up 4 tbsp butter and place over chicken. Add 1 cup chicken broth.
   4 tbsp butter, 1 cup chicken broth
5. Zest one lemon over the chicken. Juice both the lemons and add to the pot.
   2 lemons
   
6. Cook in slow cooker for 6 hours on low.
   

Notes

Top with some parmesan cheese to really elevate the dish!