Slow Cooker Lemon Pepper Chicken |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 300 Minutes |
Ready In: 315 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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A whole chicken is seasoned with lemon pepper, garlic, and thyme, then slow-cooked to perfection. 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) |
Directions:
1. Rinse chicken, pat dry with paper towels, and use your fingers to loosen the skin over the breast and thighs.
2. 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.
3. Place chicken into a slow cooker. Rub skin with olive oil and sprinkle seasoned salt, thyme, and cracked black pepper over the bird.
4. 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.
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