Slow Cooker Lemon Pepper Chicken

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

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 hr
• Total Time: 5 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 526 Calories

Ingredients

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

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Rinse chicken, pat dry with paper towels, and use your fingers to loosen the skin over the breast and thighs.

Step 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.

Step 3

Place chicken into a slow cooker. Rub skin with olive oil and sprinkle seasoned salt, thyme, and cracked black pepper over the bird.

Step 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.