Slow Cooker Lemon Pepper Chicken

For this slow cooker lemon pepper chicken, a whole chicken is seasoned with lemon pepper, fresh garlic, and dried 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 loosen skin over breast and thighs using your fingers.

Step 2

Combine butter and lemon pepper in a small bowl; place under loosened skin using a teaspoon. Push butter from spoon using chicken skin; place garlic cloves and lemon slice in chicken cavity.

Step 3

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

Step 4

Cover slow cooker. 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 hours more. Or, cook chicken on Low for 6 to 8 hours (without cooking on High).