Name: Slow Cooker Lemon Pepper Chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Whole chicken, giblets removed - 1 (2 to 3 pound); Butter, softened - ¼ cup; Lemon pepper - 1 teaspoon; (1-inch thick) slice of lemon - 1; Garlic, lightly crushed, or more to taste - 2 cloves; Extra-virgin olive oil - 2 tablespoons; Seasoned salt - 2 teaspoons; Dried thyme - 1 teaspoon; Cracked black pepper to taste - 1 pinch

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15 min.

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Ingredients for - Slow Cooker Lemon Pepper Chicken

1. Whole chicken, giblets removed - 1 (2 to 3 pound)

2. Butter, softened - ¼ cup

3. Lemon pepper - 1 teaspoon

4. (1-inch thick) slice of lemon - 1

5. Garlic, lightly crushed, or more to taste - 2 cloves

6. Extra-virgin olive oil - 2 tablespoons

7. Seasoned salt - 2 teaspoons

8. Dried thyme - 1 teaspoon

9. Cracked black pepper to taste - 1 pinch

How to cook deliciously - Slow Cooker Lemon Pepper Chicken

1. Stage

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

2. Stage

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. Stage

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

4. Stage

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.