Slow Cooker Lemon Pepper Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 (2 to 3 pound) whole chicken, giblets removed
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, lightly crushed, or more to taste
- 1 (1-inch thick) slice lemon
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons seasoned salt
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 pinch cracked black pepper to taste
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Instructions
- Rinse chicken, pat dry with paper towels, and loosen skin over breast and thighs using your fingers.
- 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.
- Place chicken into a slow cooker. Rub skin with olive oil; sprinkle with seasoned salt, thyme, and black pepper.
- 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, near but 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).
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