slow cooker lemon pepper chicken

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 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)

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ready Time: 5 hrs 15 mins


• rinse chicken, pat dry with paper towels, and use your fingers to loosen the skin over the breast and thighs.
• 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.
• place chicken into a slow cooker. rub skin with olive oil and sprinkle seasoned salt, thyme, and cracked black pepper over the bird.
• 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.