Slow Cooker Lemon Garlic Pepper Chicken
Prep Time 15 mins
Total Time 4 hrs
Meal Type Dinner
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 4 lb chicken, giblets removed
- 2 lemons, zested and juiced
- 10 cloves garlic use as whole head
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp pepper
- 1 Tbs dried oregano
- 1 Tbs olive oil
Prep
- Zest and juice lemons.
- Remove skins from garlic cloves but keep whole.
Make
- Place chicken in slow cooker.
- Rub chicken with lemon zest, salt, pepper and oregano.
- Sprinkle with salt and add garlic cloves to pot.
- Drizzle chicken with lemon juice.
- Stuff one of the used lemons in the cavity of the chicken.
- Drizzle with olive oil.
- Set slow cooker to high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours. Cook until internal temperature of chicken reaches 165°F.
- Turn off slow cooker and let chicken stand for 15 minutes before carving. Remove chicken from slow cooker and carve. Mash garlic into remaining juices and drizzle over chicken if desired.
- Store leftovers to use for lunch.
Note: Turkey will work with this recipe as well.
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