Slow Cooker Lemon Garlic Chicken
Deployment, long work days, a busy toddler and messy house make getting a healthy dinner on the table even more complicated than normal. Slow Cooker Lemon Garlic Chicken offers an easy, one pot, no mess and delicious option for those days when it just doesn’t seem possible.
If you follow me on instagram (you do, don’t you?), you might have seen me quip:
Dinner of potato soup and grilled cheese brought to you by #deployment.
Grilled cheese isn’t exactly normal dinner fare around here, but yesterday it was simply the best I could do. I had all the ingredients, I knew my son would be happy with it, and I needed something comfort food-ish that required as little effort as possible.
If I’d thought ahead, I would have thrown something in the slow cooker so I didn’t even have to think about it. Which is exactly what I did today.
Sundays are always busy in our house in prepraration for the coming week. There are always things that need doing around the house, a little work to do, grocery shopping and meal prep for the week and time with my munchkin. With all the meal prep, I definitely don’t want a complicated dinner that requires even more cleaning, slicing or cooking.
Slow Cooker Lemon Garlic Chicken is the perfect answer. No prep, no slicing, no mess and its all in one pot. This dish could be customized a thousand different ways. Use lemons and lemon zest for stronger lemon flavor, you could add other root veggies, use just about any lemon garlic type seasoning for your chicken, and chicken thighs are cheaper and would work just as well. I adapt based on what I have on hand.
- 1 tbsp oregano
- 1 tbsp parsley
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 4 chicken breasts or 8 chicken thighs
- 2/3 c chicken broth
- 4 tbsp lemonade or the juice of 2 lemons (zest for strong lemon flavor)
- 4 garlic cloves (finely dice if you like strong garlic flavor, leave whole for a more subtle taste)
- 1 lb new potatoes
- Combine parsley, oregano, salt, pepper, broth and lemonade/lemon juice and chicken in a bowl or gallon freezer bag. This can be done the night before or prepped ahead of time and frozen.
- Spread potatoes in a single layer on the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Add chicken and seasonings/marinade and spread evenly on top of potatoes.
- Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 3 hours.
I made a similar recipe before, but the chicken ended up so tender I couldn’t have cut it like you did in the pic… it just sort of shredded 😉 still yummy, though!!
There was less liquid in this version that one of someone else’s that I had tried previously – which I think helped with that!
Looks yummy & I’ve been looking for some new crockpot meals! I just printed it off and will add it to our next meal list 🙂
Let me know how you like it!
That sounds pretty awesome for a week night meal! Thanks for this!! Looks really yummy!
I just couldn’t believe how delicious it was compared to how easy!
That sounds deliciously easy! I’m going to use the recipe tomorrow with a whole chicken along with sweet potatoes. 🙂
It would be delicious with a whole chicken! Let me know how the sweet potatoes turn out.