Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken Recipe – a super simple dish that packs TONS of great flavor! Chicken, garlic, lemon, Italian dressing mix, capers, and chicken broth. Serve the chicken over pasta or potatoes with a salad. Don’t forget to spoon the sauce in the slow cooker over your plate – SO GOOD!
Originally Posted July 27, 2011
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This Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken is a family favorite! It is effortless to make and tastes great. Chicken, garlic, lemon, Italian dressing mix, and chicken broth. SO simple yet SO delicious! Perfect for when you need an easy meal on busy weeknights. I never have any leftovers when I make this for dinner. The whole family gobbles it up! Add this to your menu. You won’t be disappointed.
How to Make Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken
This dish is effortless to make with only a few simple ingredients. In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Cook boneless skinless chicken breasts for 2 minutes on each side, just until they start to turn golden brown. Place chicken in a 6-qt slow cooker. Sprinkle chicken with Italian dressing mix. Add fresh garlic, butter, capers, fresh lemon juice, and chicken broth. Cover the crock pot and cook on low heat for 6 hours. Garnish with fresh parsley.
Helpful Tips & Frequently Asked Questions
- You can use any chicken that you have on hand. Boneless or bone-in chicken both work fine.
- I use boneless skinless chicken breasts.
- You can use skin-on chicken thighs or skinless chicken thighs. Chicken tenderloins also work great.
- Bone-in chicken will take longer to cook.
- Can I use frozen chicken? Yes! Frozen chicken breasts will work fine in this recipe.
- Do I have to brown the chicken on the stove? No. You can skip this step if you are short on time.
- Do NOT make the Italian dressing. You are only using the seasoning packet.
- I use Good Seasonings Italian Dressing Mix. You can find it in the salad dressing aisle near the ranch seasoning packets.
- You can omit the capers if you aren’t a fan.
- For extra lemon flavor, add lemon zest.
- Sometimes I add fresh sliced mushrooms to the chicken.
- Is Crockpot Lemon Chicken low-carb? Yes. All of the ingredients in the recipe are low-carb and keto-friendly.
- Can I cook Lemon Chicken on HIGH? Yes! Cook the chicken for 3 to 4 hours on HIGH in the slow cooker.
- I serve the chicken breasts whole. You can shred the chicken if you prefer.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Reheat in the microwave.
What to Serve with Slow Cooker Chicken
This chicken is super delicious! Serve the chicken over your favorite pasta or mashed potatoes with a green salad and crusty bread. Don’t forget to spoon the sauce over your plate. OMG! It is too good to let go to waste! Give this easy chicken recipe a try the next time you need a meal the whole family will enjoy!
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Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 (0.6-oz) packet Italian dressing mix
- 2 Tbsp butter
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ½ cup chicken stock
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- 3 Tbsp capers drained
Instructions:
- In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Cook boneless skinless chicken breasts for 2 minutes on each side, just until they start to turn golden brown. Place chicken in 6-qt slow cooker.
- Sprinkle chicken with Italian dressing mix. Add fresh garlic, butter, capers, fresh lemon juice and chicken broth.
- Cover the crock pot and cook on low heat for 6 hours.
Notes:
- You can use any chicken that you have on hand. Boneless or bone-in chicken both work fine.
- I use boneless skinless chicken breasts.
- You can use skin-on chicken thighs or skinless chicken thighs. Chicken tenderloins also work great.
- Bone-in chicken will take longer to cook.
- Can I use frozen chicken? Yes! Frozen chicken breasts will work fine in this recipe.
- Do I have to brown the chicken on the stove? No. You can skip this step if you are short on time.
- Do NOT make the Italian dressing. You are only using the seasoning packet.
- I use Good Seasonings Italian Dressing Mix. You can find it in the salad dressing aisle near the ranch seasoning packets.
- Can I cook Lemon Chicken on HIGH? Yes! Cook the chicken for 3 to 4 hours on HIGH in the slow cooker.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Reheat in the microwave.
Steph
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Love love this recipe! I made it with chicken thighs Bone in and skin on. I also used lemon zest and substituted fresh dill for the capers. Served this with rice and broccoli and oh goodness it was so delicious! We will be having this once a month for sure ♥️
Love love loved it! What a great Friday night dinner, easy and delicious after a long week of work. Served it over jasmine rice cooked with chicken broth instead of water, buttered peas on the side. Used frozen boneless chicken breast and cooked for 8 hours on low. Perfect! Thanks for something different from the crockpot!
oh cool! thank you for this, I just put it in frozen chicken breast!
Can I use frozen chicken? I might try it & see how it turns out tonight. Just wondering if anyone else has? Thanks:)
I am using frozen chicken. If there is too much watery sauce I am going to add 4 ounces of cream cheese (lowfat) at the last hour.
Just made…SUPER bland!! Trying to figure out if using fresh lemon juice was the problem?! Will try again and doctor it up a little.
This is amazing! My husband tasted and an demanded it be served for dinner at LEAST once a month!
I made this the other night and it was delicious! My husband loved it too (and he makes me work hard for compliments!). I will second a previous commenter – my chicken was definitely done after just 4 hours on low. However, I switched it to warm and it kept nicely for another 2.5 hours 'til it was time to eat. Probably not a great recipe for a work day (unless you're able to use a timer), but definitely worth making!
we had this tonight. i doubled the lemon juice and chicken broth for extra sauce. the flavor was overwhelmingly strong.
I tried this and came home to a burned mess…
Poor girl…always put stock enough to cover meat
in every recipe..
ha ha I saw crockpot in the recipe and thought, "This time of the year? Chicken Legs must be sick or their grill is broken."
But yeah, it's too hot to be doing too much cooking. It looks like it turned out great!
I'm making this Friday.
I used your Chicken Rollups #2 recipe last night and they turned out AMAZING!!!
Thanks for all your great recipes!
Mrsblocko – if you use Italian dressing I would omit the chicken broth. I think it would be OK.
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Um. Okaaaaaaaaay.
Aaaaanyhow…I'm curious, do you think you could use actual Italian salad dressing in the recipe? Or would that make it too soupy/oily?
Easy enough. Sounds great, we live garlic and mushrooms too.
mmm that sounds yummy 🙂
I live in alabama too and yes it has been very very hot! Love your recipes!