Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken is such a wonderful dinner that you will want to make again week after week.
This slow cooker lemon chicken recipe is seriously the best slow cooker chicken dish you will ever make. I struggle to find healthy recipes that I actually crave. This lemon chicken is moist and tender and the entire family will love.
How to make Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken:
Gather these ingredients:
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts
- All purpose flour
- Zesty Italian salad dressing dry mix packet
- Cooking oil
- Lemons
- Chicken broth
Directions:
- Cut the chicken breasts down the center, making 2 pieces of breasts from each.
- Put the flour and zesty Italian mix in to a large ziplock bag. Add the chicken breasts and seal the bag. Shake the bag until the breasts are coated.
- In a large skillet set to medium-high heat add the cooking oil. Brown the chicken on both sides, no need to cook through.
- Add the chicken breasts to the slow cooker. Add the chicken broth and squeeze in the lemon juice.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on HIGH for 3 hours.
What to eat with lemon chicken:
- Steamed broccoli or asparagus
- Rice pilaf or Mashed Potatoes
- Garden salad
I hope you enoy this recipe as much as I do and share this recipe with your friends. Have a great week.
Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken
Tangy tender lemon chicken cooked in the slow cooker.
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Servings: 4
Calories: 343kcal
Equipment Needed:
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless chicken breasts or chicken tenderloins work great
- .60 oz. package dry zesty italian salad dressing mix
- 1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 1/2 cup FRESH lemon juice (about 2 large lemons, do not use bottled lemon juice)
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
Instructions:
- Cut the chicken breasts into 2 pieces length wise, so you have 2 thin pieces of chicken breasts.
- Put dressing packet and flour in the ziplock bag. Add the chicken to the bag, and shake to coat the chicken.
- Set a large skillet on the stove-top over medium high heat. Add the cooking oil. When the oil is hot brown the chicken on both sides. No need to cook through.
- Add browned chicken to the slow cooker. Pour over the lemon juice and chicken broth.
- Place lid on slow cooker.
- Cook on HIGH for 3 hours, without peeking.
- Make sure to drizzle lemon sauce from bottom of slow cooker onto the chicken when serving.
- Serve over rice or mashed potatoes. Enjoy.
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Recipe Notes:
Nutritional Values are approximate. If you require a special diet, please use your own calculations. The values below are for 1/4 of the recipe.
Nutrition Information:
Calories: 343kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 109mg | Sodium: 662mg | Potassium: 385mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 142IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
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This recipe is ridiculously easy and delicious. I’m tired of making lemon chicken that has no lemon flavor. I made a little extra sauce and thought this recipe was full of lemon flavor. Highly recommend!
I’m shocked to see this recipe ha 30 grams of carbs for 1/4. Is that a typo? I think the 30 grams may be for the whole recipe. How did you figure this? Thanks
You’re right, I had the computer redo the calculations, and now it’s only 4. I don’t know what was causing that. Thank you for bringing that to my attention.
This is so good. So happy the carbs are lower! After cooking I took the chicken out and added cream cheese to broth. Immersion blender. So yum!
Can this dish be prepped, frozen, and cooked later?
Great recipe! This is an excellent addition to your weekly routine. So easy to make and incredibly delicious. This reminds me of the savoury chicken recipes my grandmother used to make. Thank you Sarah!
I made this recipe exactly the way you wrote it up and added a splash of white wine and it was one of the best crockpot lemon chicken I have ever had! Thank you for posting!! It will definitely be in my weekly rotation.