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: 468kcal
Equipment Needed:
- Slow Cooker – 3 quart or larger
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: 468kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 45g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 109mg | Sodium: 762mg | Potassium: 1433mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 2035IU | Vitamin C: 301.9mg | Calcium: 176mg | Iron: 4mg
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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First Published: 01/14/2013
Updated 08/07/2019
This looks simply delicious!
This looks so good, I love lemon chicken….
Lemon Chicken is one of my favorites, I have never done it in the slow cooker, excited to try.
I love this combination of flavors! Can’t wait to try!
I have picky eaters in this house and this dish was devoured! The only thing I changed was using 2/3 chicken broth (Kitchen Basic low sodium) since I had a little more chicken than the recipe calls for and added 4 garlic cloves to the “gravy”. I cooked the chicken for 2.5 hours then added the broccoli on top for the last half hour of cooking. I served it with a side of parmesean cheese.
The recipe sounds delicious.
Do you have to brown the chicken? Can you use frozen chicken and place in the crock pot?
Having tried this recipe, I was disappointed. It was much too lemony ( I love lemon flavor). I added about 2 T of honey and thickened with cornstarch with a little water. Broccoli was overcooked ( used low setting for that) and not attractive.
I thought it was great. The family loved it. So moist and tasty.
This is the BEST slow cooker recipe I have ever made!! Thank you so much!
This sounds so amazing! I am stopping to ge the salad dressing packette and lemons later today. Gonna try it on the stove cause I’m out of time for slow cooker today, although this is the best way I’ve found to cook!
Have you tried taking a chicken, sprinkling seasoning all over it (I used Montreal Steak Seasoning), and putting it in your slow cooker on LOW for 8 hours?? When you come home your house will smell devine. You don’t add any liquid to the pot. The chicken will be so moist and wonderful!!! Mine browns and has a crusty skin on top too!!! It’s incredible!
I am going to add you to my blog list! Thanks!!!
Julie
The Montreal Steak Seasoning Chicken sounds amazing! My husband loves that seasoning! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Can you subsitute zesty italian dressing for the dry dressing packet? If so how much?
Yes! you can sub the normal italian dressing packet, the little packet. 🙂
Thank you so much for linking this recipe up at Recipe Sharing Monday! The new link party is up and I’d love to see you back. Have a great week. 🙂
This recipe was so yummy. I didn’t have any broccoli, and it still turned out good. This is the best crock pot meal I’ve ever had!
could be wheat free if replace the flour with corn starch which I will be doing ; )
Perfect disco giraffe! Love the name 😉
Can you cook on low for a longer time?
Yes, 6-8 hours works great.
This looks so amazing! I can’t wait to try it later this week. The pictures look great!
Thanks Judy! I know you’ll love it!