How To Make Slow Cooker Creamy Lemon Chicken
This slow cooker creamy lemon chicken has refreshing flavors from the lemon. Slow-cooked with butter, the chicken is incredibly tender and creamy.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 5chicken breasts,boneless and skinless
- 6tbspunsalted butter,divided
- ½tspkosher salt
- ¼tspblack pepper,coarsely ground
- 1tspItalian seasoning
- 2lemons,juiced and zested
- 2garlic cloves,minced
- 1cuphalf and half
- 1tbspcornstarch
- 1tbspchicken base,optional
Instructions
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In a large cast iron skillet, add 1 tablespoon of butter to melt on medium high heat.
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Season the chicken with the kosher salt, black pepper and Italian seasoning and add it to the pan.
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Cook on each side for 4 to 6 minutes.
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Add the chicken to your slow cooker.
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Cover with lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic and the rest of the butter in pieces.
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Cook on Low for 4 hours or on High for 2 hours.
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In a large measuring cup, add the half and half, cornstarch and chicken base and whisk well.
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Add the liquid, mix, and cook an additional hour on High.
Nutrition
- Calories: 511.58kcal
- Fat: 36.13g
- Saturated Fat: 17.02g
- Trans Fat: 0.75g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 11.84g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.16g
- Carbohydrates: 7.58g
- Fiber: 0.83g
- Sugar: 3.53g
- Protein: 38.36g
- Cholesterol: 166.68mg
- Sodium: 677.89mg
- Calcium: 88.15mg
- Potassium: 490.24mg
- Iron: 1.77mg
- Vitamin A: 205.91µg
- Vitamin C: 13.71mg
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