Slow Cooker Lemon Pepper Chicken

Ingredients

• whole chicken (1 piece)
• unsalted butter (0.25 cup)
• lemon pepper (1 teaspoon)
• garlic (2 cloves)
• lemon (1 slice)
• extra-virgin olive oil (2 tablespoons)
• seasoned salt (2 teaspoons)
• dried thyme (1 teaspoon)
• cracked black pepper (1 pinch)

Instructions

1. Rinse chicken, pat dry with paper towels, and loosen skin over breast and thighs using your fingers.
2. Combine butter and lemon pepper in a small bowl; place under loosened skin using a teaspoon. Push butter from spoon using chicken skin; place garlic cloves and lemon slice in chicken cavity.
3. Place chicken into a slow cooker. Rub skin with olive oil; sprinkle with seasoned salt, thyme, and black pepper.
4. Cover slow cooker. Cook on High for 3 hours; reduce heat to Low and cook until chicken is very tender and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a thigh, not touching bone, reads at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C), for 2 to 3 hours more. Or, cook chicken on Low for 6 to 8 hours (without cooking on High).

Nutrition

(*Nutrition data is approximate and may vary depending on the brand and type of ingredients used.)

• kcal: 526
• fat: 40 g
• sats: 14 g
• carbs: 2 g
• fibre: 1 g
• protein: 39 g
• salt: 0.773 g