Slow Cooker Creamy Lemon Chicken

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I stole this recipe for Slow Cooker Creamy Lemon Chicken from sixsistersstuff.com. This tasty dinner starts in a skillet. Chicken is rubbed with oregano, salt and pepper, then browned in a skillet before adding to a slow cooker. Next a sauce is made with chicken broth, lemon juice and garlic. The sauce is poured over the chicken with lemon zest and diced onion. After cooking for several hours, the chicken and sauce are served over pasta. This recipe is another delicious way to cook chicken.

The ingredients for this recipe are: 1 tsp dried oregano, ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp ground black pepper, 1 ½ lbs chicken breasts, 2 tbsp butter, 15 oz chicken broth or stock, 6 tbsp lemon juice, 4 cloves garlic, 1 lemon, 3 tbsp diced onion, 1 tsp fresh parsley, 8 oz cream cheese and 3 cups cooked pasta

In a small bowl, mix together the oregano, salt and pepper. Rub the mixture into the chicken. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat.

Brown chicken in butter for 3 to 5 minutes on each side. Then place chicken in a slow cooker sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.

Next in the same skillet, mix the chicken broth, lemon juice and garlic.

Bring the mixture to boil. Pour over the chicken in the slow cooker.

Add the lemon zest and diced onion on top of the chicken. Cover and cook on HIGH for 2-3 hours or LOW for 5-6 hours. Add the parsley to the slow cooker 15 to 30 minutes before the end of the cook time.

Before serving, remove the chicken and place on a serving platter. Then add the cream cheese to the juice in the slow cooker and whisk until smooth. Let the sauce cook on HIGH for 15 minutes so that it can thicken. Meanwhile cook the pasta.

Serve the chicken and sauce over the pasta.

If you liked this recipe for Slow Cooker Creamy Lemon Chicken then you can also try Grilled Lemon Garlic Chicken, Chicken Piccata with Spaghetti, Quick Chicken Fricassee or Chicken Piccata.

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Slow Cooker Creamy Lemon Chicken

This tasty dinner starts in a skillet. Chicken is rubbed with oregano, salt and pepper, then browned in a skillet before adding to a slow cooker. Next a sauce is made with chicken broth, lemon juice and garlic. The sauce is poured over the chicken with lemon zest and diced onion. After cooking for several hours, the chicken and sauce are served over pasta.
Course Entree
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Servings 6 people

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 ½ lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 15 oz chicken broth or stock
  • 6 tbsp lemon juice
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 lemon zested
  • 3 tbsp diced onion
  • 1 tsp fresh parsley chopped
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 3 cups cooked pasta

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, mix together the oregano, salt and pepper. Rub the mixture into the chicken.
  2. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Brown chicken in butter for 3 to 5 minutes on each side. Place chicken in a slow cooker sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
  3. In the same skillet, mix the chicken broth, lemon juice and garlic. Bring the mixture to boil. Pour over the chicken in the slow cooker. Add the lemon zest and diced onion on top of the chicken.
  4. Cover and cook on HIGH for 2-3 hours or LOW for 5-6 hours. Add the parsley to the slow cooker 15 to 30 minutes before the end of the cook time.
  5. About 15 minutes before serving, remove the chicken and place on a serving platter. Add the cream cheese to the juice in the slow cooker and whisk until smooth. Let the sauce cook on HIGH for 15 minutes so that it can thicken. If needed a mixture of 1 tsp cornstarch and 1 tsp cold water can be whisked into the sauce.