Lemon juice, garlic, chicken bouillon, and seasoned, browned chicken breasts are the main ingredients in this recipe for lemon chicken. A fantastic fix-and-forget meal that is simple to make and is enjoyed by almost everyone. Excellent alone or with rice or pasta.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 3 hrs 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 3 hrs 30 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- ¼ cup water
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Mix together oregano, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Rub spice mixture all over chicken breasts. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat.
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- Cook chicken in butter until lightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes per side.
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- Place chicken in a slow cooker.
- Mix water, lemon juice, garlic, and bouillon in the same skillet; bring to boil.
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- Pour mixture over chicken in the slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on Low for 6 hours or High for 3 hours. Add parsley to the slow cooker 15 to 30 minutes before the end of cook time.
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- Serve hot and enjoy!
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Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 192 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 88 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 30 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 348 mg |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
VERY TESTY DISH. THANKS A LOT
I took suggestions from others and thickened the sauce. It tasted really similar to chicken piccata, so I added some capers to it before serving. Yum! And Easy!!
I took reviewers’ suggestions: 2c water into pan to deglaze, made a gravy with 2tb each butter and flour. Added more water as needed. SO good. I’d double the sauce next time. Recipe is good AS WRITTEN too! I cut my chicken into large bite sized pieces.
We love this recipe. I will triple the sauce and make pasta Primavera with it and add the chicken on top. Delicious!
I’ve made this twice now and it always comes out perfect! I don’t make any changes to the recipe.
Based on the reivews, its one of those recipes either you love or hate. The chicken was tender. I used the drippings added a little more chicken broth, corn starch. lemon slices and made a creamy lemon sauce to top on the breast to add more flavor
easy to make and great taste. I added more chicken broth to ensure the breasts didn’t dry out.
Similar to what others have said, this dish had little flavor. Based on the video, I added the wine, onion powder, garlic powder and paprika along with the other items the recipe called for. The flavors were missing and I won’t be making this again.
I did make a few changes like used chicken broth instead of water and the bouillion (2 cups). Cooked the breasts whole instead of half and more garlic and lemon juice and I broiled them after with parmeasean cheese and thickened the sauce. The most moist delicious chicken ever. Melted in our mouths. Whole family loved it.
Easy and tasty!
Totally disappointed. I made mine with bone in thighs and drumsticks, so one can only assume that it would be more moist and flavorful over using just chicken breast. Not. I even doubled the amount of lemon juice as I prefer sour over sweet. My taste buds were prepared for a lemony, herby, dish and they were sorely disappointed.
I’m going to give this five stars on the smell alone! This is my first time making this recipe (I added a pinch of rosemary) and if it tastes as good as it smells, we have a winner!!!!
Over all delicious meal.
Excellent flavor. I added extra lemon and pepper for an incredible zesty flavor! Will become a go to easy chicken dinner.
Very good, cut it with a fork & so easy to make. I didn’t add the extra salt because I thought it would be too much, & I was right. I also added mushrooms in the last hr. I will definatly make this again.
I made this with bone-in chicken thighs and added shallots to the sauce. My house smelled amazing! I served it over egg noodles with a few capers. YUM! YUM!
Chicken was very dry, even though I added an extra cup of broth. Lean meat just doesn’t work well in a slow cooker. If I were to make this again, I cook it on the stove top.
I loved it! and my family LOVED IT! will definitely make it again and again,
fabulous! I’ve made it many times. So good with Rice or pasta!
Very good. I had to double the spice mixture to cover the chicken pieces. I cut four breasts in halves.
This is a great recipe. I find it might be a little over seasoned with the amount of lemon juice and the bullion granules for serving over pasta — so adjust to your taste. The leftovers make tremendous chicken salad — I think because of the high degree of seasoning. So I kind of stick with it for that.