Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Chicken
Slow cooker garlic butter chicken turns tender chicken breasts, lemon, herbs, and plenty of garlic butter into an easy weeknight dinner.
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 6 hours
Total: 6 hours 15 minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts about 1.5 pounds
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted
- 6 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped, for garnish
- 1 lemon juiced
Instructions
Instructions
- Melt the butter and stir in garlic, onion powder, smoked paprika, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.
- Place the chicken breasts in the slow cooker and pour the garlic butter evenly over them.
- Squeeze the lemon juice over the chicken.
- Cover and cook on low for 6 hours, until the chicken is tender and cooked through.
- Remove the chicken and serve whole or shred it.
- Spoon the remaining sauce over the chicken and garnish with parsley.
- Serve over rice or mashed potatoes to catch the garlic butter sauce.
- Refrigerate leftovers for up to 3 days.