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Slow Cooker Lemon Basil Chicken

February 6, 2014 By admin 1 comment

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Slow Cooker Lemon Basil Chicken~ the perfect weeknight meal!

There are few things that I make routinely but this-this is one recipe that I do. Whether I serve it over noodles or toss with pasta, ladle over a smashed potato or just on it’s own- this is a perfect one pot meal.

The idea is simple. Chicken breasts or pieces, lemon zest and juice, olive oil, garlic, shallots and basil. That’s it.

It cooks to a tender perfection and when you use boneless breasts you can simply shred the end result and serve a variety of ways. I even use the cooled cooked chicken for chicken salad. Talk about good!

I posted this picture earlier on Instagram and someone asked me for the recipe. I figured I would do something I NEVER do- make something and get it on the site the same day! So here you are. What I don’t have is a photo of the finished product. We were getting lunches together for tomorrow, the light was bad- I was distracted and I forgot.  I write about real life here people! No staged photoshopped pictures up in here!

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Slow Cooker Lemon Basil Chicken

The perfect light weeknight meal! This is also great with whole chickens as well as pork loins.

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Ingredients

  • 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 1/4 C olive oil
  • 1/2 C torn fresh basil leaves
  • 3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 2 large shallots, chopped
  • pinch of kosher salt
  • fresh cracked pepper

Instructions

  1. Place all ingredients in a 6 qt slow cooker ending with the basil.
  2. Be sure you drizzle the olive oil over the chicken.
  3. Add the non-zested lemon to the crock as well.
  4. Cook on low 6-8 hours or high for 4-6.
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One response to “Slow Cooker Lemon Basil Chicken”

  1. Kim | a little lunch says:
    February 14, 2014 at 5:17 am
    Heather, your "real life" photo looked plenty good to me! I started imagining all those flavors slow-cooking together -- and the AROMA that must waft through the house would be heavenly. Happy Valentine's Day to you & your "3 boys." :) xo
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