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Crockpot Chicken Recipe with an Herb Rub
Healthy crockpot recipes can be delicious and a lot of crockpot chicken recipes are nutritious. In the following crockpot chicken recipe, a combination of herbs and spices are used as a rub for the chicken and then it cooks slowly in chicken broth until it is tender and cooked through. Perhaps you have tried an easy crockpot lemon chicken recipe or other crockpot chicken recipes before. This one is very simple and you will love the way the herbs penetrate the chicken flesh during the slow cooking and they impart a wonderful flavor and aroma to each piece of chicken. Herbs are used in many chicken crockpot recipes for this reason.
The hint of lemon juice in this crockpot lemon chicken recipe gives the dish a wonderful tang and this is a well balanced dish, in terms of flavor and consistency, and it is delicious by itself or with some salad on the side. If you like crockpot chicken recipes, you are sure to enjoy this crockpot chicken with an herb rub.
Maybe you enjoy crockpot soup recipes, crockpot appetizer recipes or even crockpot dessert recipes. Crockpots are very versatile so you can use pretty much any ingredients, which are suitable for slow cooking, to make the very best crockpot recipes. A lot of easy crockpot recipes feature chicken and some type of broth or soup, as well as vegetables and some seasonings. This crockpot chicken is very simple to prepare and the finished is really flavorful and juicy. The whole family will enjoy this delicious herbed crockpot chicken recipe.
Herbed Crockpot Chicken
Ingredients -
4 bone-in chicken breast halves
4 bone-in chicken legs
½ cup chicken broth
1 teaspoon paprika
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon each dried basil, dried thyme, season salt, garlic powder, browning sauce and black pepper
1 chopped red bell pepper
4 peeled, chopped potatoes
Preparation:
Combine the basil, thyme, salt, garlic, browning sauce, black pepper, paprika, lemon juice and olive oil and rub this mixture over the chicken breast halves.
Transfer them to a 5 quart slow cooker with the chicken broth, red bell pepper, and potatoes.
Cover and cook for 5 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 170 degrees F.
(Serves 5)
Photo Description:
The red bell pepper and potatoes add color to this tasty crockpot chicken recipe and you can also add a wedge of lemon to each serving to make it even more colorful and so that people can squeeze extra lemon juice over it if they want to. This is one of our most easy crockpot recipes using chicken because you just need to coat the chicken and slow cook it in broth with bell pepper and potatoes. This might sound like a very easy recipe but the combination of herbs and spices gives the chicken a sophisticated flavor so you might want to serve this at a dinner party or when you have friends or family visiting.
