Slow cooked lemon chicken

Posted on September 02, 2013 by Vie Active

If you haven't yet invested in a slow-cooker. Do it. You'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

If you prioritise health & wellness then no doubt, healthy and fresh food is something you value also but lets face it, we are busy. Sometimes this just isn't as easy a reality as we'd like. Slow cooking your food is a serious time (and life saver). Just pop it on in the morning and hours later, your dinner is ready to go. It's something you can use year-round also and added bonus: clean up is fast!
Here's a super easy slow cooked recipe for your to try.

 

Slow Cooked lemon chicken.

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 kg skinless, boneless chicken breast fillets
• 1 glug olive oil
• 3 tablespoons water
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 teaspoon chicken stock powder

 Method

1. In a bowl, mix the oregano, salt and pepper. Rub the mixture into chicken.
2. Warm the oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Brown chicken for 3 to 5 minutes on each side. Place chicken in a slow cooker.
3. In the same frying pan, mix the water, lemon juice, garlic and stock powder together.
4. Bring the mixture to the boil. Pour over the chicken in the slow cooker.
5. Cover and cook on High for 3 hours, or Low for 6 hours.

 

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