Crock Pot Lemon Oregano Greek Chicken Recipes

GREEK SLOW COOKER LEMON CHICKEN AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Place potatoes and onions in an even layer in a 6-quart slow cooker. Pour in chicken broth. Sprinkle with half the garlic, half the oregano, half the basil and half the rosemary then season with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in a large heavy bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Working in two batches, dab skin side of half the chicken thighs dry with paper towels, season with salt and pepper then sear in pot, skin side down, until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Transfer chicken to slow cooker over potato layer. Repeat with remaining thighs.
• Slowly and evenly pour lemon juice over chicken thighs, then sprinkle in remaining half the garlic, oregano, rosemary and basil over chicken. Sprinkle 1 tsp lemon zest over chicken (reserve remaining 1 tsp in a container in refrigerator until ready to serve).
• Cover and cook on low heat 5 1/2 - 7 hours. Serve warm spooning some of the slow cooker juices over each serving, sprinkle with fresh parsley and remaining 1 tsp lemon zest.

CROCK POT LEMON OREGANO (GREEK) CHICKEN

Steps:

• Add chicken stock to crock pot.
• Wash the chicken and add to crock pot.
• Add lemon juice to chicken, save the skins.
• Rub spices all over chicken and inside.
• Add lemon skins to chicken cavity.
• Cook on High 4-6 hours Low 6-8 (This depends heavily on your crockpot's settings, adjust if necessary).

CROCK POT CHICKEN - GREEK STYLE

Steps:

• Night before dinner, place potatoes in large Ziploc bag with olive oil and toss well. (You can skip this if you really need to and put oil on top after the seasonings.).
• Rinse chicken in cold water and shake off excess water but don't dry. Place in bowl with garlic (yes, the ingredients were right, bulb, not clove) and oregano and toss.
• Put potatoes on bottom of cooker. Add chicken, followed by the onions. Add water and lemon juice. Sprinkle with seasonings.
• Cook on high 5-6 hours or low 8-9 hours.

CROCK POT GREEK LEMON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Spray crock pot with non-stick.
• Combine lemon rind, 1/2 cup broth (or 1/2 cup water and 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon powder), garlic and lemon juice. Pour into pot.
• Sprinkle both sides of each frozen breast with seasonings, add to pot.
• Cover and cook on low 6 - 8 hours.
• Remove chicken to plate and keep warm.
• Pour liquid from pot into small sauce pan. Combine corn starch with remaining 1/2 cup broth (or remaining 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon powder and 1/2 cup water); add to sauce pan.
• Heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to boil and sauce thickens.
• Serve chicken with rice cooked in chicken broth instead of water and top with the sauce.
• * You can cook as few as 2 breasts with the same quantity of other ingredients.

CROCK POT LEMON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Wash chicken; pat dry; season chicken generously with salt and pepper; sprinkle half of oregano, rosemary and garlic inside cavity of chicken; melt butter in frying pan and brown chicken; transfer to slow cooker or crock pot; sprinkle with remaining oregano, rosemary and garlic; add sherry to frying pan and stir to loosen brown bits; pour into slow cooker.
• Cover, cook on LOW (200 degrees) for 7 hours; add lemon juice and cook 1 more hour (total of 8); transfer chicken to cutting board; skim fat from juices and serve over chicken.