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Slow Cooker Greek Chicken

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This Slow Cooker Greek Chicken recipe is super easy to throw together for a busy weeknight.ย  Simply add the ingredients to your slow cooker and you’ll be coming home to a delicious ready meal!

greek chicken recipe slow cooker crock pot easy

It’s meals like this Greek Chicken that remind me that I really need to make more use of my slow cooker.ย  ย  It’s so easy to make and enables me to go about my day hands-free from having to prep for dinner in the kitchen.ย  And at the end of the day I have a delicious hot meal ready and waiting for our family dinner.ย  This succulent moist and tender Greek chicken is packed with flavor and is sure to become a family favorite!

How to Make Slow Cooker Greek Chicken

Once you’ve made the homemade Greek seasoning blend, which is quick and can be made days in advance (link provided in the recipe below), there are only three simple steps remaining:ย  1) Mix the sauce together. ย 2) ย Pour over the chicken. ย 3) ย Cook the chicken and add the olives and capers towards the end.

Prep time is silly minimal and the end result is simply wonderful. ย Super tender and moist chicken infused with the flavors of Greece and a touch of the exotic from the incredible flavor of preserved lemons.

You can buy preserved lemons at Middle Eastern grocery stores and can also find them here on Amazon. However they are extremely easy to make yourself – you just need some time and patience – and we highly recommend making your own because they taste much better than store-bought.ย  Plus they’re fun to make!

Check out our recipe for Homemade Preserved Lemonsย and to learn additional ways to use this phenomenal ingredient!ย  They will seriously change your life.ย  Or at least the way you cook.

As already mentioned, be sure to make the homemade Greek seasoning.ย  It beats any store-bought blends and takes less than 5 minutes to make.ย  This homemade blend is key to the flavor of this Greek Chicken so leave the store-bought stuff on the shelf and make our BEST homemade Greek Seasoning Blend!

chicken olives capers preserved lemons

Let’s get started!

In a small bowl, whisk together the homemade Greek Seasoning Blend with theย olive oilย remaining sauce ingredients.

sauce

Pour it over the chicken in the slow cooker. ย Cook on LOW for 6-8 hours or on HIGH for 4-5 hours.

adding ingredients to slow cooker

During the final hour of cooking, add the kalamata olivesย and capers and spoon some of the sauce over the chicken.

chicken olives capers slow cooker

Serve with some crusty bread or rice and/or a simple Greek salad consisting of chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, crumbled Feta cheese and Italian dressing.

ENJOY!

greek chicken recipe slow cooker crock pot easy

greek chicken recipe slow cooker crock pot easy

Greek Chicken (Slow Cooker)

This Greek Chicken is super easy to throw together for a busy weeknight.ย  Simply add the ingredients and let your slow cooker do the rest - you'll be coming home to a delicious ready meal!
4.91 from 10 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 10 minutes
Course Entree, Main Course
Cuisine Greek

Ingredients
 
 

Instructions
 

  • In a small bowl, whisk together the sauce ingredients and set aside until ready to use.
  • Place the chicken in the slow cooker and pour the sauce over the chicken. Cook on LOW for 6-8 hours or on HIGH for 4-5 hours. During the last hour of cooking add the olives and capers.
  • Served with crusty bread or rice and/or a simple Greek salad consisting of chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, crumbled Feta cheese and Italian dressing.
Keyword Greek Chicken
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4.91 from 10 votes (1 rating without comment)

46 Comments

  1. Lovely tender chicken and beautiful flavour. I will make again, with a few changes. It was way too salty for me, so I will leave out the bouillon and the salt in the Greek seasoning. I also found the capers did not add anything, so will leave those out as well to further reduce the salt. The preserve lemon is wonderful, but I will put in 3 Tbsps next time and cut it in ยพ” strips so you get a bigger hit of it when you bite into one.

    All in all a keeper with a few minor tweaks! Thank you!

  2. My favorite new recipe. I added red pepper flakes to the spice mix & chopped jalapeรฑos to the sauce to give it more heat. I threw chopped potatoes, onions, carrots and a bunch of whole garlic cloves in. Used 2 kinds of olives. Feta & cilantro on top once it is plated. Amazing!