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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.  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.    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.  And at the end of the day I have a delicious hot meal ready and waiting for our family dinner.  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:  1) Mix the sauce together.  2)  Pour over the chicken.  3)  Cook the chicken and add the olives and capers towards the end.

Prep time is silly minimal and the end result is simply wonderful.  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.  Plus they’re fun to make!

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

As already mentioned, be sure to make the homemade Greek seasoning.  It beats any store-bought blends and takes less than 5 minutes to make.  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 the olive oil remaining sauce ingredients.

sauce

Pour it over the chicken in the slow cooker.  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 olives 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.  Or try my Maroulosalata, a fabulous traditional Greek lettuce salad!

ENJOY!

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Greek Chicken (Slow Cooker)

This Greek Chicken is super easy to throw together for a busy weeknight.  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

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.
Course Entree, Main Course
Cuisine Greek
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46 Comments

  1. How can you substitute the preserved lemons?
    I would like to try this without having to wait 3 weeks and can’t buy them already made. Thanks.

  2. Have everything mixed and ready to go although did not sweet paprika, nor nutmeg ( used allspice instead as it’s what I’ve always used in Greek dishes, ) did not use beef bouillon as did not understand why it would used in a Greek Chicken recipe, used salt packed capers instead of ordinary capers, added mint instead of basil as I was taught basil was to be used in tomato based dishes only. I also made sure to use Greek oregano too as there’s a great difference in taste.
    Recipe is much like your Moroccan Chicken with olives which is quite lovely and of which made me decide to give this one a go too. As always, thanks for taking the time to post your great recipes!

  3. The aroma that filled the kitchen as the chicken cooked was divine. All of the flavors blended together perfectly. Definitely a winner!

    1. Hi Rob, just place the ingredients in a heavy pot or Dutch oven and simmer covered on the stovetop over medium-low for about 30 minutes. Then add the olives and capers and simmer for another 15 minutes or so. For even more flavor you can brown the chicken in a frying pan first before adding it to the pot and then proceed as directed.

  4. Boy oh boy, this was incredible! Everyone loved it and I am excited to eat leftovers for lunch!

  5. This looks wonderful! I’ve never found decent preserved lemons around here so have had to make my own. I have no idea what recipe I used, so now will save yours!