One of the easiest and tastiest chicken recipes you'll ever make! This Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken is tender, juicy, and so flavorful. It makes an amazing sauce that loves to be poured over rice or mashed potatoes.
Prep: Trim any fat or remaining skin off of chicken thighs. Grate 1 teaspoon lemon zest from lemons and reserve for later (after chicken is cooked). Juice lemons until 1/4 cup juice is obtained.
Add chicken, oil, salt, pepper, paprika, oregano, and garlic to slow cooker and toss until chicken is well coated with spices. Nestle thyme sprigs into chicken mixture. Add lemon juice, taking care not to wash spices from top of chicken. Cover and cook until chicken is tender, 4 to 6 hours on low.
Discard thyme sprigs. Transfer chicken to serving dish. Stir in reserved 1 teaspoon lemon zest and parsley (if using) into sauce in slow cooker, then spoon sauce over chicken.