Crockpot lemon basil chicken. In a bowl, mix together chicken broth, lemon juice, basil and parsley. Set aside; Place chopped carrots on the bottom of your slow cooker. Next layer chicken breasts on top of carrots and season both side with lemon pepper.

Add zest and juice to slow cooker. Tear basil leaves directly into slow cooker. I'm a firm believer that the key to good slow cooker or electric pressure cooker (Instant Pot) recipe is a good sauce. You can have Crockpot lemon basil chicken using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Crockpot lemon basil chicken

You need of Chicken breast boneless skinless.
Prepare 1 carton of vegetable broth.
It's 1 bag of baby carrots.
It's of Potatoes I used about 5 red skin more or less up to u.
You need to taste of Basil.
Prepare to taste of Salt pepper.
It's 1/2-3/4 of thinly sliced lemon.
It's 1/2 cup of butter.

A lot of my recipes are all about the sauce. This is another one of them. Lemon Basil Chicken Thighs Crockpot Recipe Instructions. Read carefully because the following is so easy, you'll think you missed a step.

Crockpot lemon basil chicken step by step

Yup started frozen no time for tht prep stuff today added butter salt pepper.
About a hr later flip add basil and half the lemons u plan on using on top of chicken. Add about 1/2 cup of broth here or just enough to cover bottom of pot.
About 2 hrs later flip add more broth add carrots to top cover again let cook for another 1hr before adding potatoes top w a few more lemons before closing. When u add potatoes add the rest of the broth. All to fully cook the rest of way. Add the remaining lemons here stir n close till done.

Add the lemon juice, chicken stock, and then the spices. Notice that we included basil and garlic. You can marinade the recipe overnight, if needed. We like to use this tool to zest limes. You will be amazed how much flavor lime zest can add to your dishes AND it is way easier to do than you think.