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DinnerCrockPot Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken Thigh
Chicken thighs cooked in a yummy Garlic Lemon butter sauce served over rice
Naomi MalmgrenIngredients
- 4 count Chicken thighs
- 1/3cup Chicken broth
- 4 cloves Diced garlic
- 1/2 stick Cut up Butter
- Italian seasoning
- Paprika
- Salt and pepper
- 1 lemon
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
Instructions
- 1Spray crockpot with pam, Place chicken thighs in crockpot skin up
- 2Season chicken thighs with how ever much seasoning you prefer
- 3Add diced garlic, lemon juice from lemon, and the chicken broth. Add the butter. Cover with the lid and cook for 4 hrs on low or 6 hrs on high. Serve w/rice.
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Open in Pepper →Why Chicken Thighs Beat Breast Every Time
Dark meat has fat that keeps thighs juicy even when the timer runs long — the piece of chicken most likely to survive a distracted weeknight cook.
Cooks on Pepper start bone-in, skin-on thighs skin-down in a cold cast-iron pan and let the fat render slowly — that's how you get shatter-crisp skin without a burnt bottom.
The recipes here are the community's favorite thigh nights — the ones with real crust, sticky glazes, and pan sauces that make plain rice into a meal.
Quick Tips
- 1
Start skin-down in a cold pan
Cold cast iron plus skin-on thighs plus slow heat equals shatter-crisp skin — no splatter, no flip needed until the fat renders.
- 2
Dry the skin thoroughly
Pat with paper towels ten minutes before cooking — wet skin steams instead of crisps.
- 3
Bone-in for the oven
Bone-in thighs stay juicier through a 425°F bake — boneless goes dry by minute 20.
- 4
Don't crowd the pan
Two inches between thighs — pack them together and they steam into gray meat instead of golden.
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