Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken and Rice

Ingredients

• 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 cup Brookshire Brothers Fresh Harvest Long Grain Rice
• 2 cups Food Club Chicken Broth
• 4 cloves garlic, minced 
• Zest of 1 lemon 
• Juice of 1 lemon, divided 
• 1 teaspoon Food Club Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon Food Club Black Pepper
• 1 tablespoon Food Club Olive Oil

Directions

1. Grease a large (5 or 6-quart) slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray. 
2. Add rice, chicken broth, minced garlic, lemon zest, juice of ½ the lemon, salt and pepper to the slow cooker and stir until combined. 
3. Preheat a skillet over medium high heat and add olive oil. Sprinkle chicken with additional salt and pepper and brown in skillet on both sides, about 4-5 minutes on each side. 
4. Place browned chicken breasts in slow cooker on top of rice mixture. 
5. Cover and cook on high for 2 hours, or until chicken is cooked through and rice is al dente. Check chicken after 1 ½ hours for doneness and remove from slow cooker early if necessary. Chicken is done with no longer pink in the middle and an instant read thermometer reads 165°F.  
6. When rice and chicken are done, drizzle with juice from remaining ½ lemon and fluff rice with a fork. Serve immediately.