By joining over 25, others on my email list, you'll get easy recipes and free meal plans for your busy lifestyle! You can cook vegetables in the slow cooker along with the chicken, or you can leave them out if you prefer to cook just the chicken. Crockpot Whole Chicken. A whole chicken and vegetables cook together in the slow cooker for an easy yet impressive dinner. With instructions for how to brown the chicken and make gravy from the drippings. This meal is a family favorite! Course Main Course.
Cuisine American. Keyword crockpot whole chicken, rotisserie chicken, whole chicken in crock pot. Prep Time 20 mins. Cook Time 4 hrs. Total Time 4 hrs 20 mins. Servings 8 servings. Calories kcal. Cook Mode Prevent your screen from going dark. Instructions Place the onion, carrots and potatoes in the bottom of the slow cooker. Arrange them in a single layer as much as possible.
In a small bowl, stir together the spice rub ingredients: paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, dried oregano, dried thyme, salt and pepper. Place the chicken in a baking dish to catch any excess juices. If there is a bag of innards in the cavity of the chicken, remove it and discard. Drain out any liquid that may be in the cavity. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels. Loosen the skin around the breasts. Rub the olive oil and then the spice rub over the chicken, rubbing some of the seasoning under the skin on the breasts if possible.
Place the lemon pieces and fresh rosemary or thyme sprigs in the cavity of the chicken. Cooking a chicken in a slow cooker makes it very succulent and packed full of flavour.
This simple, freezable recipe is perfect for feeding a family. Preheat the slow cooker if necessary. Put the onion and carrot in the base of the stock pot to form a protective layer to sit the chicken on, and add ml boiling water.
Gently ease the chicken skin away from the breast. Stir some salt and pepper into the butter and push the butter under the skin. Put the bay leaf in the cavity of the chicken and sit on top of the onion and carrot. Cook on low for 5 hrs, then check that the chicken is cooked by wiggling the wing — it should feel very loose.
Tip the chicken up so any liquid inside flows out, then cook on high for 30 mins. If you want the skin to be browned, grill it for a couple of minutes make sure your slow cooker insert is flameproof if you keep it in the pot, or transfer it to a roasting tin.
Using the ingredients listed below for my crockpot whole chicken recipe, you want to rub garlic on the outside of the chicken. Then, put the spices on the outside and inside of the chicken. Add a cut up lemon inside the cavity of the chicken and then lay the chicken on top of the vegetables in the slow cooker.
Cover the slow cooker. It will take four to eight hours on low to cook a whole chicken in a crock pot. It really depends on the size of your chicken. When I made a 4 pound chicken, it took about 6 hours. There's no need to add water when making my recipe for slow cooker whole chicken because when the chicken is cooking in the crock pot, it creates a broth. Definitely use that broth to flavor the meat and keep it moist for when you save it for leftovers. No, you shouldn't put a frozen chicken into a crock pot.
If you want to use my recipe for crockpot whole chicken, you'll want to fully defrost the chicken first. But you can roast chicken from frozen. Pat your chicken dry with a clean paper towel. Rub the outside of the chicken with garlic and place the garlic inside. I try to put the insides of the lemons up against the insides of the chicken, see how the outsides of the lemon quarters are touching? When making this slow cooker whole chicken recipe, place the chicken on top of the vegetables.
This creates the best cooking situation for the chicken. Cooking a whole chicken inside of the slow cooker creates a lot of broth and resting the chicken on top of veggies keeps the chicken from failing apart too much.
But it's inevitable, the chicken does fall apart a little bit. The meat is so moist and tender and it's honestly, the only way we make a roast chicken these days!
I show you how easy it is to put the slow cooker whole chicken recipe together in this video below. Do I need to add water to the crockpot? Nope no water needed. This recipe actually makes broth while it's cooking the chicken.
You can strain it and use it for a later recipe if you want! How do I get the skin crispy? After it's done in the crockpot, see the instructions in the recipe to crisp up the skin in your oven broiler.
Can I cook this recipe skinless? I have never tried it but I have seen other bloggers post a recipe where they did it. If you want to, definitely try it! I can't guarantee it will turn out the same as with the skin moist and tender since I haven't tried it myself. Can I make this recipe with a frozen chicken? I wouldn't do this. Be sure to thaw your chicken first and then place it in the your crockpot using the instructions above.
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Grease a large slow cooker with cooking spray. Roll a few small balls of aluminum foil and place in slow cooker, creating a rack for the chicken.
In a small bowl, whisk together brown sugar, chili powder, paprika, and thyme. Pat chicken dry with paper towels and season generously with salt and pepper. Rub brown sugar mixture all over chicken, then place in slow cooker, breast side up.
Remove chicken from slow cooker. To crisp up the skin, transfer chicken to a large baking sheet and broil until golden, 3 to 4 minutes.
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