Whole Chicken Cooked in Slow Cooker
 
 
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Recipe type: Chicken
Ingredients
  • Whole roasting chicken – between 3-5 pounds - Fresh or thawed. Don’t try this with a frozen whole chicken.
  • 2 medium onions, sliced in half
SEASONING
  • 1 Tablespoon italian seasoning
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 1.5 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon paprika – I prefer smoked paprika, but any kind works.
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic – dried or fresh
Instructions
  1. Clean out the giblets and other items in the chicken. Save for other recipe or discard.
  2. Clean up chicken – I like to cut off any large fat chunks. I like to rinse the chicken and pat dry with a paper towel. Set chicken aside.
  3. Peel and slice onions in half. Place the four onion halves, flat side down in crockpot. I like to do this because it props up the chicken and keeps it off the main heat and out of the juices.
  4. Place chicken, breasts down, on top of the onions.
  5. In a small bowl, mix together the olive oil and the seasonings.
  6. Pour seasoning on to chicken and rub it all around. Give the chicken a thick coating of seasonings.
  7. Turn slow cooker on low and cook for 8 hours on low (or 4-5 hours on high).
  8. Using a meat thermometer, confirm temperature is at least 165 degrees (per food safety standards)
  9. Pull chicken apart – watch for bones, the whole chicken should come apart easily – much easier than when roasting so it’s much more prone to little bones.
  10. Serve hot and enjoy.
Recipe by A Happy Hive at https://ahappyhive.com/whole-chicken-cooked-slow-cooker-2/