Whole CrockPot Chicken. Skip the overnight refrigeration if you are in a hurry. For variety, eliminate the onion and substitute a quartered lemon or two, stuffed into the chicken cavity. How to Make Crockpot Whole Chicken - Sweet and Savory Meals.
This Crockpot Whole Chicken recipe makes the most flavorful, juicy rotisserie style chicken. A whole chicken and vegetables cook together in the slow cooker for an easy yet impressive dinner. Broil the chicken after it's done in the slow cooker. To make Whole CrockPot Chicken you need 9 ingredients and just 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients
- You need of Sprinkle Garlic Powder.
- Prepare of Sprinkle Black Pepper.
- You need of Sprinkle Lemon Pepper.
- It's of Sprinkle Sazon with Achiote (gives chicken a beautiful color).
- It's of Sprinkle Parsley Flakes (add last).
- You need of Drizzle of Olive Oil.
- Prepare of Baby Carrots (16 ounce bag).
- It's of Yellow Onion, sliced (1 or 2).
- You need of Red Potatoes (cut up).
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Whole CrockPot Chicken method
- Prep your chicken by rinsing in cold water.
- Prep your veggies by rinsing in cold water then slicing the onions and cutting up the red potatoes.
- Cut up veggies and layer in crock pot in this order : baby carrots, sliced onions. then add red potatoes on top... I used a slow cooker liner in my crock pot, I also sprayed the liner with a cooking spray so veggies don’t stick to the bottom.
- Add clean chicken on top of veggies, then sprinkle on top of chicken garlic powder,black pepper,lemon pepper,sazon with achiote, parsley flakes, and drizzle of olive oil, sprinkle enough of the ingredients to coat chicken then take the whole crock and refrigerate overnight so chicken can get those delicious flavors !.
- That’s what mine looks like....
- The next day take out crock and let sit on countertop for at least 30 min before you add it to the cooking element.
- Place in heating element of your crock pot and cook chicken and veggies for 8 hours on low or 10 hours on low (or 3.5 hours on high)....make sure you don’t open that cover !.
- And this is the finished meal, I added the veggies back to the crock when chicken was done, it was falling off the bones ! :).
- Enjoy 😉.
Once you try this crockpot whole chicken recipe you won't cook a whole chicken any other way! It is seriously so good and loaded with flavor! I'm pretty sure it is safe to say that this slow cooker whole. It's easy to cook a whole chicken in a crock pot. All you need are a few spices and a chicken.