Slow Cooker Whole Chicken

In this video I go through the steps to preparing and cooking a slow cooker whole chicken. This is a super easy dish that you can just leave cooking for 8 hours.

If you’re curious for the exact list of ingredients for this recipe, then you can find them right below. Of course it’s up to you if you want the vegetables or not, but they really do help make this dish be even better.
Vegetables
• 3 Sticks of celery
• 4 Potatoes
• 2 Carrots
• 1 Brown onion
The Seasoning
• 4 tsp. chicken salt
• 1 tsp. cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp. thyme
• 2 tsp. paprika
The chicken and stuffing
• 3-4 Garlic Cloves
• 1 Onion Halved
• 1 Whole Chicken
• 1 Tbsp. vegetable Oil

If you’re expecting crispy skin, then you will be disappointed. Slow cooking results in a delicious tender chicken but doesn’t use dry heat so the outside won’t crisp up. You could try placing it in a hot oven once it’s cooked but this this may result in an overcooked chicken.

If your crock pot/slow cooker is too small, then you can try halving the chicken and placing it in that way. However, keep in mind it might cook a lot faster.

I recommend coating the chicken and leaving it to marinade for about 6 hours. This will help encourage stronger flavours resulting in a much better tasting chicken.

The leftover chicken can be used in a whole range of different dishes. For example, I used it in some delicious sandwiches with avocado and baby spinach. You could even use it in a pasta, curry or other dishes.

[lisagriff]

what did you spray the slow cooker with?

[antonioortiz]

Either that chicken is really small or that person's hands are huge.