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Whole Chicken Made in the Crock Pot

9/9/15

This recipe for cooking a whole chicken in a crockpot makes dinner easy

How to make cook a whole chicken in the Crock Pot

Hey friends! With this being the busiest time of the year, I like to really put my crock pot to use. I don’t care how easy a dish may be- if I can put in in my crock pot, I will! Lately, whole chickens have been cheaper than usual at my local grocery store, so I’ve bought a few with several recipes in mind.  I figured that if I made one whole chicken, I could make at least 4 freezer meals out of it. So after I planned my four meals, I decided to cook the chicken. How did I cook the chicken? Not in the oven.. Not on my stovetop.. I cooked the whole chicken in my Crock Pot, and OMG!! It was so juicy and tender! Let me tell you how I did it.

Tender and juicy chicken seasoned with delicious herbs and spices, slow cooked in a crock pot

To be completely honest, there really isn’t much to this recipe. I simply season the chicken then stuff the chicken’s cavity with onions and whole garlic cloves.

Instead of using chicken broth for this recipe, I used plain ol’ water.  I didn’t want to over season the chicken with a broth, because I’m using this chicken for several different recipes. Once everything was done, I reserved the liquid from the Crock Pot, and froze it so that I can make a nice pot of homemade chicken broth at a later date. FYI, you can use chicken broth is you want to.

You can fit a whole chicken in a crock pot
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Whole Chicken Made in the Crock Pot

This juicy and tender chicken is seasoned with herbs and spices and slow cooked to perfection. Such a simple and hassle-free recipe!
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Keyword Whole Chicken Cooked in a Crock Pot
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 15 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Author I Heart Recipes

Ingredients

  • 4-6 lb whole chicken cleaned and cavity emptied
  • 2 medium sized yellow onions chopped
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 2 tsp of poultry seasoning
  • 2 tsp celery seed
  • 2 tbsp of olive oil or an vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp Mrs. Dash original seasoning
  • 1 tbsp onion powder
  • 2 tbsp garlic powder
  • 4 cups water

Instructions

  • Drizzle the olive oil all over the chicken.
  • Sprinkle on all of the seasonings, then rub all over the chicken.
  • Stuff the chicken cavity with the onions and garlic cloves. If there are any leftover onions, toss them into the Crock Pot.
  • Place the chicken into the Crock Pot, then pour in 4 cups of water.
  • Cover the Crock Pot with the lid, then set the Crock Pot on HIGH, and let cook for 4 hours, or on low for 8 hours.
  • CAREFULLY remove the chicken from the Crock Pot, and place it into a bake dish.
  • Turn your oven on BROIL.
  • Place the chicken into the oven, and broil until the skin turns golden brown.
  • Remove from the oven, let cool, and Serve.

Like many of my recipes, I didn’t use any salt. I used a salt free seasoning. You CAN use salt if you choose.

Watch the video tutorial

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Comments

  1. ava winans says

    September 9, 2015 at 7:37 pm

    I made the mac & and cheese it was soooooo Yummy…. keep em’ coming.

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      September 10, 2015 at 4:26 pm

      Awesome!

      Reply
  2. Devoria says

    September 10, 2015 at 3:06 am

    This is going to be great for one of my Fall/Winter dinners. Thanks for sharing

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      September 10, 2015 at 4:27 pm

      Thank you for coming by Devoria

      Reply
  3. Elouise Johnson says

    January 10, 2016 at 11:00 pm

    Gosh ,Rosie I check your videos out the pinto ham hock, and whole chicken in the ctock pot you come up with some of the grates sold food recipes and they are very easy to follow I to like pinto beans and ham hock this will be my recipe for this week and the next week the whole chicken the week after that haha Rosie you save us single mom’s as well thank goodness for the crock pot

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      January 11, 2016 at 8:10 pm

      Hi Elouise! Definitely give those recipes a try! They are amazing!

      Reply
      • Elouise Johnson says

        January 14, 2016 at 5:39 pm

        Thanks Rosie I will

        Reply
  4. ginni says

    July 17, 2016 at 9:13 pm

    4 stars
    Thanks Rosie. It was delicious Juicy Tender.

    Reply
  5. Oneika says

    November 19, 2018 at 6:40 am

    Hi Rosie what size crockpot would you use for this?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 19, 2018 at 9:13 am

      I think I used my 6qt.

      Reply
  6. Kiyana says

    November 19, 2018 at 4:58 pm

    5 stars
    Can I cook on the stove instead ?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 19, 2018 at 5:17 pm

      Sure, but the oven would probably be easier.

      Reply

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