Slow Cooker Whole Chicken

2/11/2014

The weekend was a rainy dreary one... and this made me soooooo lazy. All I wanted to do was watch movies or read my books. I am in the second book of the Divergent series, Insurgent and I LOVE it! If you liked the Hunger Games trilogy you'll love this one! So since I felt so lazy, I wanted to make a delicious dinner that night with the smallest effort. Immediately I thought "slow cooker!". I ran over to the grocery store and picked up this beautiful non hormone, non antibiotic, vegetarian fed whole chicken. Perfect! Such an easy way to make a tender, tasty, juicy bird!

Total Time: 6 hours
Servings: 4

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken, preferably without hormones, antibiotics and preservatives. Ask your butcher!
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp paprika
1/2 tbsp salt
1/2 tbsp pepper
1/2 tbsp garlic powder
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tbsp McCormick Sicilian Seasoning
Slow Cooker
Aluminum foil

Directions:

Take a small bowl and add all the seasonings with the olive oil and mix.

Take the chicken out of the package, rinse the chicken well and place on a plate. Take some paper towels and dry off the chicken well on every side.
Rub the spice mix all over the chicken, massaging it into the skin.
Let the chicken sit for a minute while you wash your hands and grab some foil. Roll 4 pieces of foil into balls and place them at the bottom of the slow cooker. This is so the chicken doesn't stick and fall apart at the bottom.
Set the slow cooker to low heat.
Place the chicken inside!

Cover and allow to cook on low for 5-6 hours. If you wiggle one of the legs it should pretty much pull off the chicken super easy. If you have a thermometer, it should read 165 degrees in the thickest part of the chicken.
I also basted the chicken every 1.5 hours.
This is what it will look like when its ready...

Hmmm.... its missing some color and crispiness right? Place it in an oven safe dish, throw it in the broiler on high for about 8-10 minutes or until it looks like this! The skin will be crispy and delicious and the meat will be so juicy!