Slow Cooker Whole Chicken

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! 

Serve with a side of rice and veggies and you have a complete easy meal! :)

xoxo, 
Tiny Taster