Crockpot whole chicken

This is a great alternative to buying a rotisserie chicken for a lot of reasons - you can be sure of the chicken you're getting (I was recently told that the grocery stores will sometimes put the "about to expire" chickens into the rotisserie), you can cut down on a lot of the fat, and you can season it however you may want!

It's so easy, this is how I do it

Ingredients

1 whole chicken - make sure nothing is
1/2 onion (white or yellow)
1 lemon
2-4 cloves garlic, depending on how much you like garlic!

Spices

2 tsp salt 

2  tsp paprika
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder

 Directions



1. Chop up onion, put on bottom of crockpot
2. Slice lemon. I sliced 3/4 thicker, and put those on the bottom of the crockpot
3. Peel garlic cloves. Place with onion and lemon.

4. Combine all spices in a bowl - or use whatever seasoning you like!



5. Clean the chicken, make sure no giblets, etc., inside.

6. Take the skin off the chicken. This really cuts down on the fat, but because of the way we are cooking it, it doesn't lose flavor or dry out!

7. Rub spices all over the chicken

8. Place the chicken in the crockpot. After this photo, I sliced the remaining lemon thinly and placed on top of chicken with a few sprigs of rosemary.

9. Put crockpot on low and walk away! You don't need to add any liquid, the chicken will cook in its own juices.

I cooked for about 6 hours. You can cook it for as long as you need. Once you take the chicken out, it will literally fall off the bone. I serve it to the family sliced up, and the rest is great for chicken salad.

Enjoy!