Few things are as simple as cooking in a slow cooker. You just dump everything in and walk away for hours. What more could you want?
And the best part is that after you’ve cooked your chicken and shredded it off the bones, you can put all the bones and extras (with the liquid from cooking the chicken and some extra water) back into the slow cooker and cook that overnight. You’ll have a marvelous chicken broth for making soups or just keeping in the freezer for various uses.
Ingredients
Directions
Slice your carrots, celery and onions and place in the bottom of your slow cooker.
Put the whole chicken on top of that.
Sprinkle the chicken with lemon juice and then as much of the spices as you like. (Enough to cover the top of the chicken at least)
Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
NOTE: Save the broth! Strain everything out and put the broth in the fridge overnight. In the morning, skim the fat off the top and you've got a delicious broth for soups (I'll have some soup recipes coming soon. Put the broth in the freezer if you won't use it right away.)
Nutritional Information not available for this recipe as it will depend on how large your chicken is and how many servings you break it in to.
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Hello,
Please let me know. Thank you so much! 
cant wait to try this!
I was reading your recipe for cooking a whole chicken in the crock pot. I didnt see any water listed in the ingredients or directions. Not sure if that was an accident on not putting that in the list or not. So, silly question, are we not supposed to but in liquid? I am afraid I might burn the chicken
Nope! No liquid. There is enough liquid that comes out of the chicken. Plus, it’s sitting on the veggies. It’ll be fine.
How long would I cook this on a high setting? Can’t wait to try! Thanks!
I’ve never tried. But I would guess it’s almost the same amount of time. The temp on a slow cooker isn’t any different between high and low. The difference is in how fast it reaches that temperature. You could check it in 4-6 hours, but use a meat thermometer to be sure that the meat is fully cooked. Check it in several places.