Whole Crock Pot Chicken Recipe - Food.com (2024)

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1. Please...tell me...how do you "unthaw" a chicken?? Wouldn't that mean to freeze it?

   Barbara B.

2. I have to try this. It sounds too good to pass up. But, I am cooking for one. I don't like a lot of leftovers, especially chicken as it gets boring. My question is - has anyone tried this with a smaller bird? Something less than 3 pounds - maybe a Cornish game hen or pheasant?

   Caddy Lady

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3. How much water do I add to this recipe?

   Valerie K.

4. Do I add water? It might be a dumb question but this is my first time I’m doing this! ??

   cjjruiz35

Reviews

1. This was wonderful and easy. I put the onions UNDER the chicken with some mini carrots. I put the sauce ingredients (minus onions) in a mini processor and poured it over. This will make some great chicken broth. I just leave the bones and stuff in the crock pot, add water and let cook on low overnight. Then I strain and put in containers in the freezer.

   WI Cheesehead

2. "Cut food into chunks or small pieces to ensure thorough cooking. Do not use the slow cooker for large pieces like a roast or a whole chicken because the food will cook so slowly it could remain in the bacterial "Danger Zone" — between 40 °F and 140 °F — too long."http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/NR_013106_01/index.asp

   SRF68

3. Oh my God!!!!! This was the best chicken I have ever cooked!! I would give it 20 stars if I could.!! Thank you so much for the recipe. I didn't use a frozen chicken, but kept everything else the same. The broth was outstanding. I added rice the last 1/2 hour of cooking and it was beyond words!! Fellow foodies, this recipe is a must and a big keeper!!! Thanks again!! Jules

   jules1962

4. Fantastic! Used a 4.25 lb. FRESH (not frozen) chicken in a large oval crockpot on LOW for 6 HOURS and it was falling off the bone, moist & cooked perfectly. Such an easy way to cook chicken for soup, casseroles, burrito fillings and more without heating up the house with a traditional oven.

   BerrySweet

5. Excellent recipe, I'm so happy to have found a whole chicken crockpot recipe that's delicious and easy! I did thaw the 5.25 pound chicken overnight and then cooked it on low for 8 hours. I increased the ingredients by about 1/3 (except the kosher salt) because of the size of the bird, but next time I think I'll cut down the amount of honey to 1.5 tbs and up the salt. I also added about 1 cup of rice to the broth mix and bumped it up to high for 30 minutes thanks to another reviewer's awesome suggestion. Thanks so much for the keeper!

   lolablitz

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Tweaks

1. I thought I had a whole chicken in the freezer, but it was a quarter chicken- so I modified the recipe. I used fresh rosemary instead of dried, bumped up the fresh garlic to abut 5 cloves, didn't have onion powder, forgot to add the honey, and added some fresh serano chili. I cooked it overnight (10 hours even for the quarter chicken) then took the meat off of the bones in the morning. It smells great and tastes even better. Wonderful recipe! Thank You!

   AlmostVegan

2. The only amendment I made was to replace butter with olive oil to keep the receipe kosher. It was amazing! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed and the chicken was moist, but not falling apart.<br/><br/>The only thing I noticed was the puree turing a bright green as it cooked, I think it was an oxidation - but I turned the chicken over in the last hour and the end result was great!

   allrmine

3. This is my new favorite Zaar recipe!!! I love that I can use the leftovers (which I freeze) for my chicken and dumplings. The broth has so much more depth than your normal stewed chicken. I use a fresh chicken so the cooking time is cut to 6 hours. I leave out the mushrooms (they got a little tough for my taste) and substituted the rosemary with thyme and the butter with olive oil. I also place some of the paste under the skin. Thank you for a truly wonderful recipe.

   Deely

4. I used 5 bone-in chicken breasts instead of the whole chicken. The chicken was very tender and it smelled very nice as it was cooking. Thanks a lot!

   hippeastrum

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