Slow Cooker Roasted Chicken

Yesterday I made the best, easiest crock pot meal EVER! (Aren’t crock pots the best?) Fall is so cozy and a slow cooked meal just adds to the coziness. Plus…my house smelled AMAZING all day!! I just had to share this recipe here in case anyone is looking for something incredibly yummy and super duper easy!! As a mom of 4 I am always looking for new idea’s on what to cook for my family. This recipe took me probably only 15 minutes to prep and in 8 hours we had the juiciest, most tender chicken I’ve ever made! Mike was thrilled and even brought some over to our neighbor who loved it as well! The kids ate the chicken but weren’t crazy about the veggies, but I knew that would happen. So I made them a side of rice.

Anywho…here’s the recipe.

Ingredients 

1 large onion (sliced)

1 bag of baby carrots (16 oz)

1 bag of frozen broccoli (12 oz)

1 (6 pound) whole chicken

1 tablespoon seasoned salt

1 tablespoon paprika

1 tablespoon black pepper

1. Line bottom of the crock pot with onions.
2. On top of the onions make “foil handles”. These make removing the chicken so easy! Fold 2 pieces of tin foil (about 18 inches long) three times and crisscross them over the onions in an X.
3. Add the carrots and broccoli over the foil handles.
4. Season the chicken with salt, pepper and paprika.
5. Add the chicken to the crockpot on top of the carrots and broccoli. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or until chicken is cooked through. (to check and make sure the chicken is cooked use a meat thermometer in the thickest part of the thigh and make sure it is at 180 degrees)
6. Remove the chicken from the crockpot using the foil handles and let stand for about 10 minutes.

Slice the chicken and dinner is served!!

A one pot meal and done! If I can make this anyone can make this…it is so SO easy! I am really starting to get into cooking where as I used to barely know how to boil water. FACT! But cooking really is becoming one of my favorite hobbies. So, the more yummy recipes I come by the more I’ll share here. I really hope you enjoy this one!!! My only regret is I didn’t take any pictures to share with you all….