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slicing slow cooker chicken which is served on a platter plate with peas, parsnips, carrots, onion and stuffing balls
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Slow Cooker Whole Chicken

Our slow cooker whole chicken recipe is about to make your life a whole lot easier. It's super simple, and the slow cooker does all the work. The result? A perfectly cooked chicken that's moist, flavourful, and just waiting to be devoured.
Perfect for any night of the week or as part of your Sunday roast, this recipe can be adjusted for any size of chicken (that will fit in your slow cooker). We've got cooking times for all sizes in the notes section (below the recipe), including low and high setting times. For best results use low setting.
We have served it as a slow cooker roast chicken but, feel free to play around with seasonings and serve it with rice or potatoes, and veggies for a wholesome meal.
So, what are you waiting for? Grab that slow cooker and let's get cooking!
Prep Time10 minutes
Active Time6 hours
Resting Time20 minutes
Total Time6 hours 30 minutes
Course: Dinner, Main Course, Roast Dinner
Cuisine: British, European
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Yield: 6 People
Calories: 401kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 2 kg Whole Chicken
  • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 1 tablespoon All Purpose Seasoning Can substitute for other seasonings see notes.
  • 4 Carrots
  • 1 Onion

Gravy using cooked chicken juices

  • 1 Stock Cube
  • 200 ml Boiling Water
  • 1 tablespoon Cornflour mixed with equal amount of water

Instructions

  • Remove 2 kg Whole Chicken from the fridge pat dry with kitchen paper towel. Cover and allow to come to room temperature for 1 hour.
    Patting dry a whole chicken with paper towel
  • Cut 4 Carrots into large chunks and 1 Onion into quarters. Place them down on the base of the slow cooker.
    These help keep the base of the chicken base out of the juices and also add flavour to the juices, which will help create a delicious gravy later.
    Chopped onion and carrots in a slow cooker pot
  • Mix 1 tbsp All Purpose Seasoning together with 1 tbsp Olive Oil.
    See the notes for more seasoning ideas
    Stirring olive oil and all purpose seasoning together in a bowl using a spoon
  • Rub the mixture all over the chicken, breast, legs, wings and base. We find it easiest to use your hands!
    Rubbing the seasoning over a whole chicken using hands
  • Add the chicken on top of the vegetables.
    A raw whole chicken on top of chopped onion and carrots in a slow cooker pot
  • We like to tie the legs together to stop them touching the sides.
    Tying the legs together of a whole chicken in a slow cooker using kitchen twine
  • Pop the lid on and cook in the slow cooker.
    These times listed are for a large chicken - 2 kg
    Recommended - Low - 6 Hours
    Quicker Option - High - 4 Hours
    See the notes section for cooking times of other-size chickens.
    Placing the glass lid on top of the slow cooker with a whole chicken inside the pot
  • 10 minutes before cooking time has ended. Preheat the oven to 200 °C fan / 220 °C /425 °F/ Gas Mark 7
    After the allocated time, lift the chicken out of the slow cooker pot using two forks and tip it up to allow juices to drip out of the cavity. Place on a baking tray.
    Slow Cooker Whole Chicken cooked sitting in the pot
  • Add the carrots and onions to the roasting tin around the slow cooked chicken. Baste the chicken using some of the stock in the slow cooker.
    Pouring stock juices over the whole chicken in a roasting tin with carrots and onions
  • Cook in the preheated oven ( 200°C fan / 220°C /425°F/ Gas Mark 7 ) for 10-15 minutes to allow the skin to brown and crisp.
    Or, you could perform this step in an air fryer at 200℃ for 5-10 minutes.
    To check doneness, use a meat thermometer to check the internal temperature of the thickest part of the chicken (usually the thigh or the breast) has reached 75°C/165°F.
    Slow Cooker Whole Chicken in a roasting tin with carrots and onion in the oven

Make gravy using leftover chicken cooking juices

  • Pour the leftover cooked chicken juices through a sieve into a large frying pan.
    Leftover chicken juices being poured into a sieve to collect onions and carrots from the slow cooker pot
  • Mix 1 tbsp Cornflour with an equal amount of water and pour into pan whilst whisking.
    cornflour and water mixture in a bowl
  • Boil to thicken.
    cornflour slurry being added to chicken gravy
  • Optional* If extra gravy is needed, mix 1 Stock Cube with 200 ml Boiling Water and add to the gravy pan.
    chicken stock being added to chicken gravy
  • Season with salt and pepper
    salt and pepper added to chicken gravy
  • If the gravy is too thin, add more cornflour with water and bring it back to a boil until thickened.
    pouring gravy into a gravy boat
  • Serve the slow cooker roast chicken with the vegetables and other roast dinner side dishes.
    slow cooker chicken which is served on a platter plate with peas, parsnips, carrots, onion and stuffing balls and a gravy boat filled with gravy on the side

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Notes

Small Chicken ~ 1kg - 1.5kg
Recommended - Low ~ 4 Hours
Quicker Option - High ~ 3 Hours
Medium Chicken ~ 1.6kg - 1.9kg
Recommended - Low ~ 5 Hours
Quicker Option - High ~ 3½ Hours
Large Chicken ~ 2kg - 2.5kg
Recommended - Low ~  6 Hours
Quicker Option - High ~ 4 Hours
 

Nutrition

Calories: 401kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 120mg | Sodium: 142mg | Potassium: 491mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 7061IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 75mg | Iron: 3mg