It seems something in blogger ate this post so I have had to republish – just in case you missed the easiest baked dinner ever, here it is again!
Our slow cooker has been a much loved winter necessity in our house for a number of years for its ease of se and the way it can magically transform cheap, tough cuts of meat into tender, warming comfort food. I just loved turning it on in the morning before work and returning at the end of a long day to a house warmed with the smells of delicious casseroles like mum had snuck into the house and been cooking up a storm all day. As much as I loved the convenience of a crock pot, I was never particularly adventurous with the meals I created in it. My standard crock pot fare was usually some kind of gravy beef casserole such as “lamb” ragout or beef goulash but that all changed a couple of weeks ago when I discovered that you can cook a WHOLE FROZEN CHICKEN in your slow cooker and it turns out just like the rotisserie style chickens you buy from the supermarket! I KNOW! Is that the most exciting thing you have ever heard??? OK, OK, I know this is not new to many of you, but just in case there is anyone else out there who was not privy to this information, I just have to share.
As much as I love to cook, baked dinner’s have never really been my forte. I have always felt that there was so much mess and clean up with a roast dinner that it just wasn’t worth the hassle when you are only feeding 2 people. I would also like to point out that this is the kitchen that I have to work with…
The fact that I make anything other than toast in here should be commended!
This is a very novice method of cooking a roast chicken in the slow cooker and if you are more experienced at this I would love you to share your tips and tricks.
Ingredients
1 x 1.5kg frozen Easy Roast Marinated and Stuffed Whole Chicken (Woolworths)
Method
- Scrunch 4-5 balls of aluminium foil and place on the base of the slow cooker – this is to keep the chicken out of the juices that will run out during the cooking process so you don’t end up with oily chicken soup.
- Cut plastic wrapping off chicken
- Remove soaker pad from chicken
- Place chicken on foil balls breast side up and cook on low for 10 hours
- Serve with roasted vegies, salad, hot chips or whatever your heart desires
Yes I am aware that my chicken looks like a spitchcock in my gigantic crock pot, I am going to test cooking 2 at once next time so we have lots of leftovers for dinners and lunches.
I have also seen recipes that use potato's wrapped in foil as the base so you get the vegies and meat all in the same pot, but I have yet to test this one out.
The chicken will be fall off the bone tender when it is cooked, in fact the legs fell off as I was lifting the chicken out to serve but it was so moist and tender that I can’t imagine cooking a whole chicken any other way!
