Lemon Garlic Slow Cooker Roast Chicken
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4.9
225 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
5 hrs
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Total Time
5 hrs 10 mins
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Servings
5 - 6 people
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Calories
478 kcal
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Course
Main Course, Dinner
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Cuisine
American
Lemon Garlic Slow Cooker Roast Chicken
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Recipe video above. This is a quick and easy yet amazing way to cook a whole chicken in the slow cooker - it's a slow cooker "roast chicken"! It's so moist and juicy inside, like it’s been brined or marinated. VERY forgiving recipe!
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Ingredients
- 2 kg / 4 lb whole chicken , patted dry (Note 1)
Rub (Note 2):
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 2.5 tbsp olive oil (or melted butter), plus extra for drizzling
- 3 garlic cloves , minced
- 1 large lemon , all zest + all juice
Lemon Sauce:
- 1 tbsp cornflour/cornstarch mixed with 1 tbsp water
- 1 extra lemon , just in case
Instructions
- Rub – Mix Rub ingredients. should be fairly thick and sludgy. Adjust with extra oil if too thick.
- Loosen Skin: Use upside spoon to loosen skin of chicken (see video). Spoon most of the Rub under the skin, leaving about 1 tbsp mostly oil for the skin. Use hands or spoon on skin to spread the paste - doesn't need to be perfect.
- Stuff used lemon inside the chicken.
- Put rack inside slow cooker (Note 3), place chicken on top. Spread with remaining sludge, sprinkle with a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Slow cook 5 hours on low or 3 hours on high, or until juices run clear or internal temperature is 75C / 165F using a meat thermometer. (Note 4 for other cook methods)
- Brown skin: Remove chicken from slow cooker, drizzle with a bit of extra oil. Grill/broil on medium high for 5 to 10 minutes to brown the skin (~25cm /10" from heat source). Or oven 240C/450F for 10 min.
- Spoon over pan juices, then serve with Lemon Sauce! (No need to rest chicken)
Lemon Sauce:
- Pour all slow cooker liquid into a saucepan, add cornflour / water mixture. Mix.
- Bring to simmer over medium high and cook until liquid thickens to thin syrup (depends how much liquid you have, usually 3 min or so). Adjust salt and pepper to taste, add more lemon if desired (the extra lemon). Pour into jug.
Notes
- Chicken - Remove giblets or anything else inside. If frozen, thaw completely. See below for cook times for different weights.
- Herbs - can sub with other dried herbs of choice OR use finely chopped fresh but double quantity. Can also stuff a bunch of herbs inside!
- Alternative to rack - use big sheet foil, scrunch into “rope” then form ring. Or 4 balls of foil. Aim is to elevate chicken out of liquids that it produces while cooking.
- Other Cook Methods:Pressure cook - Add ½ cup water and pressure cook for 24 minutes on high (depressure naturally 10 min before releasing valve).Oven - Follow directions in this juicy Roast Chicken recipe.
- Slow Cooker Cook Times: 1-1.5kg / 2-3 lb - 4.5 hrs on low 1.75-2.25kg / 3.5-4.5 lb - 5 hrs on low2.5kg / 5lb - 6 hrs on lowFor almost "all apart" meat, add 1 to 2 hours onto the cook times. Flesh is still juicy!
- Pressure Cooker: 6 minutes per 500g/1lb of chicken.
- Prep Ahead / Storage: Prepare chicken with rub under and on skin. Refrigerate up to 48 hours then slow cook per recipe. Cooked chicken keeps for 3 to 4 days in the fridge.
- Nutrition per serving assumes all sauce is consumed.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
263g
Calories
478cal
(24%)
Protein
35g
(70%)
Fat
35g
(54%)
Saturated Fat
9g
(45%)
Cholesterol
144mg
(48%)
Sodium
484mg
(20%)
Potassium
370mg
(11%)
Vitamin A
270IU
(5%)
Vitamin C
3.6mg
(4%)
Calcium
28mg
(3%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 5- 6 people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 478 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 263g | |
| Calories | 478cal | 24% |
| Protein | 35g | 70% |
| Fat | 35g | 54% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Cholesterol | 144mg | 48% |
| Sodium | 484mg | 20% |
| Potassium | 370mg | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 270IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 3.6mg | 4% |
| Calcium | 28mg | 3% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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