Crock Pot Rotisserie Chicken

This is our new go-to roasted chicken recipe! I also wrap potatoes in foil and put in the bottom of the slow cooker (no sense wasting good cooking space!).

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This is a wonderfully simple recipe to obtain a delicious and extremely tender chicken. I made as directed. However not having any olive oil cooking spray, I simply poured about 2-3 TBSP of extra virgin olive oil over my very large chicken and also sprinkled with the salt and pepper and also used a "Rustic Tuscan Seasoning" from Costco. I don't recall how many pounds this chicken was, but it filled the top to the brim of my Kitchenaid Crockpot. I allowed it to cook on high for the full 6 hours, then I lowered the temp to low and cooked an additional 2 hours. While the chicken was cooking, I simmered the giblets in water with onion, carrots and celery. When the chicken was done, I removed the chicken from the crockpot. Then in a separate container added 1/2 cup of flour to enough water to make a stir-able consistency. I then stirred this mixture into the crockpot, adding enough of my chicken broth from the giblets to make gravy. Then turned the crockpot up to high until thickened. This chicken is so tender, delicious and very flavorful! I served with mashed potatoes, corn and the best gravy anyone could ask for! Best of all, there are enough leftovers for a second meal : ) Thank you, CookinMamaof3!

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I used lemon pepper seasoning on my chicken. It came out delicious.

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Unfortunately, this didn't turn out great for us -- it was very dry. I was surprised after reading all the reviews. I think it was my fault for cooking it too long. I had 3 large bone in breasts and cooked on low for 4 hours. I added lemon pepper and seasoning salt and it needed more flavor. I love the simplicity of the recipe and the smell it was filling the kitchen with. Will try again and cook less and add more seasoning.

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This was super easy! I stuffed the inside of the bird with celery tops and a small onion halved. After I did the olive oil I used some old bay seasoning and pepper. I tried the potatoes in the foil, wouldn't do that again as they got really coated in chicken grease. I kinda overcooked it as my grandson was here so it was well ready before the rest of my dinner lol! All in all will make this my recipe for cooking a whole chicken. Thanks so much for posting this super recipe!

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I have been making your recipe for years, kept forgetting to review it. We love how juicy the chicken is & doesn't cook in the fat. Thank you for sharing the recipe.

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This is a keeper. I love the idea of dinner being done when you get home. We have made this so often, and add different spices as we go. Thanks for posting.

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This was very good, it will be a regular in my kitchen. The meat fell right off the bone when it was finished.

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5 stars for ease. I tried the potatoes in the foil idea (they were precooked already ) though and used Spike seasoning. I also rubbed the chicken with real olive oil. Great for when you don't get it in the crockpot until the afternoon. I started it at 2:00 and it was probably done by 5:30, but let it go until 6:15. Will make chicken stock out of the bones and juice. Love this idea to add to my crockpot collection.

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This was incredibly easy! I had a 4.3 lb chicken. I stuck it in the crockpot on high for 4 1/2 hours. It was slightly overdone after that time, but we were out and couldn't check on it earlier. It still tasted wonderful. It's a bit bland, but I assume you could easily add more flavor. A great base recipe!

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This was a huge hit in my house. I used an organic chicken from Costco with a Mediterranean seasoning rub. I used the potatoes in foil idea and my crock pot's meat thermometer based cooking method (cooked until it reached 180). The only problem in my case is that it was done in less than four hours and so it dried out just a tiny bit in the two-three more hours it sat in the crock pot before dinner time. I'd just start it later next time. Other than that minor issue, it was great. It was still fairly moist and it didn't have that weird sulpher taste of most deli chickens. Will definitely do again - many times.

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Great stuff and really easy. Thanks for sharing.

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OHHHH yea! This is great, so easy and tender too! The kids even made a Happy Plate. Thanks

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Love the idea of the foil, not sure if I will do a whole chicken in the crock-pot again. It was nice and tender but when DH went to take some of the chicken breast it literally fell apart to where he got tons of bones. So after dinner I picked apart the chicken and will use it for a different meal. I might use this again if whole chicken is very cheap, and I need chicken meat for another recipe. Thanks for the idea.

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I've had this recipe in my "To Try" cookbook for quite awhile now, and finally tried it. It was wonderful! Those little deli chickens will still have a use for a whirly hurry night, but I will never buy another one when I have a choice and some time to throw a chicken into my crockpot. I had a 5 lb. chicken, seasoned it with Johnny's Dock Seasoning Salt, and plunked it into my crockpot. After 3 hours on high I could see the meat was pulling off the leg bones, so I turned it to low and just let it go for another 1 1/2 hours until dinnertime. The chicken was, as said by others, fall-off-the-bone, and wonderfully juicy and tender! We didn't miss any crispy skin, as we take the skin off for health reasons. I poured the juices left in the pot into my fat separator, and ended up with a very yummy gravy, and not fat-loaded! WOW. This is one of those recipes that will go down in history and we all smack ourselves on the forehead and say, "Why didn't I think of that?!" Thanks, CookinMama!

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I used the potato idea and it comes out perfectly every time! If you throw some veges in the last hour or two you have a whole meal in a pot. My family went nuts over this and we make it almost once a week now. It is tasty as is but you can easily tweak it with what spices you rub on it or by stuffing the chicken with various things. By the time it is done the chicken is melting off the bones and falling apart!

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I love this chicken. I rarely bought rotisserie chicken, because I was never sure how long it had been sitting in the warming oven. I followed the recipe exactly and the result was a perfectly cooked, juicy, tender chicken. How much simpler can you get. I liked the idea of wrapping potatoes in foil to use instead of the foil balls, and may try this the next time I make it. Thank you, CookinMamaof2, my dinner is delicious! Sue

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Not sure why this has so many 5 star reviews. Im' giving 3 stars for the method of using the foil.....but.......the chicken was so bland. I followed the recipe as written, I guess I just like a lot more flavorful meat. The one good thing about this recipe is that you can use this recipe in recipes that use cooked chicken. Sorry this chicken didn't work for us but thanks for the foil idea.

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We love chicken cooked this way. It seems to be a combination of baking and steaming and is great! The chicken is very moist and tender. I also cook bone-in turkey breasts with this method. I use whatever seasoning feels right at the time and they all work. I highly recommend this recipe and would give it more stars if I could. Thanks for posting a great CP recipe/method.

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I love cooking my chickens like this. It is so tasty and easy to make. I have been using this method for years. You can really season this any way you like it but I too like it with the seasoning salt.

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