Tammy's Recipes

I think it is kind of hard to kill chives. :) They should also come back for you next year.

I have done the oven-roasted chicken in the crock-pot. I prepare it the same way, and cook on low for about 8 hours.

The trick is to put it in a crock pot the right size. It should fill 1/2 to 2/3 of the pot. (A tight fit like your roasting dish is the best.) A small chicken sitting in the bottom of a big crock-pot would probably dry out. If a big chicken is crammed into a small crock-pot (up to the top), it may not cook thoroughly.

I do roasted chicken in the crockpot often. I will take a whole chicken and rub it down with some oil and then sprinkle with spices like garlic powder, pepper, and seasoning salt. Place in crockpot on some canning lid rings or balls of foil (so it is not touching the bottom of the crockpot, this is key so you get brown skin and not boiled skin) DO NOT ADD LIQUID!!
Cook on high for about 4 hours. It will be very tender, lots of juice in the crockpot to serve with potatoes, noodles etc.

I also do crockpot chicken on top of foil balls. I use Blackened seasoning, Creole seasoning (really great), bbq rub, or lemon pepper. Rub the chicken with olive oil or veg. oil, rub on seasoning, and cook on high for 6 hours. This is just like a deli chicken, brown and juicy! Just be sure it sits up off the bottom of the crock pot and cook it on high, not low.
Mary

I do crockpot roasted chicken all the time and it's wonderful! We cook it for 8 hours on low, in one of those oval crockpots. There is plenty of room around if you want to cook veggies too, though we generally just drain the "juice" and make gravy to go with mashed potatoes.

Cathy

I frequently do a whole chicken in the crockpot. I cut up a large onion and place it on the bottom on the crock. Occasionally, I will add carrots too. I season the chicken prior to placing it in the pot. I place the chicken atop the onion pieces. I will then mix chicken bouillon with water and pour over my chicken. Usually ½ cup or so. Cook on low 8 – 10 hours. It depends on the day and what I have going on. 10 hours has never caused my chicken to dry out or anything.

Quite often I pull the chicken from the bone and use the broth and thicken it to make chicken and noodles over mashed potatoes. Yummmm!

I make your chicken recipe in the crockpot at least once a month, often twice. My whole family loves it, and I like that it doesn't heat up the house like the oven does. I use veggies, usually a sliced onion, a pound of carrots, and a pound or more of potatoes in the bottom of my large oval crockpot. Then I lay the chicken in there, breast side up, and sprinkle generously with garlic salt, seasoned salt, rosemary, and lemon pepper. Then I flip it over and season the other side. Add maybe 1/4 cup of water, put the lid on (it barely fits most of the time) and set it on low for 8 hours. Turns out wonderfully every time.

I put my chicken in the crockpot, sprinkle seasoning on it and cook on high for 6 hours. I also cook mine out in my garage so I don't have to smell it all day. There is usually lots of broth to use for something later.