http://thehappyhousewife.com/cooking/whole-chicken-in-a-crock-pot/
whole chickens
spices
First unwrap the chicken, remove the bag of innards from the cavity and give the chicken a quick rinse. After rinsing the chicken place in a crock pot that has been sprayed with non-stick. You do not need to put any liquid in the pot, just the chicken. Then sprinkle your favorite spices on the chicken. I usually sprinkle garlic and paprika. Place the lid on the crock pot, set on low, and walk away for about 7 hours. 7 hours later you will have a beautiful cooked chicken ready to serve for dinner. If you do not want to serve the chicken for dinner, allow the chicken to cool and then remove the meat from the bones. You can use the meat like you would any other cooked chicken, in casseroles, chicken salad, chicken pot pie, pastas, soup, etc.
Once you have removed all the meat from the bones, put the bones back in the crock pot and add about five cups of water. I also put the skin back in the crock pot.
Remove the chicken from the crock pot, cut and serve. Do not throw away the liquid in the crock pot.
Set the crock pot on the low setting and cover. Let it cook overnight. In the morning you will have a crock pot full of bones and chicken broth, and your house will smell like Boston Market for the next day or two. Strain out the bones- yummy broth!
Mommy has been making broth for years but this is incredible! Mrs. Mastin gave us some "chicken juice" (as Mr. Mastin calls it) that was incredible. This is the recipe she used. We used this for soup and added it to the rice in the rice cooker. It was amazing! Thank you for sharing Mrs. Mastin! Yum!
Love Always,
Mommy
