Easy Crockpot Whole Chicken

This easy crockpot whole chicken comes out amazingly juicy and amazingly delicious! You’ll want to add this to your chicken recipe rotation!

You’ll always have a winner winner chicken dinner when you make this easy crockpot whole chicken! It requires just minutes of prep time, then your crockpot does the rest! I hope you’ll enjoy this flavorful chicken as much as we do!

Let’s talk about the vegetables and seasoning we add to our chicken!

For vegetables, we combine carrots, celery, and onion and add these to our crockpot. I peeled my carrots, but you can skip this step if you’d like. You just have to roughly chop your vegetables into pieces for this dish. I used a yellow onion, but a white onion is a great choice as well. Although our chicken will create its own juices while cooking, I like to add some chicken broth to add flavor and to help ensure our chicken will come out incredibly tender and juicy! You can use whatever broth you have on hand, and beef or vegetable broth are both great options. For seasoning, we simply add garlic salt, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. If you’d like to decrease the sodium in your dish, you can use lower sodium broth. You can also substitute garlic powder in place of the garlic salt.

Do you have any tips for making this easy crockpot whole chicken?

This crockpot chicken is incredibly easy to make, but I do have a few tips for making it. First, you’ll want to add your vegetables in a single layer on the bottom of your crockpot. This helps to keep your chicken from getting soggy. Next, when preparing your chicken, if it contains giblets, you’ll want to remove them before adding the chicken to the crockpot. I lightly dry my chicken with paper towels before adding it to the crockpot and seasoning it. You’ll want to cook your chicken until it reaches 165 degrees. At this point, you can remove and serve your chicken. If you’d like crispier skin, you can broil your chicken in the oven for a few minutes. Your chicken will contain zero carbs, but if you serve it with the carrots, celery, and onions, that will add a few carbs to each serving.

What are some ways I can serve this easy crockpot whole chicken?

You have some awesome low carb options for serving this chicken! You can start your meal with a green salad. We especially enjoy Caesar salads and wedge salads. I also love chopping up some iceberg or romaine lettuce, then serving it with all kinds of toppings. Some of my family’s favorites include diced or sliced cucumbers, hard boiled eggs, shredded cheese, and tomatoes. Alternately, you can start your meal with a nice keto soup. You can serve this chicken with cooked vegetables. Some great low carb choices include asparagus, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, green beans, and spinach. If you’d like, you can also add some keto biscuits, chaffles, cornbread, or English muffins. If you’d like to add a mashed dish, you can make some mashed cauliflower. I also love mashed kohlrabi, and mashed turnips and rutabagas.

Here are some green bean recipes that would pair perfectly with this chicken!

Bacon and Brown Sugar Keto Green Beans

Dad’s Keto Green Beans

Keto Green Beans with Tomatoes

Keto Sour Cream Green Beans

Helpful Hints:

*If you’d like crispier skin, after cooking your chicken, you can place it under the broiler for a few minutes.

*You can serve your chicken with the carrots, celery, and onion you cooked it with or can serve just the chicken.

Main Kitchen Equipment and Utensils:

• Cutting board
• Kitchen knife
• Crockpot
• Measuring spoons

Splash of Encouragement:

***The LORD was ready to save me; Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life, in the house of the LORD. Isaiah 38:20***