This Slow-Cooker Whole Chicken with Veggies is the easiest and healthiest meal you can make. You only need 5 main ingredients (salt, pepper & essential spices do not count) and it takes minutes to put together in the slow cooker. A few hours later you’ll have a tender and succulent chicken with a delicious garlicky and mild paprika flavour… I’m telling you this recipe is to die for! But, I must admit, using organic chicken and produce makes a huge difference when it comes to taste! Most of my life I’ve had organic meat & vegetables from my grandparents’ farm… 10 years ago “organic”, “free-range”, “hormone free”, “GMO” weren’t even in my vocabulary, literally! And honestly, there is nothing better that organic, tasty homegrown produce and meat!
Time: 4.25 hrs. Prep: 15 min. Cook: 4 hrs. on High or 8 hrs. on Low
Servings: 6
Ingredients:
- 1 whole organic chicken
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1.5 pounds small potatoes
- 1.5 pounds green beans, washed and trimmed (I stocked up my freezer with organic green beans from the Farmers’ market in the late Fall)
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 1 Tbsp salt
- 1 Tbsp pepper
- 2 Tbsp paprika
Directions:
Remove and discard any excess fat from the chicken. Make a rub of minced garlic, melted butter, paprika, salt and pepper. Rub the outside of the skin and the cavity with the mixture and tuck some under the bird’s skin as well. 
Pierce the potatoes with a fork to let the juices from the chicken in. Place the potatoes in the slow cooker and the whole chicken on top. There is no need to add water or other liquids! 
Cook for 3.5 hours on high (or 7 hours on low) and then add the green beans. 
Cook for half an hour more on high (or an hour on low) and get ready to lick your fingers 🙂 ! 
5licious – Recipes with Five Main Ingredients or Less
Water, oil for frying, and other essential spices in anyone’s cupboard (salt, pepper, paprika, oregano, basil, rosemary, chili, curry, bay leaves, thyme, cinnamon , vanilla extract, sugar) do not count!
Did you mean to say 4 hours on low or 8 hours on high? That seems counterintuitive. I would imagine it’s 8 hours on low and 4 hours on high?
For sure, 4 hours on high and 8 hours on low, my mistake! I’ve corrected it, thanks for letting me know 🙂 !
Hi Roxy!
Thanks so much for linking up with me, I really appreciate it! I featured your recipe this week, yay! I can’t wait to see what you’ve been making this week, so I hope you’ll stop by again!
http://mrsthreeinthree.com/2014/05/create-share-diy-recipe-party-4.html
-Karly
Thank you so much for featuring my recipe! I’ll gladly join the party this week as well, thanks for hosting!
Looks great! YUM! Thanks for linking up at The Creative Collection Link Party! Have a super week.
Thanks Rebecca! Have a wonderful week!
The slow cooker is my absolute favorite way to make chicken, so I can’t wait to try this! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again next week!
Thanks Stephanie! Have a wonderful week! Looking forward to the next party :)!
I love chicken in the slow cooker. This looks amazing! Pinned! Thanks for being part of our party. Please stop by Tuesday morning and share one of your incredible creations. http://loulougirls.blogspot.com/
Happy Saturday! Lou Lou Girls
Thanks for hosting the party and for pinning, Kimberly!
Looks wonderful with the bonus of easy. Visiting from Foodie Friday at Rattlebridge Farm.
Thanks Linda! It’s indeed so easy to put together and so tasty… no one would know you spent only 15 mins to prepare it :)!
what a gorgeous and I’m sure delicious meal – thanks for linking up to wuw
You’re very welcome! Thanks for hosting the party!
This looks delicious! I would love for you share it on my Tasty Tuesday recipe link up here! Everything gets pinned and I would love to have you!
Just linked up! Thanks for stopping by to let me know about the party 🙂 !
Whole chicken in the crock pot rocks!! Thank you for sharing with us at Simple Supper Tuesday.
You’re welcome, thanks for hosting the party!
this looks amazing! I love the rub created with the different spices! I agree organic does make quite a difference! Checking out this amazing dinner dish from the making Monday link party! Pinned!
Cathy
Thanks for stopping by and for pinning Cathy! Let me know if you try out the recipe :).