Beach House Crockpot Chicken
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Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: Local
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Serves: 6
 
Avoids heating up the cottage.
Ingredients
  • 1 whole frying chicken
  • 1 lemon
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 2 carrots, halved
  • 2 celery stalks, halved
  • 1 onion, quartered
  • 1 T chili powder or paprika
  • sage leaves and rosemary branches or other “sturdy” herbs
Instructions
  1. Stuff the whole lemon and garlic cloves in the cavity of the chicken and set aside.
  2. Place veggies in the bottom of the crock pot to create a cradle for the chicken.
  3. Rub the skin of the chicken with chili powder.
  4. Nestle the herbs around the birds.
  5. Cover and turn crock pot onto highest setting.
  6. About half way through your projected cooking time, reduce to low heat.
  7. When the chicken begins to fall apart, take the entire insert out of the heating element and place under the broiler until the skin has crisped up (about 10 minutes).
Recipe by Food Musings at http://foodmusings.ca/heart-smart-cooking/beach-house-crockpot-chicken/