Earlier in the week I told you about how excited I was that my husband was going to be home all week and that meant I could cook…cook good meals for my family and have family dinners!  Well it’s the end of that week and let me tell you, not only do I have a lot of recipes to post for you all, but it’s been a great family week!

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I have several whole chickens in my freezer and I decided to make one for dinner.  We’ve become quite notorious in our family for making beer butt turkey for Thanksgiving so I started to think about all the different things I could shove up the chicken (I know that sounds so dirty).  I thought about garlic and random spices, but that seemed so boring.  I looked in my fridge and saw apples, vegetables, lemons and limes.  Apples and vegetables didn’t really seem like it would give all that much flavor so I went with the lemons and limes.  It was delicious!  Check out the recipe below:

 

Citrus Stuffed Whole Chicken Slow Cooker Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 Whole Chicken
• 1 Lemon, cut into small wedges
• 1 Lime, cut into small wedges
• Pinch of Rosemary
• 1-2 tsp Garlic Powder
• 1-2 tsp Ginger
• Dash of Orange Zest
• Salt, to taste
• Pepper, to taste

Directions:

1. Remove the nasty bag of stuff inside the chicken.  I don’t know how they got this in this chicken, but my was stuck and ripped open.  I was NOT happy pulling random parts out one by one.  Blech.
2. Rinse the chicken with cold water and pat dry.
3. Place as many of the lemon and lime wedges into the chicken as possible (place any extras into the slow cooker around the chicken).  Sprinkle the rosemary inside the chicken.
4. Using tooth picks or reusable metal picks, close the open of the chicken up.
5. Mix all of the dry seasonings together and rub all over the chicken.
6. Spray the inside of your slow cooker with non-stick spray (I used olive oil in my Misto ) and place the chicken, breast side up, into the slow cooker.
7. Cook on high for the first hour and a half and then cook on low for 6 hours or until done.

You don’t have to add water or broth to the slow cooker.  I did add about 1/2 cup of water, but I wish I didn’t.  So much liquid was created any way, that adding liquid is not necessary.

Not only did this smell amazing the entire time it cooked, but it was fall off the bone delicious.  Literally.

I went to get the chicken out and it completely fell apart on me, but that’s OK…it was still good!  There are only two things I would change with this recipe…not adding liquid and I think the chicken needed a tad more salt.  Other than that…it was really really good!

So what do you think? Would you make this Citrus Stuffed Whole Chicken Slow Cooker recipe?