Crockpot Roast Sticky Chicken

By Addie

This is one of my favorite ways to do chicken, I can get them for about $.79/lb. So, that makes it about $2.50 for a 3 lb chicken, versus the $6.99 to get a rotisserie chicken at most stores!

Since I will have the oven on for five hours, I try to cook two chickens at a time and turn it into a few different meals throughout the week or make a few to freeze. Keep scrolling down for recipe ideas on how to use all the leftover chicken. You can also find more chicken recipes on my Ingredient-Based Recipe Index.

Preparing a whole chicken is SO easy. The recipe is below, but my step by step instructions are here to show you how to prepare a whole chicken.

This is all you do…

Ingredients

• 4 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 1 teaspoon cayenne (red) pepper
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon white pepper (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 large roasting chicken, 3-5 lbs
• 1 cup onion, chopped

Preparation

Step 1

In a small bowl, combine all the spices.

Remove the giblets from chicken, clean the cavity well and pat dry with paper towels.

Rub the spice mixture onto the chicken, both inside and out, making sure it is evenly distributed and down deep into the skin.

Place in a resealable plastic bag, seal and refrigerate overnight.

Before roasting chicken, stuff cavity with onion, and place in a shallow baking pan.

Roast, uncovered at 250 degrees for 5 hours.

After the first hour baste chicken occasionally (every half hour or so) with pan juices. The pan juices will start to caramelize on the bottom of pan and the chicken will turn golden brown. If the chicken contains a pop up thermometer, ignore it. Let the chicken rest 10 minutes before carving.
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MY NOTES:

I used my homemade Cajun spice mix to season the chicken. It came out very tender and delicious. Next time I think I would quickly sear the chicken in a skillet first for flavor and asthetics, but we both liked this recipe very much. The chicken was sooooo tender and fell right off the bones.