Slow Cooker Whole Chicken with Lemon

This slow cooker whole chicken with lemon is the easiest rotisserie-style chicken. Use juice from the slow cooker to make gravy with cornstarch and chicken broth. Leftovers make a great chicken salad.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 4 hr
• Total Time: 4 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 404 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 lemon
• ½ cup chopped onion
• ½ teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• ¼ teaspoon ground paprika
• 1 cup baby carrots
• ¼ teaspoon ground thyme
• 1 tablespoon salted butter, or more as needed
• 1 (4 pound) roasting chicken

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place carrots and onion in the cavity of the chicken. Rub the skin with butter and place in the slow cooker.

Step 2

Cut lemon in half and squeeze juice all over the chicken. Cut juiced lemon halves into wheels and place around chicken. Sprinkle parsley, salt, poultry seasoning, thyme, and paprika over top.

Step 3

Cover and cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours or High for 4 to 5 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).