
Slow cooker whole chicken with potatoes and gravy
A whole chicken so juicy the meat slides off the bone, with potatoes and carrots cooked in the juices. A roast with none of the timing.
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Ingredients
- Whole chicken1.5 kg
- Russet potatoes800 g
- Carrots400 g
- Yellow onions200 g
- Garlic5 cloves
- Vegetable bouillon cubes1 cube
- Frozen peas300 g
Also uses from the cupboard: vegetable oil, table salt, ground black pepper, italian seasoning, all-purpose flour. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.
Usually contains: Celery, Gluten.
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Estimated from typical ingredient values, counting a teaspoon of cooking oil for each portion. Children's portions are smaller.
Method
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- Cut the potatoes, carrots and onions into big chunks and put them in the slow cooker. Break the garlic into cloves, no need to peel, and tuck them in.800 g russet potatoes400 g carrots200 g yellow onions5 cloves garlic
- Rub the chicken with a tablespoon of oil, salt, black pepper and a teaspoon of dried mixed herbs, and sit it on top of the vegetables. Put the lid on and cook on low for 6 hours, until the juices run clear when you push a knife into the thickest part of the thigh.1.5 kg whole chicken
- Lift the chicken and vegetables out onto a warm dish. Pour the juices into a small pan, crumble in the bouillon cube and stir in a teaspoon of flour mixed with a little cold water. Simmer for 5 minutes to make gravy.1 cube
- Boil the peas for 3 minutes. Carve the chicken and serve with the vegetables, peas and gravy.300 g frozen peas
Keep the bones and any leftover juices. Simmered with water for an hour they make stock for a soup later in the week.
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