Name: Vegetables and Slow Cooker Chicken
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 carrots (trimmed and sliced); 2 short stalks celery (trimmed and sliced); 2 medium onions (peeled and sliced); 4 pound whole chicken; 1 cup chicken broth; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper (freshly ground); 1/2 teaspoon dried basil; 4 cups mashed potatoes (see notes)

Sign. Me. Up.

Would you believe me if I told you that I’ve never made a whole chicken in the slow cooker? For a while there, I wasn’t the biggest fan of the slow cooker and unwilling to genuinely make anything in it. Over the years, my opinion has changed immensely. So when she told me about her chicken in a pot recipe, I was SO excited to try it.

And with her blessing, I’m sharing it on here for you to experience the ease of this flavor-packed home cooked meal.

For this Slow Cooker Chicken and Vegetables Set out:

carrots
celery
onion
a whole chicken
low-sodium chicken broth
koshers salt
freshly ground black pepper
dried basil
mashed potatoes

Start by slicing 2 carrots, 2 celery and 2 medium onions and add them into your slow cooker.

Place a 4 pound whole chicken (or a cut up chicken) on top of the vegetables and pour 1 cup of low-sodium chicken broth over top.

Season everything with 2 teaspoons kosher salt, 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper and 1/2 teaspoon dried basil.

Cover and cook on low for 7 to 10 hours and high for 3-1/2 to 5 hours.

It should be falling off the bone.

Heidi serves the chicken with mashed potatoes, gravy and a crisp green salad. Which you could and should do! However, I had a different plan.

Carefully remove the chicken from the slow cooker, discard the skin and pick the meat off the bones. You can save the bones to make stock or discard. Pour the cooking liquids through a strainer set into a large bowl to catch the veggies.

Add the vegetables back to the slow cooker and pour the liquids into a fat separator (I’ll link the one I own below in the recipe printable).

Shred the chicken into large bitesize pieces and add it to the vegetables in the slow cooker.

Once the fat has risen to the top, pull out the stopper and pour the desired amount of broth/juices back into the slow cooker – leaving the fat behind in the separator.

When the chicken had about an hour left, I whipped up a batch of mashed potatoes. Then I added 1 cup of them to the slow cooker with the chicken. This adds a creaminess to the sauce. Taste and season with more salt and pepper as needed.

Scoop some mashed potatoes and add theminto bowls and serve with a few labels of the slow cooker chicken and vegetables.

I served this with soft rolls and everyone LOVED it!

Comforting and comforting and SO straightforward.

Thanks for sharing this notable recipe, Heid! 😘😘 (!!!)

Enjoy! And if you give this Slow Cooker Chicken and Vegetables recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!

Slow Cooker Chicken and Vegetables at Home

Slow Cooker Chicken and Vegetables aka my dear friend Heidi's "chicken in a pot" is a ridiculously simple slow cooker meal. In it, a whole chicken cooks with carrots, onions and celery until incredibly tender and falling off the bone. Serve with mashed potatoes for a comforting meal.

Serves 6 servings

Prep 5 minutes

Cook 5 hours

Total 5 hours