Slow Cooker Rotisserie Chicken

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I stole this recipe for Slow Cooker Rotisserie Chicken from Butteryourbiscuit.com. This recipe sounds crazy, how can you make a rotisserie chicken in the slow cooker? But take a chance, this chicken tastes amazing! Foil is formed into balls and placed on the bottom of a slow cooker. Then a whole chicken is rubbed with seasonings and placed on top of the foil. After closing the slow cooker, the chicken cooks for hours. Never opening the lid while cooking, not even once, is the secret to this chicken. The finished chicken is so tender and juicy; it tastes just like a rotisserie chicken.  Using the slow cooker saves you time and the stress of making a roasted chicken in the oven. And who doesn’t love a good chicken recipe? Even people who prefer roast chicken will love this recipe.

“But my favorite remained the basic roast chicken. What a deceptively simple dish. I had come to believe that one can judge the quality of a cook by his or her roast chicken. Above all, it should taste like chicken: it should be so good that even a perfectly simple, buttery roast should be a delight.” Julia Child, My Life in France (see more quotes in the Quotes tab)

Add 1 tbsp smoked paprika, 2 tsp salt, 1 tbsp garlic powder, 1 tbsp onion powder, 1 tsp cayenne pepper, 1 tbsp Italian seasoning and 1 tbsp brown sugar to a bowl. Whisk to combine and set aside.

Spray slow cooker with non-stick spray. Roll 4 pieces of foil into balls (about the size of tennis balls) and place in the bottom of the slow cooker.

Remove inside of a 5 lb whole chicken, rinse and pat dry with paper towels. Rub the seasoning mixture all over the chicken.

Place the chicken breast side down on top of foil balls in the slow cooker and cook 4-4 ½ hours on HIGH or 6-8 hours on LOW or until chicken reaches 165 F. Don’t open slow cooker while cooking!

If you want a crispy skin remove chicken and place on baking sheet. Turn oven to broil and broil for 2-3 minutes just to crisp it up, don’t burn the skin. (I did not do this step. As you can see in the picture below, the chicken fell apart when I tried to remove the chicken because it was so tender.)

Let chicken rest 10 minutes before cutting. My chicken was so tender, it broke into pieces itself when I moved it the baking sheet.

Pour juices over chicken before serving.

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Slow Cooker Rotisserie Chicken

This recipe sounds crazy, how can you make a rotisserie chicken in the slow cooker? But take a chance, this chicken tastes amazing! Foil is formed into balls and placed on the bottom of a slow cooker. Then a whole chicken is rubbed with seasonings and placed on top of the foil. After closing the slow cooker, the chicken cooks for hours. Never opening the lid while cooking, not even once, is the secret to this chicken. The finished chicken is so tender and juicy; it tastes just like a rotisserie chicken. And who doesn’t love a good chicken recipe?
Course Entree
Cuisine American
Keyword Chicken, Slow Cooker
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Resting Time 10 minutes
Total Time 6 hours 5 minutes
Servings 6 people

Ingredients

  • 5 lb whole chicken
  • 1 tbsp smoked paprika
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • Foil

Instructions

  1. Whisk dry ingredients in small bowl until combined.
  2. Spray slow cooker with non-stick spray. Roll 4 pieces of foil into balls (about the size of tennis balls) and place in the bottom of the slow cooker.
  3. Remove inside of the chicken, rinse and pat dry with paper towels.
  4. Rub the seasoning mixture all over the chicken, place breast side down on top of foil balls in the slow cooker and cook 4-4 ½ hours on HIGH or 6-8 hours on LOW or until chicken reaches 165 F. Don’t open slow cooker while cooking!
  5. If you want a crispy skin remove chicken and place on baking sheet. Turn oven to broil and broil for 2-3 minutes just to crisp it up, don’t burn the skin.
  6. Let chicken rest 10 minutes before cutting. Pour juices over chicken before serving.

Recipe Notes

I used a 6 lb chicken, so I cooked on LOW for 8 hours. The chicken was not able to be transferred to a baking sheet to broil; it was so tender the meat started to fall off the bone when I removed it from the slow cooker.