I posted about the whole chicken sale that Walmart (Canada) was running. They had whole chickens regardless of the size packaged into two on sale for $10. That has been the best price I've seen for whole chickens in a few years! We took advantage of the sale buying two the first trip then four the second trip. As a bit of an aside, Walmart has been running these packaged lot sales since the new year. Two weeks ago it was the whole chickens. Last week it was 3 strip loin steaks and this week it is chicken legs with backs attached. Again the price is based on number not weight so is a rather good deal.
If you recall I have a new slow cooker that I am learning to use. Despite all the cooking that I do and the fact I have three slow cookers, the slow cookers remain my least used small kitchen appliance. I find I can get better results with my countertop roaster and pressure cookers. So I'm off on an adventure.
I did a quick search for a recipe to cook a whole chicken in the slow cooker and settled on Kathy's Delicious Whole Slow Cooker Recipe from Allrecipes.com. I served the chicken with buttered egg noodles.
The chicken cooked nicely and looked gorgeous in the slow cooker. The chicken was nicely browned, tender and juicy so I was please with that result. The problem was the flavour. It was sadly lacking! I was a bit disappointed to say the least but this goes to show that not every recipe is a keeper. This will be a recipe I will work on tweaking but as it stands there just isn't enough flavour as the recipe is written. I am rather please with the results I can get cooking a whole chicken in the slow cooker though!
4 food lovers commented:
My last attempt of slowcooking a whole chicken turned to mulch! I don't mind the fall off the bone stuff, in fact, I like it very much. I didn't pay too much attention to timing, so that definitely didn't help.
Too bad that it didn't turn our as you expected, taste-wise. But if it's any consolation, your dish sure "looked" yummy in the photo! Good thing you still have 2 more birds in the freezer :)
Hi Jing Loh, the slow cooker takes a bit of getting used to. Falling off the bone is not a bad thing though!
I was disappointed Mama Mia but it was edible so all was not lost.
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