This recipe is from A Year of Crockpotting. I will be honest, this was the first time I ever skinned a chicken. GROSS! It was disgusting. I doubt I will do that again or at least not anytime soon. The chicken was good. I wouldn't give it 5 stars, but it wasn't put on the list of never cook this again.

So What does it call for?

Ingredients
1 whole chicken, skinned (4-5 pounds)
2 tsp kosher salt (if you'd like it as salty as the ones in the store, add another 1 tsp.)
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp black pepper
pinch of chili pepper (probably not necessary)
4 whole garlic cloves (optional)
1 yellow onion, quartered (optional)

Directions

A 6 quart crockpot for a 4 pound bird.

Skin the chicken and get rid of the neck and other stuff from the cavity. This takes a while, and is gross. (If you don't mind skin on the chicken, then you don't have to skin it. We aren't fans of the skin on chicken)

In a bowl, combine all of dried spices. Rub the spice mixture all over the bird, inside and out.

Place the bird breast-side down into the crockpot.

Place 4 whole garlic cloves and a quartered onion inside the bird.

Do not add water.

Cover and cook on high for 4-5 hours, or on low for 8.

The meat is done when it is fully cooked and has reached desired tenderness. The longer you cook it, the more tender the meat. When I took mine out, the meat was so tender, it fell off the bone.

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It was very tender and it done fall right off the bone.

I did double a few of the ingredients. Which ones? dried thyme, black pepper and cayenne pepper. It was not spicy at all. I didn't use 4 cloves of garlic, but only because I only had two.

I would HIGHLY recommend preparing the chicken the night before you are planning to put it into the crockpot.

2-3 pound Pot Roast ( I substitute for Boston Butt occasionally)

bsg of baby carrots

5-6 small/medium potatoes

1/2 to 1 pound of green beans

1 package dry Italian dressing mix

1 package onion soup mix

Cook on low in Crock pot for 7-9 hours

I forgot to take a picture of this before we began to eat. I will add a picture next time.

For the past week I have been wanting to make some chili. While grocery shopping today I decided today would be the day.

Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef or turkey
30 ounces diced tomatoes
1 can corn
2 cans of kidney beans
1 can of black beans
some chopped celery, peppers and onion
1 package of taco seasoning
2 cloves minced garlic

Put it all in the crock pot and cook on low 7-9 hours or high for 3-4 hours.

What is the best part of cooking chili when you are the only that eats it? There is quite a bit leftover, so it ends up frozen for next time I crave some :)