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Easy Crockpot Chicken

We make this recipe several times a month in my house! Great for dinner, leftovers, tacos, salad...whatever!
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 whole chicken 4 lbs or so, pastured or organic
  • 2 tbsp melted butter or ghee or olive oil
  • Spice Rub-
  • 2 tsp Celtic sea salt
  • 1 tbsp organic paprika
  • pinch organic cayenne more if you like spicy
  • 2-3 tsp organic onion powder
  • 1 tsp organic dried thyme or 4 sprigs fresh
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp organic garlic powder
  • pinch truffle salt optional
  • 2 organic bay leaves
  • 1-2 onions chopped roughly
  • 2-3 carrots chopped roughly
  • 2 celery stalks chopped roughly

Instructions
 

  • Place chopped onions, carrots, celery in bottom of crockpot.
  • Add bay leaf
  • Rinse and pat dry chicken. Remove gizzards (if any) from cavity and save in freezer bag for stock.
  • Rub chicken inside and out with melted butter or oil (optional)
  • Rub chicken inside and out with spice rub
  • Place chicken on top of veggies in crockpot.
  • Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or high 4-6 hours.

Notes

Bulk Spice Rub (9 times the regular recipe):
6 tbsp Celtic salt
9 tbsp paprika
1 tsp cayenne
6 tbsp onion powder
3 tbsp thyme
1 tbsp + 1 tsp black pepper
3 tbsp garlic powder