Simple Fall-Apart Crock Pot Chicken

"I came up with this recipe when I realized that I needed to use a whole chicken in the freezer. I did a cold water bath for an hour before I put it in the crock pot and it defrosted to the perfect point for me to work with. You may need to adjust your time based on a frozen/thawed chicken and your size. All I know is that this chicken fell apart in the crockpot before I could even serve it! I highly recommend green beans and mashed potatoes with this. And the broth can be used to make a gravy if you'd like"
 
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Ready In:
5hrs 15mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Defrost chicken to at least 75%. This can be done safely in about an hour doing a cold water bath in the sink. When defrosted rinse and pat dry.
  • Stuff chicken with celery and onion.
  • Set chicken breast up in the crockpot. Sprinkle generously and evenly with paprika, poultry seasoning. Use black pepper to taste.
  • Pour cream of celery soup directly on top on chicken.
  • Pour 3 cups of chicken broth around the outside of your chicken.
  • Cover and start crock pot on high for approximately 5-5.5 hours depending on the size of your chicken chicken size and how frozen it is.

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Reviews

  1. Flavorless and dry (maybe it was dry because I went 8 hours rather than 5 1/2, the last hours on low). But still flavorless! The broth created would have made a good base for a dumpling soup though! I must admit that the chicken did "fall off the bone", in fact so much so that I had to retrieve much of it from the crock pot with a slotted spoon (even that was dry and flavorless). The meat left over won't even make a good sandwich without a lot of mayonaise! I'm sticking with the "beer can", rotisserie or baked chicken from here on out. Or, stewed with veggies to make soup with dumplings...
     
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