I saw this idea on a friend’s Facebook page and just knew I had to give it a try! I was skeptical that this would turn out like a real rotisserie chicken, but it blew my expectations! The skin did not get crispy, but I was thinking, if you had one of these you could probably solve that problem! This meat fell off the bone and melted in our mouths!
This has seriously rocked my world! Knowing I can come home after a busy day with the kids to a rotisserie-style chicken AND baked potatoes makes my heart happy!!
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| Prep Time | 5 minutes |
| Servings |
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Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken
- salt
- pepper
- 4-5 small sweet potatoes or regular potatoes
- olive or avocado oil
Ingredients
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Instructions
- Wash and dry the sweet potatoes, then rub with oil and sprinkle with salt.
- Wrap in aluminum foil and place on bottom of crock pot, enough to cover the bottom in a single layer.
- Sprinkle chicken generously with salt and pepper (and any other spices you may want--I went simple with this one).
- Place on top of wrapped potatoes.
- Cook on low 4-6 hours.
- This meat just falls apart, so instead of removing the whole chicken all at once, I just got a fork and started taking the meat off and setting it aside.
- Once done, carefully take out the potatoes, remove foil and eat!
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Colette says
This sounds so easy, love it. Going to give it a try next week!! Thanks for posting.
Aja McClanahan says
i happened to have a whole chicken plus sweet potatoes! Will try this!!!
julie says
Possible aluminum toxicity with placing uncooked food on top of the foil? Does anyone know…I’m trying to be aluminum-free.
Amanda says
So I tried this as prescribed, but it did not go according to plan. I thought it was a little funny to put the chicken on top instead of on the bottom, but, again, I tried it as prescribed.
The chicken may have EVENTUALLY cooked had it stayed on top, but I when I checked it after 2.5 hours it was still RAW. Dinner needed to be ready within the next 3 hours, so I switched it and placed the chicken on the bottom, breast down, and moved the sweet potatoes to the top. This made more sense to me anyway; probably should have gone with that to begin with.
Life Made Full says
I’m sorry you had problems, Amanda! I’ve always cooked mine for 5-6 hours, and never had a problem. Glad you figured it out for you!
Eileen @ Phoenix Helix says
I love simple dinner recipes! I’ll be sharing this one in my AIP recipe group.
Katie Martin says
I bought some chicken thighs I think it is. Didn’t want to mess with a whole chicken and the guts. Should I just cook for an hr or so less? Looks delish! Can’t wait to try tonight or this weekend!
Shanti Landon says
Hi, Katie! That should be fine!
sandy says
Is there a lot of liquid in the bottom of the pot? I do the same thing with carrots, celery and onion, all unwrapped. The chicken is delicious, falling off the bone tender. I purée the vegetables to make a sauce. There is a lot of liquid in his method. It can’t be all from the vegetables.
Shanti Landon says
Yes, there will be quite a bit of liquid in the bottom. =)
Brandy Forras says
THANK YOU for the super easy recipe!!! We love rotisserie chicken but I wanted to have more control over the ingredients so this was perfect! I mix up my own seasoning salt blend and douse the bird very thoroughly . I found out right away that my crockpot is not big enough for chicken and potatoes so I have to cook the potatoes separate but it’s still totally worth it! We have some for dinner and I freeze the leftovers in smaller portions (like canned chicken but better for you). Then I make chicken bone broth with the carcass or save it in the freezer too until I have enough bones. Thanks again for the great recipe!