Rotisserie-Style Chicken
Crock Pot Recipe!
The crock pot is one of my favorite kitchen appliances. Throw some ingredients in, go about your business for 8 hours, and dinner is ready!
Bonus: there’s only one crock and a few plates to wash afterwards!
Bonus #2: you can prep everything the night before and just throw it on in the morning!
I love having a few super simple recipes in my back pocket that I can make anytime.
And this Rotisserie-Style Chicken is one of those!
Who doesn’t love a good crock pot??
Not only is it sooo incredibly easy, but I think it’s better than a rotisserie chicken you buy in the store. Plus, you don’t have to pick out any bones, AND there’s a tasty broth left behind that you can use for another recipe!
Look for sales on boneless, skinless chicken thighs at your grocery stores. One of my local stores will have sales for $1 per pound if you buy 10 pounds or more.
Since this is my preferred cut of chicken for other crock pot recipes, I stock up!
I may have also just cooked the entire 10 pounds, rotisserie-style before!
Once cooked, you can freeze the meat to have on hand for another recipe that calls for cooked chicken (I don’t know about you, but I hate having to cook chicken, just to be able to make the main dish!) or as a quick and easy weeknight meal. I pulled a bag out of the freezer last week and my husband and I used it for tacos. Tortillas, sour cream, cheese, and some black beans on the side!
Easy + Yum + Budget Friendly = My kind of meal!
Rotisserie-Style Chicken
4-5 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs
2-3 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon black pepper
4 whole garlic cloves (optional)
1 onion, diced (optional)
Combine all the spices in a small bowl. Add a layer of chicken thighs to the crock pot. Sprinkle half of the seasoning over the chicken. Layer with remaining chicken and seasoning. Cook on low for 8 hours.
Notes:
This chicken is amazingly delicious and SIMPLE! It tastes just as good as a rotisserie chicken you can buy at the store but will cost a fraction and yield so much more. Plus, if you use boneless, skinless chicken thighs there are no bones to pick out! This recipe can also be used with a whole chicken, but I’ve found it much easier to let someone else deal with the bones altogether. Usually there is a good amount of broth that is created as well. Freeze this for a later recipe that calls for chicken broth or stock!
Enjoy!
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Before and after! Three bags of cooked chicken and one bag of chicken stock for the freezer! Plus, we had dinner the same night!
Original recipe from Make It Fast, Cook It Slow by Stephanie O’Dea
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