Slow Cooker Roast Chicken
 
Ingredients
  • Whole roasting or fryer chicken (the size depends on the size of your slow cooker. You want your slow cooker to be ½ to ¾ full when you place the whole chicken on top of ⅔ of the vegetables.
  • Mrs Dash Garlic & Herb Seasoning
  • Mrs Dash Chicken Grilling
 Seasoning
  • Optional: basil.
  • 1 large onion, cut into chunks
  • 
4 celery stalks, cut in thirds
  • Optional: lemon juice or dried lemon zest
  • Optional: 1 can no-salt-added diced tomatoes or 1 can no-salt-added tomato sauce
Instructions
Slow Cooker Roast Chicken:
  1. Remove chicken from packaging and remove neck and pouch with organs. Rinse chicken and pat dry with paper towels. Pull most of the skin off the chicken.
  2. Sprinkle Mrs Dash Garlic Herb seasoning inside of chicken.
  3. Lightly sprinkle Mrs Dash Chicken Grilling seasoning (and optional basil) over the outside of the chicken.
  4. Optional: Rub lemon juice or ½ tsp dried lemon zest inside the chicken.
  5. Put some of the onions and celery inside the chicken. Place the remaining onions and celery in the slow cooker.
  6. Place chicken in the slow cooker on top of the vegetables.
  7. Optional: pour the tomatoes or tomato sauce on top of the chicken.
  8. Cover the slow cooker and cook on low for 7-8 hours, until chicken is thoroughly cooked.
Save the chicken broth for later use in soup or other recipes:
  1. Strain the vegetables, bones, meat, skin, etc from the broth and place the strained broth in a covered bowl or pan.
  2. After it cools a bit, put the broth in the refrigerator for a couple of hours (or overnight) to allow the fat to rise to the surface. (Don't stir the broth; just let it settle)
  3. After the broth is completely cooled, you can remove the fat by scraping it from the top with a spoon. Discard all of the fat.
  4. Divide the broth into useful portions (I like to save it in ½ cup or 1 cup portions.) Then put it into zip-lock bags and freeze it for later use in soups, casseroles, or other recipes.
  5. Note: this yields a very robust broth. To use the broth in a recipe, you will want to add approximately 1 part water for each 1 part broth. For example: 1 cup of this broth plus 2 cups water is appropriate for use in a recipe that calls for 1 cups of low-sodium chicken or turkey broth.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 4 oz. Sodium: 60mg.
Recipe by The Low Sodium Spot at https://waltonspot.com/lowsodium/recipes/poultry/slow-cooker-roast-chicken/