Slow Cooker Lemon Thyme Whole Chicken

I finally bought myself a crock pot. After having borrowed Mama's for almost a year, I figured it was time to give it back to her and get my own. Plus, hers is the enormous, feeds an army size and I need something that will fit snuggly on teeny tiny counter space.

Now that I have my own, I've been trying to find tons of recipes that allow me to use it as often as possible. The latest one is this Whole Chicken recipe. I put the whole chicken in the crock pot with chicken stock, lemons, thyme and garlic and just let it cook. It turned out great. It was moist and fell apart and with a veggie and mashed potatoes, would make a nice mid-week meal.

Slow Cooker Lemon Thyme Whole Chicken

1 whole chicken
2 lemons, sliced
6 sprigs fresh thyme
3 large garlic cloves sliced thin
salt and pepper
Trader Joes Everyday Seasoning or a poultry seasoning blend

To prepare chicken, remove the insides (eww) and I like to rinse it off and pat it dry with paper towels.

In my crock pot, I poured about a cup of chicken stock, then placed the chicken, breast side up into the crock pot.  Pull the skin up away from the chicken breast and slide 1 sprig thyme,  2-3 slices of lemon and 3-4 slices of garlic onto each breast under the skin. Place the remaining slices of lemon, garlic and sprigs of thyme over the chicken on top of the skin and around the chicken. I roughly chopped a couple more cloves of garlic and tossed them in too for a more enhanced garlic flavour. 

Season with salt and pepper, and the everyday seasoning.  Cover your crockpot and cook according to manufacturer's directions. I cooked mine on high for about 4 hours. Check to make sure that your chicken has reached a temperature of 165 degrees. Serve with a salad, or veggies and potatoes.
I served it on a bed of garlic butter spinach.