Lemon Garlic Slow Cooker Roast Chicken

1. Chicken – Remove giblets or anything else inside. If frozen, thaw completely. See below for cook times for different weights.

2. Herbs – can sub with other dried herbs of choice OR use finely chopped fresh but double quantity. Can also stuff a bunch of herbs inside!

3. Alternative to rack – use big sheet foil, scrunch into “rope” then form ring. Or 4 balls of foil. Aim is to elevate chicken out of liquids that it produces while cooking.

4. Other Cook Methods:Pressure cook –Add ½ cup water and pressure cook for 24 minutes on high (depressure naturally 10 min before releasing valve).Oven – Follow directions in thisjuicy Roast Chicken recipe.

5. Slow Cooker Cook Times:1-1.5kg / 2-3 lb – 4.5 hrs on low 1.75-2.25kg / 3.5-4.5 lb – 5 hrs on low2.5kg / 5lb – 6 hrs on lowFor almost “all apart” meat, add 1 to 2 hours onto the cook times. Flesh is still juicy!

Pressure Cooker: 6 minutes per 500g/1lb of chicken.

5. Prep Ahead / Storage: Prepare chicken with rub under and on skin. Refrigerate up to 48 hours then slow cook per recipe. Cooked chicken keeps for 3 to 4 days in the fridge.

6. Nutrition per serving assumes all sauce is consumed.