Slow Cooker Whole Roast Chicken with Lemon
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recipe by Octopus Publishing https://octopusbooks.co.uk/
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- Total Time
- 5hrs 55mins
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- Serves
- 4
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- Calories
- 441
Cooking a whole chicken in this way enables the flavors to permeate throughout the whole dish. This recipe combines the comforting flavors of hard cider and crème fraîche to create a light but warming meal that's just perfect for fall.
recipe updated 24 Feb. 2022
Ingredients
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- Onion
- 1 wedge
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- Chicken stock
- 900 ml
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- Celery stalk
- 3
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- Lemon
- as needed
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- Olive oil
- 3 tablespoons
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- Cider
- 480 g
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- Dijon mustard
- 3 teaspoons
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- Superfine sugar
- 2 teaspoons
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- Salt & pepper
- as needed
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- Carrot
- 3
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- Lemon
- 1
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- Tarragon
- 35 g
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- Crème fraîche
- 3 tablespoons
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- Whole chicken
- 1.35 kg
Tools
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Stove
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Slow cooker
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Small bowl
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Serving plate
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Large cast iron skillet
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Slow cooker bowl
Step preview
- Heat a clean large cast iron skillet - medium heat
- Fry until browned - 10 min, medium heat
- Prepare a clean slow cooker bowl
- Heat large cast iron skillet - medium heat
- Add - medium heat
- Add cider, dijon mustard and superfine sugar to the large cast iron skillet
- Season with salt & pepper
- Boil - medium heat
- None
- Add chicken stock, carrot, celery stalk, lemon and tarragon to the slow cooker bowl
- Cook in slow cooker until cooked through - 5 hr 30 min, high heat
- Prepare a clean serving plate
- Add crème fraîche to a clean small bowl
- None
- Add lemon to the serving plate