Spice Rubbed Instant Pot Whole Chicken [Crock Pot option]

Spice Rubbed Instant Pot Whole Chicken is a 21-Day Fix approved dinner, cooked to perfection in your Crock Pot or Instant Pot. Just add your favorite sides and you have a complete meal, or use it in a recipe that calls for precooked chicken.  Meal prepping made easy! 

This post was originally published April, 13 2015, but recently got a major overhaul.  Now updated with new pictures and Instant Pot directions!

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Spice Rubbed Whole Chicken for the Instant Pot and Slow Cooker

Author: Nancylynn

Spice Rubbed Whole Chicken is a 21-Day Fix approved dinner, cooked to perfection in your slow cooker or Instant Pot. Just add your favorite sides and you have a complete meal, or use it in a recipe that calls for precooked chicken. 

5 from 1 vote

Servings : 6 servings

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 8 hrs

Total Time 8 hrs 10 mins

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 Whole Chicken 4 to 5 lbs for a 6 quart Instant Pot and 5-7 lbs for an 8 quart Instant Pot or Crock Pot
• ▢ 1 onion quartered
• ▢ Lemon
• ▢ 2 teaspoons paprika
• ▢ 1 teaspoon cayenne
• ▢ 1 teaspoon onion powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon thyme
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ 1 cup chicken broth or water for IP

Instructions

 

Crock Pot

• Pat chicken dry with paper towels.
• Put onion in the bottom of the slow cooker.
• Mix spices together and coat the chicken skin. Place chicken in crock pot on top of the onions.
• Stuff the cavity with onions, lemon and fresh thyme if you have it.
• Cook on low for 6-8 hours. No liquid needed - this makes a ton of it's own.
• If you really want to make your life easy, throw in some veggies. Or put some into a foil packet, place it right on top of the chicken, and they will steam all day long.

Instant Pot

• Pat chicken dry with paper towels.
• Put onion in the bottom of the Instant Pot and pour chicken broth over top of the onions.
• Mix spices together and coat the chicken skin. Stuff the cavity with onions, lemon and fresh thyme if you have it.
• Place your trivet or sling at the bottom of your Instant Pot and put chicken on on top.
• Cook on manual (pressure cook on some models) at 6 minutes per pound. [For example, a 5 lb chicken will cook for 30 minutes.] . **If your chicken is frozen, cook for double the time!
• After cooktime, do a 15 minute natural release before finishing with a quick release.

Notes

21 Day Fix Containers:  measure in your RED and be sure to take the skin off!

WW link for personal points: Whole Chicken

Nutrition

Calories: 292kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 25gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 95mgSodium: 490mgPotassium: 331mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 661IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 25mgIron: 2mg

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