Crockpot Chicken for Meal Prep

raw chicken on top of vegetables in a crockpot

This Crockpot Whole Chicken recipe is one of my favorite "set it and forget it" recipes. Use the chicken for meal prep, soup, or any other recipe you'd like! Cooking a whole chicken in the crockpot is so easy.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword Crockpot Chicken

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 4 hours

Total Time 4 hours 5 minutes

Servings

Calories 277kcal

Author Becca Ludlum

Equipment

Crockpot
Ninja Foodi
Instant Pot 6 qt

Ingredients

1 whole chicken
salt & pepper to taste
2 tbsp olive oil or butter
1 cup chicken broth (Use less if you don't want any stock, 1/4 Cup will do)
2 sweet potatoes chopped
2 onions yellow, chopped
3 carrots chopped
2 stalks celery chopped

Instructions

Place all chopped vegetables on the bottom of the Crockpot.
Add broth, remember you don't need to add much if you're not making chicken stock to use for vegetable soup with the cooked veggies.
Place chicken overtop of the vegetables and chicken stock.
Spread oil or butter all over the chicken, then add salt and pepper on top to season.
Place lid on the Crockpot and cook for 4-6 hours on low.

Notes

21 Day Fix: 3/4 Cup is 1 Red

Weight Watchers: I calculated these points with breast meat only. If you make 6 servings of white meat with skin removed and vegetables your counts are 3 Blue Plan Points/ 5 Green Plan Points / 1 Purple Points.

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