Easiest Chicken EVER

There are whole cookbooks on recipes that start with a rotisserie chicken.   Rotisserie chicken is the biggest ripoff of the century.  When you buy a three pound chicken, 1/2 of that chicken is bones you don’t eat.   So, whatever you are paying , you are paying double per pound.   That makes a 7.99 chicken that is three pounds. 5.33 cents a lb.  Even the chicken at Costco is 3.33 a lb.

Easiest EVER chicken. 

1. Peel and very rough chop a large onion, or two small ones. (In half if its small or in quarters if its large) .  This onion isn’t consumed , so it works even if someone doesn’t  like onions.   
2. Put in bottom of a slow cooker. 
3. Take the chicken out of the package.  I do this in a clean sink.   Drain any liquid off of it.   Place chicken on a plate and dry with a paper towel.   
4. Sprinkle with a dry rub.   
5. Place chicken in slow cooker.
6. Cook 1 hour per pound on high heat or until the chicken tests done....I use 180 degrees as a benchmark and when its no longer pink.    

This chicken will not have a crispy crust.  It will make a good stock base.   Put it through a colander.   The breast is usually intact, the rest of the chicken will be good for soup, enchiladas, etc.   

I discovered this recipe when I walked into our Kroger and they had whole chickens marked .50 per pound because the pull date was the next day.   I bought three and cooked two in the oven and one in the slow cooker.