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Using the slow cooker can be such a time saver, but it can be a big pain as well. My slow cooker doesn’t fit in the dishwasher. Every time I use it, I have to wash it by hand. And, that my friends, kept me from using it very often — until now.
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You know what that means? It means I don’t have to immediately wash dishes after dinner. I can hang out with my family and watch a certain wizard movie series. We read my 6-year-old a bedtime story every night, and for the past few months, we’ve been working our way through those magical wizarding books. We are up to book #3, but she’s never seen any of the movies, I decided a slow cooker meal would be just the trick to give me extra time for a family movie night, so tonight is the first movie!
I cannot wait to share this delicious Slow Cooker Honey Balsamic Chicken with you. It made the house smell wonderful. When my tween got home, he could smell dinner cooking and could not wait.
I mixed up honey, balsamic vinegar, dried oregano and basil, and minced garlic.
Next, I got the slow cooker ready with the chicken. I have a lot of chicken leg lovers in my family, so I actually put four extra legs under the whole chicken. Make sure to put the chicken breast side up.
Next, I slipped baby carrots down one side of the slow cooker and red and purple potatoes down the other. I like to make food fun for my kids. My 6-year-old eats like a bird, so I thought purple potatoes would be rather enticing to eat at dinner. It worked! She thought those gorgeous dark purple potatoes were so cool. She ate two of them, which is a lot of for her.
When everything is in the pot, pour the honey balsamic mixture over the entire thing. Then, it’s time for the slow cooker. With a rather large giant chicken plus all the potatoes and veggies, I let it cook for 6 hours on HIGH, and at that point it was fall-off-the-bone delicious. If you have a smaller meal, 3-4 hours on HIGH would probably work well or 6-8 hours on low. .
I check the chicken’s internal temperature as well as the tenderness of the potatoes and carrots to make sure everything is done. Chicken needs to reach 165 degrees internally to be safe.
As an extra step, you can broil it for 3-5 minutes to make it a little brown on top. I just put my slow cooker directly into the oven and keep an eye on it. Then, it’s ready to serve!
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Slow Cooker Honey Balsamic Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken + 4 legs (optional additional legs)
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 16 oz baby carrots
- 12 small red and purple potatoes
Instructions
- Combine the honey, balsamic vinegar, basil, oregano, salt, and garlic and mix together until well combined.
- If adding extra legs, place those on the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Prepare the chicken and place breast side up in the slow cooker.
- Add the potatoes and carrots around the chicken.
- Pour the honey mixture over the entire meal.
- Cook for 6-7 hours on HIGH in the slow cooker.
- Optional: Turn the broiler on and broil for 3-5 minutes to brown the top of the chicken before serving.
- Remove from oven and serve.
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24 comments
Your recipe looks incredibly delicious. I love cooking with my slow cooker. You’ve just reminded me that I need to stock up on Palmolive as well.
Now this dish looks delicious! I have never eaten heirloom potatoes before but have seen them lots of time in the grocery store. Pinning this!
Oh wow! That’s one of the best slow cooker chicken recipes I’ve seen in quite a while. I can’t wait to give this a try.
love the dinner idea, looks super tasty! as for the un-fun part, yes! the dang clean up, I’ll have to try that dish soap, esp the grapefruit kind, I love the smell of citrus!
That looks delicious and economical too! I do so hate the clean up after. It’s good to know Palmolive will help get that mess away!
I love cooking with my slow cooker!! This sounds like a great dinner to make, I am going to have to try this out.
For me summer is slow cooker season! It enables me to be out and about with my family and still provide them a great meal come dinner time. This recipe sounds great and we will be trying it soon! So excited!
I am going to make this on the weekend! It does look like it will be another family favorite. I love my slow cooker. It helps me make wonderful dinners for my family!
OK I am totally making this recipe! One of my favorite things is balsamic anything! I cannot wait to make this.
Yum! That looks amazing. I have never tried it in the slow cooker. I will be trying it this weekend! Delicious!
This looks delicious and such easy clean up! Thank you for sharing! #client
We have exactly the same problem! I’ll give this dishwasher a try. I love your delicious recipe!
This sounds and looks like delicious slow cooker Honey Balsamic Chicken for sure. I am going to have to try this amazing recipe and then try the Palmolive Fusion Clean dish soap with grapefruit to clean the dishes. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
That recipe sounds amazing. I’ll have to give that one a try real soon. I also love Palmolive for cleaning dishes. It’s a wonderful brand.
I have been looking for new chicken recipes and this one looks great! Great post!
That looks yummy! We love using our crock pot and this sounds like a delsih recipe. I like to use the crock pot liners so clean up is a breeze.
That looks delicious! I have made turkey breasts in the crockpot, but never a whole chicken. I need to save this for later.
This sounds delicious. I love using my slow cooker. It makes for a very easy meal. I’ll have to try this with chicken breasts.
Great recipe. I use our slow cooker a lot and hate washing it too. I will have to pick up some of this dish soap.
That’s one of the best slow cooker chicken recipes I’ve seen in a while. I have never heard of putting it in the oven…..I can’t wait to try it!
I love using my slow cooker and I’ve been searching for new recipes to try. This looks yum yum! Thanks for the recipe!
Oh wow! This looks so delicious!! I will try this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
This sounds so yummy. I need to buy a new slow cooker, like asap.
This looks so delicious! My kids love whole chicken. So this would definitely be a huge hit in my house. I’ve got to try that dish soap. I love anything that makes life easier.