Mains
Slow Cooker Beer Whole Chicken
Jenn Bare's slow-cooker mains. About 6-8 hours in the crock, serves 8.
Written byJenn Bare
Method
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- 01
Grease inside of large crock with olive oil.
- 02
Stir butter and 1/2 the ranch dressing mix together in a bowl until completely combined.
- 03
Carefully loosen each side of the skin of the chicken breast and spread the butter-ranch mixture under the skin. Transfer chicken, skin-side up, to crock.
- 04
Sprinkle remaining 1/2 ranch dressing mix over chicken. Next, lay bacon strips evenly across bird.
- 05
Pour beer around edges of chicken.
- 06
Cover and crock on LOW 6-8 hours, or until chicken is tender.
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Originally published on getcrocked.com.
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Jenn Bare
Founder of GetCrocked and lifelong slow-cooker devotee. Jenn writes every recipe here with one goal: get families back around the table without the weeknight scramble.
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