Slow Cooker Whole Chicken

📝 Ingredients

• 5 lb. whole chicken (about that weight)
• 2 tsp. sea salt
• 2 tsp. paprika (regular or smoked)
• 2 tsp. garlic powder
• 4 Tbsp. olive oil, divided
• 16 oz. carrots (baby or whole)
• 2 bulbs fennel (about 1.25 lbs.)
• 1 white onion
• 1/4 tsp. sea salt
• 1/8 tsp. black pepper
• 1 baguette
• olive oil/butter

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Prepare ingredients: Pat chicken dry with paper towel. Stir together salt, paprika, and garlic powder.
2. 2Rub chicken with 2 tablespoons olive oil and sprinkle spice mix rub all over chicken.
3. 3Place chicken, breast side up into the slow cooker and cook on low for 6 hours, checking to make sure it reaches 165 degrees. Carefully lift chicken out of slow cooker and place on pan or baking dish. Broil for a few minutes to crisp up skin. Reserve about 2 cups of chopped chicken for later in the week.
4. 435 minutes before you want to eat, preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Slice carrots in 2 inch pieces. Slice fennel and remove core. Slice onion. Place on large sheet pan and drizzle with remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
5. 5Roast for about 25 minutes, until golden brown.
6. 6Serve with baguette.