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Home » 3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Chicken Recipe

3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Chicken Recipe

by L. E. Mastilock 10 Comments

Drastic measures had to be made!

We had switched to a gluten-free diet and began to eat mostly organic whole foods, with no artificial colors or flavorings. A Paleo diet, but with dairy. Not letting go of cheese and milk yet, if I can help it. My sons tummy troubles were almost immediately better just by going gluten free! I didn’t know at the time if it was gluten or something else about wheat, but hey, it was working! Finally some relief from his constant stomach pains.

Perhaps our bodies were detoxing and causing flu like symptoms?

In so many ways everyone in my little family was feeling better on a natural diet. Except for when we got sick. And we’d all been sick a ton that year! Normally we would get a cold, it’d run it’s course through each of us and that was that. We’re generally pretty healthy. but this year we had cold after cold after cold!

What could I do to boost up our immune systems?

I’d been researching gluten free recipes and learning more and more about natural health and one thing I kept coming across was chicken stock to keep your family super healthy.

I had already planned to make some homemade chicken soup, which is what I grew up with whenever anyone was sick. I have a delicious recipe from my mom, but it calls for noodles, so I was looking up other options to avoid the gluten. I could always use gluten free noodles.

After some research on the chicken broth with the most health benefits I decided on slow cooking some bone broth, or chicken stock from chicken bones. The marrow is supposed to be super immune boosting and great for many health benefits. Not a very quick process, but I really wanted to get this family healthy and do it right. I purchased a whole chicken, threw it in the slow cooker, and we had that with some potatoes and broccoli one night for dinner. It was delicious, always a family favorite dinner idea, and it’s so simple to make, I had to share my recipe with you.

Enjoy my recipe below for the easiest crock pot chicken!

Easy crock pot chicken recipe, favorite family meal ideas. Eat as is or use to make your favorite chicken recipes like healthy chicken noodle soup to stay well. One of the most delicious natural cold remedies | chicken dinner recipe | easy weeknight meals | clean eating dinner ideas

Super Easy Slow Cooked Chicken:

Easy crock pot chicken recipe, favorite family meal ideas. Eat as is or use to make your favorite chicken recipes like healthy chicken noodle soup to stay well. One of the most delicious natural cold remedies | chicken dinner recipe | easy weeknight meals | clean eating dinner ideas

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Ingredients:

  • 1 whole chicken
  • Olive Oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • Garlic (optional)
  • Rosemary (optional)
  • Vegetables (optional)

Directions:

  • Rinse chicken
  • Rub with olive oil and seasonings
  • Place in crock pot with  a 1/4 cup of water. You can also put chopped onion, potatoes, and carrots in the bottom of the crock pot, or just potatoes. Lots of options.
  • Cook on low for 6-8 hours

Easy crock pot chicken recipe, favorite family meal ideas. Eat as is or use to make your favorite chicken recipes like healthy chicken noodle soup to stay well. One of the most delicious natural cold remedies | chicken dinner recipe | easy weeknight meals | clean eating dinner ideas

You can eat your whole chicken as is (pictured above) or cut it up to put in any recipe. The best way to have it when you’re not well is in home made chicken soup! I also saved the bones and the little bit of broth left in the crock pot because we needed some serious healing power and I wanted to make some chicken stock. I made my grocery list to go get some vegetables I needed for my super duper immune boosting chicken stock.

Chicken stock is a great thing to have on hand to replace water in many recipes and boost your immune system as well as the flavor of your meal. The recipe has been moved here: Immune Boosting Chicken Stock Recipe

What’s your favorite way to stay healthy naturally?

For more recipes I love check out my recipe board on Pinterest



Filed Under: Delicious Food, Gluten Free, Green Living Tagged With: gluten free, Healthy Living, Life, natural, Nature, Parenting, recipes

About L. E. Mastilock

Author, Artist, Pro Blogger, and Social Media Manager. I encourage parents to nurture children through art and nature. I homeschool my kids and advocate for alternative education, creativity, family values, clean eating, rescue pets, and a playful childhood.
I blog at naturalparentguide.com & RascalandRocco.com

Comments

  1. Scarlet says

    February 9, 2018 at 5:10 am

    I have been using my slow cooker a lot lately! It is so great for chicken too because it helps it be so tender especially when cooked on the bone and those cuts are usually cheaper so all around score! I love how simple your recipe is and it comes out great!

    Reply
    • L. E. Mastilock says

      February 13, 2018 at 11:42 am

      I’ve been using mine a lot lately and it’s so easy! Chicken, pork, roast, everything comes out so tender and flavorful.

      Reply
  2. Jill says

    November 20, 2015 at 8:55 pm

    You had me until feet. I saw too many of them in China. But it really does look yummy!

    Reply
    • L. E. Mastilock says

      November 22, 2015 at 5:25 am

      Lol! Chicken stock is still very beneficial without using chicken feet.

      Reply
  3. Corinne says

    November 16, 2015 at 5:11 pm

    I was just stopping by to grab the recipe for the soup since I was looking for something easy to toss in the crockpot (thank you for the recipe, by the way since it is what we’re having for dinner tonight), but I was intrigued by the chicken feet! NEVER would I have considered this if I hadn’t seen this post. I had no idea they were so healthy. I’m definitely going to remember this next time I make stock.

    Reply
    • L. E. Mastilock says

      November 16, 2015 at 6:25 pm

      I’ll have the actual soup recipe up soon! Who knew about chicken feet having health benefits?!

      Reply
  4. C. Lee Reed says

    November 15, 2015 at 3:15 pm

    After this crazy week of illness, I decided to make this in today’s crock pot. OMGee it’s going to smell delicious come 3 oclock. Hubby will be thrilled that I cooked something so extravagant; he won’t have any idea how simple it is to create. Disclaimer…could not bring myself to adding the chicken feet- I like them better on the chicken!

    Reply
  5. Scarlet says

    November 14, 2015 at 1:44 pm

    I like how you used the super healthy broth and chicken to make homemade chicken noodle soup. Chicken feet, huh? Well, I do try to learn something new every day!

    Reply
    • L. E. Mastilock says

      November 15, 2015 at 11:20 am

      Yes! My grandmother said, oh yes, we used every part of the bird we could and of course the feet! They’re so healthy for you. (Of course! lol)

      Reply
  6. Amy Boyington says

    November 14, 2015 at 12:13 pm

    This looks like just what we need in my house right now to ward off the sickies and stick to our meal budget. Great timing, because I was just about to sit down and write up my meal plan for the week 🙂

    Reply

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