Slow Cooker Orange Rosemary Chicken

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Slow Cooker Orange Rosemary Chicken Slow Cooker Orange Rosemary Chicken Recipe Courtesy of


Servings: 4 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 8-10 hours
Difficulty: Easy

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1 (3-4 pound) roasting chicken
2/3 cup chicken broth
2 oranges, quartered, divided
1 medium onion, quartered
4 tablespoons butter, softened
2 oranges, zested
2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, finely chopped
1 teaspoon Kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup orange marmalade
2 rosemary sprigs, more for garnish
1 head of garlic
3 orange slices

Directions

In the bottom of slow cooker, add chicken broth, 4 orange quarters and onion. In a small mixing bowl, stir together butter, orange zest, chopped rosemary, salt, pepper and marmalade.

Pat chicken dry and liberally salt and pepper the cavity. Place remaining orange quarters, rosemary sprigs, and garlic inside the cavity. Using your fingers, loosen the skin from the meat. Place half of butter mixture underneath the skin. Rub remaining butter on the outside of the chicken. Place chicken on top of orange quarters and lay three orange slices on top of the bird. Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours, or until juices run clear.

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Followed the recipe exactly and it turned out bland. The flavor did not infuse the meat. I'll stick to oven cooking where I can develop the bold flavors that my family expects from me.

By Heather on March 28, 2013

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I did this recipe with my sister and her family and it was good. I cooked it over night for about 7 hrs because I had dialyis the next day. Left instruction to warm up about hour before eating time and it was good. Made some stuffing using chichken stuff. added some orange momalade into the sutffing with onions and celery. Then took some juice from the slow cooker and put it on top the stoffing then cooked it for an hour. All came out beautiful and tasty.

By Roy on February 27, 2013

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wonderful!! i used minced garlic and did use a little less spice. i will make this again. i did not cover this used a 350 degree oven for 2hr and 15 min. it browned and was mouth watering.

By char on February 27, 2013

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OhMY!! This was a huge dissapointment! Over orange-peeled, between the marmalade and ALL the zest and orange slices and I have to add didn't smell very good while cooking. Not a winner in my book, Love, sorry!

By Michelle on February 19, 2013

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Does anyone know the calorie count in this recipe?

By Brianna on February 15, 2013

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Are you supposed to put the head of garlic in the cavity unpeeled? Paula does not specify....if so, what do you do with the garlic when chicken is done?

By Anonymous on February 13, 2013

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outstanding recipe! Thanks, Paula

By Anonymous on February 11, 2013

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I made this tonight and everyone loved it, there was no leftovers what so ever. Highly recommending this recipe to my friends and will be making it again. The chicken came out very flavorful and juicy.

By Kristen D on January 20, 2013

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I am trying it today -- I'll let you know how it goes! (I made the short ribs and they were SO good! As was the Peach Cobbler -- so I'm back for more!)

By dana apple on September 25, 2012

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This looks delicious! I was wondering if there was an alternative for the butter? Could I use EVOO?

By Courtney on September 17, 2012

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I love watching all of your shows including your sons new shows for lighter calories. On the chicken recipes for the crock pots where you use whole chickens, can you use just breast of chicken or chicken tenderloin strips?

By Sharon Gardner on July 06, 2012

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Valuable article.Thanks!

By Georgiann on April 27, 2012

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The flavor of this chicken was pretty good but the timing was off. We had a 4lb chicen and at 8 hours our chicken was way overdone. The breast meat was very dry and the chicken completely fell apart when we went to take it out leaving us to wade through bone, juice and oranges to find all the meat. It was probably done at about 7 hours.

By David on December 19, 2011

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Love this recipe. So good and easy to do.

By Lynn on November 01, 2011

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Dear Paula Deen i live in jamaica you are my favroite cook ,i wanted to know can you grant me a bithday wish,can i please have one of your cook books,my name is Denise Barracks 29 mcarthur ave kingston 10 jamaica w.i thank you so much.i wish i could meet you one day.Denise

By Denise Barracks on October 27, 2011

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Absolutely delicious. Easy to prepare. My whole family enjoyed this. Definitely will make this again. Thanks Paula.

By Laurie E on September 27, 2011

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Your recipes for the winter soups look very good:) I could live on soup! I've loved it from the time I was little. My mom always made veg.soup and chicken corn soup and homemade pot pie (a Pa. dutch thing!) She doesn't too much any more, but I do once in a while.

By Sue Bowman on September 25, 2011

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Sounds really good. I didn't have the recipe with me when I went to the store so the only thing I didn't have was the orange marmalade. I did have some orange blossom honey so I used a lil less than the 1/4 cup of marmalade. Will let u know how it turns out 8-10hrs from now. :D

By Rachel on September 24, 2011

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Hi, this sounded like a great recipe to come home to! Love you lots, Mom

By Jason & Suzann Roberts on September 22, 2011

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love u paula

By cheryl schellhammer on September 21, 2011

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