How about making this Tuscan Chicken with Buttery Yukon Gold Potatoes for Sunday Dinner this weekend? This recipe was inspired by an episode of Eat St. on the Food Network. The episode features a food truck that does rotisserie chicken and porchetta, the food truck is called Roli Roti. The herbed chickens and porchettas turn all day on the rotisserie and the drippings from them are caught on the bottom onto potatoes. Yes please! If that food truck was in my town I would have my husband pick up dinner there a few times a week.
I don’t have a rotisserie in my house, but I do have my slow cooker! I placed halved Yukon gold potatoes on the bottom of my large slow cooker (6-quart). Then I place the chicken on top, I added a few extra potatoes around the side of the chicken. I added melted butter, herbs, seasonings and minced garlic over the chicken. Covered it, and cooked it on LOW for most of the day, the chicken was perfectly tender and the potatoes were buttery and delicious! (Complete recipe below the photos.)
My chicken was huge that I bought! I used the leftover chicken the next day to make burrito bowls with brown rice, homemade salsa, cheese and sour cream. If there are only a few people in your family and you make a big chicken, you may want to plan something fun to make with the leftover chicken for dinner or lunches the next day. I usually take any leftover meat from crock pot meals and make something Mexican inspired with it for dinner the next night.
- 1 4.5-6 lb. whole chicken
- 4-5 small Yukon Gold Potatoes, cut in half length-wise (see info below)
- 4 Tbsp. melted butter
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. dried basil
- ¼ tsp. dried oregano
- ¼ tsp. dried thyme
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- In a 6-quart slow cooker, add the potatoes on the bottom evenly. I had to cut mine in half length wise because my chicken was so large, if your chicken is smaller (like 4-5 lbs. you may not have to cut the potatoes).
- Remove everything from the cavity of the chicken (necks bone etc.) and discard.
- Put the chicken on top of the potatoes. If you have extra potatoes halves, you can tuck them around the chicken.
- Pour the butter over the chicken. Sprinkle on the pepper, salt, basil, oregano, thyme and garlic cloves over the chicken.
- Cover, and cook on LOW for 6 hours. Do Not Open the lid while this is cooking or the chicken will not cook correctly!
Judy Davis says
September 3, 2015 at 2:07 pmI cant wait to try your version. I’m lucky enough that every Tuesday Roli Roti are at the Farmer’s Market near my home, so we have this almost every week. It’s amazingly good, but looking forward to your at-home version. thanks!
Sarah Olson says
September 3, 2015 at 2:14 pmHi Judy! You can always put the crockpot in the oven for a bit to get the “crispy skin”. 🙂 I’m so jealous you get the real thing!
Patti Harshey says
September 4, 2015 at 8:16 amHow long should you leave the crock pot in the oven? And what temp?
Sarah Olson says
September 5, 2015 at 6:46 amI haven’t done it in a while, so I looked it up on a friend website. My friend Cris does 5 minutes under the broiler. Here is her recipe: http://www.recipesthatcrock.com/crispy-slow-cooker-chicken/
Jane says
September 3, 2015 at 2:41 pmThis sounds so good and easy!! My two qualifications. I’m going to the market in a little while to get the ingredients. Thank you! Jane
Connie says
September 4, 2015 at 4:55 amThis sounds so yummy and easy. Thanks for sharing about putting the crock pot in the oven to make the skin crispy.
maggieunz says
September 4, 2015 at 8:34 amI just bought a whole chicken yesterday at the grocery store. So your recipe couldn’t come at a better time. My husband loves anything Tuscan. Looking forward to trying this out. 🙂
Platter Talk says
September 4, 2015 at 9:03 amNicely done! We love Yukon golds and combined w/ chicken in a slow cooker makes them even more appealing. Thanks for sharing this one.
justine @ Full Belly SIsters says
September 4, 2015 at 9:54 amThis looks fantastic, can’t wait to try it out!
The Foodie Affair says
September 4, 2015 at 1:16 pmI’m sure this is way tastier than the food truck version. Can’t wait to make this one!
Grandma Kc says
September 5, 2015 at 2:00 pmThat looks so delicious! With so many things going on at school right now these slow cooker recipes sure come in handy. Thank you!
Shelley says
September 20, 2015 at 9:04 amSince I’m kosher, what can I substitute for the butter? I’m sorry of thinking olive oil? In