A compilation of recipes of 6 ways to cook a whole chicken. Whole chickens are a great way to stretch a grocery budget and can be very flavorful.
There are 6 basic ways to cook a whole chicken – stove top, oven, slow cooker, instant pot, grill, and smoker. Keep scrolling to find recipes for cooking a whole chicken all of these ways!
Any whole chicken recipe can be cooked in any of these ways. You just need to know how long to cook it for in that appliance.
Stove top – boiling for about an hour and a half.
Oven – roasted for about an hour to an hour and a half.
Slow Cooker – 4-6 hours.
Instant Pot – set for 30 minutes.
Grill – roasted for an hour to an hour and a half.
Smoker – around 3 hours
Whole chickens are very versatile and are a great way to stretch your grocery budget. I pay somewhere between $4 and $5 per chicken. The meat from each chicken can be used for more than one meal. If you were to use it for 2 meals, that could be $2.50 for the protein of a meal.
Jamie’s Quick Mexican Chicken Soup uses 2 cups of cooked chicken. I can get at least 6 cups from one whole chicken. Her soup easily serves 6. If you do that math, that’s 28¢ per person. I call that a steal!
Another steal is Creamy Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas. The recipe calls for 2 -3 cups of chicken. That makes it 42¢ to 63¢ per person.
Chicken Noodle Soup is such a traditional comfort food especially when you are sick. Only 3 ingredients!! This Asian BBQ Slow Cooker Chicken is so very easy but still delicious! I love using my slow cooker to make dinner Get the Cajun flavor in this easy recipe for Crock Pot Cajun Whole Chicken!! I love making whole chickens in my crockpot. This Crockpot Lemon Garlic Whole Chicken is my favorite crockpot whole chicken recipe & it’s also the most classic of the flavors. But be sure Grill Roasted Chicken is a great way to roast a chicken without heating up your house. The chicken is delicious and beautiful. Whenever whole chickensStove Top Whole Chicken Recipes
Chicken Noodle Soup
Oven Roasted Whole Chicken Recipes
Slow Cooker Whole Chicken Recipes
Asian BBQ Slow Cooker Chicken
Crock Pot Cajun Whole Chicken
Crockpot Lemon Garlic Whole Chicken
Grill Roasted Whole Chicken Recipes
Grill Roasted Chicken
Smoked Whole Chicken Recipes
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Wednesday 13th of July 2022
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Gramma Bergan
Saturday 1st of June 2019
Hi, just saw your recipe for peas, cheese and pickles. I had it growing up we called it peas, pickles and cheese. We are in Minnesota. Wonder if it has something to do with nationality.