Reviewed: Jul. 17, 2008

I was super excited to make this recipe after reading all the wonderful reviews. It smelled pretty good, but was VERY dry and fairly tasteless. I cooked it for 10 hours on the "keep warm" setting of my crock pot. I realize that this is longer than the recipe states, but I lowered the temperature and my chicken weighed 8 lbs while the recipe called for a 3 pounder. I would not make this recipe again. I gave it 2 stars because it was still edible even if it wasn't very good. We made the leftovers into chicken and buiscuits. Adding gravy helped this chicken a lot.

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Reviewed: Jul. 6, 2008

We thought this was quite good. I followed others advice to not use as much oil because the chicken has a great amount in it even after skinning. My chicken was almost 5 pounds and I cooked for 5 1/2 hours on low and then turned over and cooked for 1/2 hour on high. Removed from the pot and let it set while the broth cooled enough to let the excess fat rise to the top in a fat skimmer. The broth plus some cornstarch for thickening (minus the fat) made excellent gravy for rice. I will definitely make this again.

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Ima Cook

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Reviewed: Jul. 2, 2008

I used a 5lb. chicken and doubled the sauce. I added one whole onion--chopped, but other than that I cooked it as is--on low all day. Served it on a bed of long rain and wild rice with the drippings. I think I will cut back on the oil just a bit next time, but my husband, licking his fingers, said it was just right. The chicken just fell off the bone. All it lacked was a sprinkle of salt and pepper. All in all a fantastic, quick, inexpensive, and easy meal that everyone enjoyed. Thanks for sharing.

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Reviewed: Jun. 26, 2008

This chicken was great, very flavorful. Defiantly a keeper :-)

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MsFelicia

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Reviewed: Jun. 19, 2008

I followed recipe to a T. After 8 hours on Low my chicken was dry & tasteless. (It was probably done after about 5 hours, but I was out all day & could not check on it). The meat had fallen off the bones and swimming in an oily watery liquid - which was NOT very good spooned over the rice. I was very disappointed in this recipe. After reading the many positive reviews I expected much better.

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JACKSMOM

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Reviewed: Jun. 13, 2008

VERY delicious only thing is I wouldnt add so much oil...other then that my family loved it, the honey had a nice subtle sweetness that just really brought out great flavors.

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Reviewed: Jun. 10, 2008

My family thought this was delicious! I used a 5lb skinned, whole chicken but didn't quite double the sauce. I used a few tablespoons of oil, per other readers suggestions and cooked it breast down for just over 3 hours on high. When I tried to take it out, it was falling apart and perfect. I thickened the sauce with some cornstarch and served it with rice and broccoli - not a morsel was left.

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Reviewed: Jun. 6, 2008

This was a good starter recipe for me. I doubled the liquid ingredients and cooked breast side down. The breast definately had the most flavor. Mine was a tad dry at 4 hours on high even for an almost 4lb bird. Next time I will put some onions and garlic in the cavity and leave some of the skin on the breast to keep it more moist. I also may use my injector to get a bit more of the flavor into the meat.

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alaskamom

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Reviewed: May 31, 2008

Whole family loved it. It was done quickly on high. My crockpot has the ability to turn it up to 375 degrees, so i browned it first and then slow cooked it on low and it was very moist.

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Home Town: Winfield, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: May 28, 2008

This just didn't turn out great for me despite other good reviews. Some of the chicken was dry even though I used more liquid per other reviews. The flavor of the sauce is nice, but the chicken didn't taste that great.

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CINDYLOU0702

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Reviewed: May 21, 2008

We absolutely loved the flavor of this chicken, and yes, it does fall right off the bone! I used leftover chicken in "Best Chicken Salad Ever I" from this site... I highly recommend you try this!! 2 excellent meals in one!! Thanks!

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Reviewed: May 21, 2008

This was the first time I cooked in a slow cooker and it was AWESOME! My family loved it and I have very picky eaters. They loved this recipe and want me to make it more often. I followed it to a T. It was excellent! I so love to cook now!

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schazzamm

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Reviewed: May 20, 2008

My husband watched me mix the ingredient "coctail" for this recipe, and thought I was nuts! When I got home about 5 hours later, he said he tried to lift the bird to flip it with tongs and it completely fell off the bone. Let me just summarize by telling you that my family will definitely be using this recipe in years to come. One little bit of advice is to make sure the breast meat is down in the crock pot so that it is as tender as possible. Enjoy!

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Reviewed: May 14, 2008

My family LOVED this chicken. I especially loved that there was no guess work. I like to buy whole chicken because it's so much cheaper but my biggest fear with preparing it is giving everyone food poisoning because there is such a fine line between perfectly baked and totally dried out. With the slow cooker I didn't have to worry about it drying out. I put it on low at 11 and by 4:30 it was falling off the bone. I marinated it overnight and the soy flavor was INTENSE throughout the bird. I actually prepared the chicken several days ago but I shredded the leftovers, put them in baggies of meal size portions, and stuck them in the freezer. I used a baggie of shredded chicken for dinner tonight in a quick skillet meal. The flavor was so enhanced by the chicken that it tasted like it took me hours when I really only spent 15 minutes tossing things together. I'm glad I tried this one!!

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Reviewed: May 11, 2008

I'd recommend this for anyone who hasn't cooked a whole chicken before and needs a tasty but easy place to start. I'm just out of college and made this for my mom for Mothers' Day- my first "real" meal for her, and my first chicken. It was perfect. I followed the advice of other reviews and doubled the liquid while halving the olive oil and it was great! My small bird was from the farmers' market and wasn't marked with poundage, so I just watched it carefully. I ended up going 3 hours on high and 45 minutes on low and it was just right.

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RadishBeth

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Reviewed: May 10, 2008

I doubled the sauce. It was very yummy. Next time I think I will try taking the skin off to give all the chicken a chance at the flavor.

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Rachel Winsor

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Reviewed: Apr. 25, 2008

The chicken just fell off the bone. I'll use this whenever I need shredded chicken I think. It tasted good too. I usually make recipes with boneless chicken just because that is easier to deal with, but this was so easy to get off the bone.

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Reviewed: Apr. 23, 2008

Used a 4.5 lb chicken and let it go 5hrs on low. Was still a little dry, could probably have used 1/2 hr less. Flavor was good though, not overpowering, but not too bland. Will try again with a little tweaking.

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Holly

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Living In: Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

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Reviewed: Apr. 20, 2008

The chicken was great. I didn't have sesame oil & didn't want to lug my kids out to get it so I left it out & used a little it of olive oil instead. I was delicious though. I didn't want to take the time to take off the skin either so I left it on. It was quick & easy & made great leftovers.

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Sarah

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Home Town: Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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Reviewed: Apr. 10, 2008

This chicken dish was so tasty. The meat was falling off the bone...very tender. I loved how easy it was to prepare - just toss it all into the slow cooker and turn it on. I will definitely use this recipe again! Thanks for sharing.

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