Moroccan Spiced Whole Roast Chicken Slow Cooker

Moroccan spiced slow cooker roast chicken with orange kumara and chickpeas... yum, just the type of meal we all love to come home to when it's chilly outside.

A great weekend meal too, put it on at lunchtime, cook on high and skip out for a few hours in the afternoon and come home to exotic spiced aromatic chicken roasting in your slow cooker!

Moroccan Spiced Whole Roast Chicken Slow Cooker Recipe

Serves 4
Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours

1.5-2kg whole chicken
650g orange kumara, peeled and cut into 3cm rings
400g can of chickpeas, drained, rinsed
1 Cup chicken stock
2 Tblsp dried garlic granules (or 4 cloves finely chopped)
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp chilli powder
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp smoked paprika
chopped fresh coriander to garnish
2 Tblsp toasted slivered almonds

• Make a layer with the kumara in the slow cooker base, add the chickpeas, and place the rinsed and dried chicken to rest on top of the kumara. 
• Carefully add the chicken stock, the garlic and cinnamon. 
• In a small dish, mix the chilli, cumin and paprika together and then sprinkle evenly over the whole chicken.
• Add your thermometer into the thickest part of the roast, cover and cook until the thermometer reaches 87 degrees Celsius, or until the juices run clear.  On low that will be about 8 hours, on high, about 4 hours.
• To serve, cook some fluffy white rice to soak up the juices, add some veges on the side to make sure you're getting some extra vitamins and serve the carved roast, kumara and chickpeas topped with a sprinkle of the chopped coriander and toasted slivered almonds and it won't long before you have a round of happy, full tummies and a stack of cleaned plates.

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