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This recipe comes from chef Jamie Oliver and isn't too tricky to cook. The chef's slow-cooker chicken recipe is served with woody herbs and tasty vegetables. It only takes 4 hours and 15 minutes to cook with the chicken slow-cooked until it falls off the bone.

This food dish serves four people, making it perfect for sharing with loved ones or for using as leftovers the next day. In this recipe , Oliver has opted for free-range chicken thighs and drumsticks, but other parts of the bird can also work. As a note, the chef cooked the chicken in a 6.



5-litre slow cooker. All slow cookers are different, so results may vary. How to make Jamie Oliver's slow cooker chicken recipe: 1kg free-range mixed chicken thighs & drumsticks, skin on, bone-in Olive oil One lemon Two sticks of celery Four small carrots Two parsnips One red onion One bulb of garlic 750g baby potatoes (red or white) 1⁄2 a mixed bunch of fresh woody herbs, such as rosemary, thyme, sage, bay, oregano (15g) Toss the chicken pieces in two tablespoons of olive oil and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.

Halve the lemon, then brown in a large non-stick frying pan on medium-high heat for 10 minutes with the chicken, turning regularly, until golden. Wash the celery, carrots and parsnips, there’s no need to peel them, then cut the celery into thirds, halve the carrots lengthways trim and cut the parsnips into quarters. Peel and cut the onion into wedges and break apart the unpeeled garlic bulb.

Place the veg in the base .

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