Slow Cooker Whole Chicken With Chorizo & New Potatoes

1.5kg (3lb 5oz) whole chicken
Knob of butter
1 tbsp olive oil

Lemon, real one halved, or from a bottle (juices...)
Freash Bay leaves
A few thyme sprigs

Some cooking chorizo, thickly sliced
New potatoes, sliced to lay in the slow cooker
12 garlic cloves, whole, unpeeled
Glug of dry sherry or wine

Chicken stock to half way cover the bird

Season the chicken all over and in a large frying pan, heat the butter and oil until sizzling. Brown the chicken well on all sides. Remove from the pan and place the lemon, bay leaf, and half the thyme in the cavity. Put the chicken breast side down in the slow cooker.

Pour most of the oil out of the frying pan. Add the chorizo and cook for 5 minutes until it releases its red oil. Add the potatoes and cook until they start to brown. Stir in the garlic and remaining thyme.
Pour in the Sherry or Wine and let it bubble for a moment. Add the chicken stock, then transfer everything into the slow cooker while still hot.

Cook on Low for 4 hours until the legs easily pull away from the body.

Let the chicken rest for 10 minutes wrapped in foil (it will be fall apart...)