It's like a fun game - toss into pot, wait-see and voila! Something magical happens. Food comes out tasting great even with very little seasoning. The wok, on other hand, is tougher to master because it involves playing around with flavour and fire.
So give me the slow cooker any day and I will whip up a perfectly good meal without much ado ...but if you want a taste, buzz me "hours" before you pop over!
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| Slow Cooker Chicken with Apples and Sweet Potatoes |
This is the latest adventure on my favourite cooking utensil ~ whole chicken with a bunch of green apples. It's fairly simple to do.
Apples ...again?
"Why-you-no-like-apples!", I respond in manglish. My mother would have said - Apples are good for you. Eat it. It's healthy.
Ingredients:
- 1 medium whole chicken
- 6 green apples (remove skin, cut into cubes)
- 1 large sweet potato (cut into cubes)
- 1 red chili (sliced into squares)
- 1 large onion (cut into wedges)
- 1 tomato (cut into cubes)
- 1 calamansi / calamondin (halved, seeds removed)
- Dried oregano, rosemary leaves, pinch of salt and ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp light sweet soy sauce
- ½ cup water
- Greens like lettuce or pea shoots for serving
How-to:
1) Season chicken very lightly with a pinch of salt. Add black pepper, dried oregano and rosemary. Rub evenly inside out. Stuff some apples into the chicken. Leave aside.
2) Place cut ingredients (apples, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, onions, chili) into the slow cooker. Place chicken on top of ingredients.
3) Squeeze calamondin juice all over.
4) Set slow cooker on high. At the two-hour mark, lightly brush soy sauce over the top of the chicken. Cook for another one and a half hours.
5) Serve on top of greens of choice. Eat as is.
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| From top-left, clockwise : 1) Ingredients 2) Cut ingredients are placed into the cooker. 3) Chicken is seasoned and placep on top. 4) Cooked on high, done in three hours plus. |
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| Slow Cooker Chicken with Apples and Sweet Potatoes served on a plate of fresh Pea Shoots |
Enjoy!
That chicken really does look *the bizniz*, Sharon. Will have to try this in my slow cooker :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Abbe ^.^
DeleteSharon, I love the idea of cooking chicken this way. Looks so delicious! I have never tasted sweet potatoes with chicken and apples...on my list now. And thank you so much for your comment on my post.Just wanted to let you know that my husband is a harmonica player as well.:)
ReplyDeleteThe harmonica? Oh, that is so cool !! Thank you for taking a moment to visit my page in your busy time, Kanak ♥
Deletesweet potatoes and apples make a delicious combination and in this dish they must be tasting so scrumptious,thanks :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for your warm words ^.^
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