Soy Balsamic Slow Cooker Chicken
Monday, October 3, 2011
I know I have said this before, but it honestly always takes me 2 tries and a Google search to spell balsamic correctly. Okay now that I have that off my chest we can move on.
In preparation of our anniversary in a few weeks, we transported the top tier of our wedding cake from my parents freezer to our freezer this weekend. It's in a huge box, so this meant that I had to clear out a shelf of my jam packed freezer. So I thawed a lot of chicken, and decided I would figure out something to do with it in the slow cooker.
This morning I woke up, realized I thawed 3 packages of chicken and needed to throw together something in the slow cooker before heading to work. The ingredients must have come to me in my sleep, because I thought quickly and came home to a delicious dinner. The more I use my slow cooker, the more I love it. As my husband put it tonight, our slow cooker is batting 1000. For all of you that have been requesting more easy and tasty slow cooker recipes, this one is for you.
Keep reading for the recipe, I've scaled it down a bit from what I actually did this time since most people don't need the amount of chicken I cooked. We're looking forward to eating the leftovers for lunch this week though!
Ingredients
2-3 lbs bone in chicken, I used a combination of drumsticks and breasts
1 whole onion, sliced into rings
3/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 bay leaves
5 cloves garlic, smashed
1-2 tablespoons peppercorn, cracked (or just use 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper if you are in a rush)
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/3 cup chicken broth
chives
rice
Directions
Place chicken and onion in slow cooker. Pour soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, garlic, and peppercorn into into slow cooker and stir around, coating chicken. Add brown sugar, cornstarch, and chicken broth and stir again. Cook on low for 5-6 hours, break and shred chicken up a bit (a potato masher works really well for this), serve over rice and garnish with chives.
Reader Comments (16)
I made this for dinner - my whole family adored it!! This is the kind of chicken dish where you just want to keep on eating after you are completely full just because it tastes so darn good. My whole family thanks you so much for sharing it!
I'm so happy your family enjoyed this recipe! You're making me hungry for it, I think I'm going to have to make it again soon!
One word... YUM!
I'm trying this bad boy this wknd!
I hope you enjoyed it this weekend!
Kyle and I made this a few weeks back. IT was awesome! We may have cooked it a little longer than necessary (we threw it in and went to work), but it turned out good. The chicken bones were coming apart! We'll have to try more of your slow cooker reecipes soon!
I'm glad you guys liked it! I usually end up 'cooking' things longer than suggested as well since I turn mine on when we go to work. Mine switches to a warm setting after the number of hours I program it to cook. Once we get moved into an apartment and I get my slow cooker back I'll be sure to post some more slow cooker recipes!
I love how easily gluten free this is. And anytime I can use my crockpot, it's a home run. Thanks for sharing!
Made this sunday the whole family loved it, we were fighting for the leftovers.The chicken was fall off the bone
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I'm glad you enjoyed the recipe and had a tasty Sunday dinner!
This chicken was quick and easy to make. I served with whole wheat rice . The family said that was an automatic DO OVER! Thank you
I bet it could only improve this to put the chicken + ingredients in a ziploc to marinade as it's thawing ... or better yet before you stick it in the freezer! And then do an early morning crockpot-dump on the day it's needed. Thanks for this great recipe!
Oh, I am so making this for dinner tonight!
Tried it and loved it! I added broccoli and carrots, along with a little garlic and ginger - fantastic!
Love the additions, great to hear you liked the recipe!
Would this work with boneless skinless chicken breasts and thighs? Its sound delicious!
Saw this on Pinterest. Looks wonderful... I have it in the crock pot right now.... I added a bit more brown sugar to it. Can't wait for supper :) Thanks for sharing.