Cranberry Crock-Pot Chicken
A serendipitous success!!
Cranberry Tribal Moose BBQ Sauce + Chicken Breasts + Cranberries + Kale + Rice
I researched a few BBQ sauce slow-cooker recipes and found that most said 1.5 cups of sauce for 2-4 chicken breasts on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6-8. I went for the latter since I had to run to class!
Two chicken breasts + about 1.5 cups of sauce set to low.
When I got home at 5 (T +4 hours) the sauce was starting to really burn and thicken so I added 1/2 a cup of chicken broth and about 3 tbsp of ketchup to lighten it up. If I were to to make this again, I’d add both of those at the beginning.
At 6PM (T+5 hours) I added a cup of cranberries and cranked the heat up to high for about 30 minutes, until they started to pop.
At 6:30 (T+5.5 hours) I added about 6 cups of torn + washed kale and let it cook for 15 minutes more, until the kale was bright green like so:
I cooked some brown rice on the stove top and piled on the kale first, then place a breast on each plate and then spooned that succulent BBQ cranberry sauce all over.
Quote Matt: “I didn’t know cranberries could be this good!” We both licked our plates clean!
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Yum!! If I ate meat I’d be on this in a heartbeat (rhymes!).
OMG – I have some cranberries that I’ve been meaning to use up since my Thanksgiving (Canada) passed a while back.
This
looks
delicious!
Thanks for the tip on the sauce – I’m finding that I can’t seem to find that balance of time + temp + sauce as I’ve been getting that slowcooker burn
Kath you just need to write your own entire cookbook. I think it would be my bible. I love how you use simple everyday ingredients to make such mouthwatering dishes!!
Looks fabulous! You are inspiring me to get my crockpot out. I used it use it all the time, but lately I’ve been forgetting about it!
I love making BBQ in the crock pot! Sometimes (to cut back on the amount of BBQ sauce I have to use), I season the meat and put it in the crock pot with beer
, then just mix in the BBQ sauce after the meat is cooked/shredded. This makes really good BBQ sandwhiches.
I finally tried this recipe tonight and it was amazing. My boyfriend and I truly enjoyed it! Thanks for inspiring.
Um… Kath, I am salivating just looking at your pictures! So fun to find this recipe was I was searching your blog for some crockpot wonders. I’ll let you know when I make it sometime!