Slow-Cooker Cranberry Chicken

 

This dish is delicious, easy ad good when served with rice and a vegetable side dish.  Everyone in the family will love it!

Total Time

Prep:  10 minutes

Cook:  5 hours

Makes:  6 servings

Ingredients

1 broiler/fryer chicken (3-4 lbs.), cut up

1 can (14 oz.) whole-berry cranberry sauce

1 c. barbecue sauce

1 sm. Onion, finely chopped

1 celery rib, finely chopped

½ tsp. salt

¼ tsp. pepper

Hot cooked rice

Directions

1.  Place chicken in a 3-quart slow cooker.  In a small bowl, combine the cranberry sauce, barbecue sauce, onion, celery, salt and pepper; pour over chicken.  Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until chicken is tender.  Serve with rice.

Freezer option:  Cover and freeze cooled chicken and sauce in freezer containers.  To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight.  Reheat in a foil –lined 13x9-inch baking dish in a preheated 325˚F. oven until heated through, covering if necessary to prevent excess browning.

Nutrition Facts

4 ounces cooked chicken with ½ cup sauce:  381 calories; 15 g. fat (4 g. saturated fat); 88 mg. cholesterol; 672 mg. sodium; 32 g. carbohydrate (22 g. sugars, 2 g. fiber); 29 g. protein