RECIPE: REC: Low carb slow cooker Garlic Chicken (Hey - #25600!)

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mariadnoca

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Since I had to type this up for someone thought I'd post it here - I thought I had long ago, but seems not. This became a staple recipe for both my SIL and me.

Garlic Chicken

Serves 6

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 7 minutes

Slow Cooking Time: 3 1/2 hours on high; 7 hours on low

2 1/2 to 3 lbs. chicken thighs and legs

Salt and freshly ground pepper

1/3 c + 2 T olive oil

1 large red onion, cut into 8 wedges

12 cloves of garlic, crushed (approx. 3 T)

1 jalapeno, peeled and sliced

6 sprogs fresh rosemary

1 c lemon juice

1 (14 oz.) can chicken broth (prefer low salt)

Lemon wedges (optional)

Rinse chicken and pat dry with paper towels. Season liberally with salt and pepper. Place a large heavy skillet over med-high heat. When hot, add 1/3 c olive oil. Place chicken in skillet skin side down and cook till medium golden brown, about 7 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Reserve pan with chicken drippings.

Put onion wedges into bottom of slow cooker. Place chicken on top on onions. Sprinkle crushed garlic and pepper slices over chicken and top with rosemary.

In the sauté pan containing drippings, mix together lemon juice and broth. Cook 5-6 minutes. Scraping off bits from bottom as you go. Pour over chicken and drizzle with 2 T olive oil. Cover and cook 3 ½ hours on high, or 7 hours on low. Garnish with lemon wedges.

Adapted from Suzanne Somers', Fast and Easy cookbook

 
I don't use a slow cooker either. I recently found this guide to adapting slow cooker recipes to

another method. I think it was in the Food Network magazine.

How to adapt a slow-cooker recipe to a regular pot.

Use a Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot with a tight-fitting lid.

Add about a quarter more liquid to the pot than the slow-cooker recipe calls for as there's more evaporation in a conventional pot.

Bump up the amount of herbs and aromatics, like onions or garlic, by 1 1/2 to 2 times. (A little goes a long way in a slow cooker.)

Cover and cook on the stove at a gentle simmer or in the oven at 300 to 350 degrees; plan on about 1 hour of conventional cooking for every 4 hours in a slow cooker set on low. This is a general guideline, you'll need to check periodically.

 
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