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Slow Cooker Maple Dijon Chicken

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I felt like making the maple pork loin recipe but I was missing the main ingredient, the PORK LOIN. I had drumsticks and boneless chicken thighs on hand but since I was going to use the boneless chicken thighs later during the week I chose the drumsticks for our dinner.

I wanted my sauce to be a bit more sweet and a bit less salty than the pork loin one. I removed the skin and the modified recipe ended up tasting so good that we didn’t have any leftovers. All 12 drumsticks were devour by the 5 of us. I made this recipe with an easy Brussels sprouts salad a baked diced sweet potatoes.

Next time I might just make it with boneless chicken thighs because removing the skin from the drumsticks was very tedious and took me a while. I always use dark meat chicken in my crock pot because it is less likely to dry out as the dark meat is fattier than the breast. Keep that in mind when cooking with chicken breasts in the crock pot.

I use a very basic and inexpensive crock pot that you can buy at target for less than $40. And with the holidays being around the corner, you can find great deals at most department stores. For the ones that work far from home and cannot come home for lunch to start dinner, I would highly recommend to get a programmable crock pot where you can set the start time as I found a lot of crock pots continue to cook the meat on the “warm” setting.

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Slow Cooker Maple Dijon Chicken
Recipe type: Main
Cook time: 
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Ingredients
  • 8-12 skinless drumsticks
  • ⅓ cup of maple syrup
  • 2 tbsp of balsamic vinegar
  • ⅓ cup of dijon mustard
  • ¾ tsp garlic powder plus salt
  • Fresh pepper
Instructions
  1. Season chicken with dry seasoning and place in slow cooker
  2. Combine all wet seasoning and whisk until smooth and pour over the chicken
  3. Cook on HIGH for up 4 hours, or until cooked through
Notes
***USE ORGANIC INGREDIENTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE***

 

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