Slow-Cooker Cranberry Glazed Chicken
The Daring Gourmet
Updated Feb 1, 2018
Holiday flavors are thrown into the slow cooker for a delicious, fuss-free dinner!
More About This Recipe
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Tart cranberry sauce and BBQ sauce make the perfect sweet, tangy glaze for tender slow cooked chicken.
I love the simplicity of slow cooker dishes. There is just something so "comforting" about them. There's generally very little prep time, and you simply place the ingredients in the slow cooker and let it work its magic.
Meat and poultry that's cooked in a slow cooker always turn out so deliciously tender, I love how it just falls apart at the slightest graze of the fork. And then th`ere's the wonderful experience of coming home to something that's been cooking for all those hours... the house is filled with the most wonderful aroma.
But the best part? You don't have to wait for dinner, because it's ready to go!
This Slow Cooker Cranberry Glazed Chicken combines some delicious holiday flavors in a dish that seriously takes 5 minutes of prep time – and no one will ever guess. Serve that succulently tender and juicy chicken with some fluffy mashed potatoes and a vegetable and you have a meal that will roll in the compliments.
This recipe is so simple, you only need a handful of ingredients.
Place the chicken and onions in the slow cooker, then combine all the remaining ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir to combine.
Pour the sauce over the chicken.
Cook on LOW for 6-8 hours or on HIGH for 4-5 hours.
Serve with Betty Crocker® Instant Mashed Potatoes and a vegetable of choice with some extra sauce on the side.
For another delicious slow cooker recipe, check out Kimberly's Ultimate Slow Cooker Pot Roast! Or for more great dinner ideas check out her site, The Daring Gourmet.
Slow-Cooker Cranberry Glazed Chicken
- Prep Time 5 min
- Total 4 hr 0 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1 small yellow onion, diced
- 1 (14 ounce) can cranberry sauce
- 1 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- Betty Crocker™ mashed potatoes
Instructions
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Step1Place the chicken and onion in the slow cooker. Add all the remaining ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir to combine. Pour the sauce over the chicken. Cook on LOW for 6-8 hours or HIGH for 4-5 hours.
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Step2Serve with Betty Crocker™ Potato Buds™ instant mashed potatoes with some extra sauce on the side.
Nutrition
480
Calories
6g
Total Fat
38g
Protein
69g
Total Carbohydrate
62g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 480
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 8%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 100mg
- 34%
- Sodium
- 1430mg
- 59%
- Potassium
- 510mg
- 15%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 69g
- 23%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 8%
- Sugars
- 62g
- Protein
- 38g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 4 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 5 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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