RECIPES
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OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN SOUP
Serves 6
Ingredients:
2 cups shredded zucchini
1 ½ cups diced onion
1 cup sliced carrots
1 cup diced celery
1 ½ teaspoons oregano
1 ½ cups diced tomato, fresh or canned
1 tablespoon prepared pesto
½ pound diced boneless skinless chicken
6 cups low sodium chicken stock
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
1. Combine all the ingredients and place into the cooker.
2. Cover and cook for 8 hours on the LOW slow cook setting. When done, stir in
2 cups cooked rice or 2 cups of cooked noodles if desired.
ROAST CHICKEN WITH CARROTS
Serves 6
Ingredients:
1- 4 to 4 ½ pound roasting chicken
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
4 teaspoons dried thyme, divided
½ lemon, quartered
1 head garlic, cut in half crosswise
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ large red onion, thickly sliced
3 carrots quartered and cut into 2-inch pieces
1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed with 2 tablespoons of water
Directions:
1. Rinse the chicken inside and out and pat the outside dry. Sprinkle the inside
of the chicken with 2 teaspoons of thyme and a generous amount salt and
pepper. Stuff the cavity with the quartered lemon, and all the garlic.
2. Brush the outside of the chicken with the olive oil and sprinkle again with salt
and pepper. Tie the legs together with kitchen string. Use the Brown setting
to brown chicken on all sides, being careful not to puncture the skin. Turn off
Brown setting and remove chicken.
3. Place the onions and carrots along with the remaining olive oil and thyme
in the cooker and toss with additional salt and pepper. Spread vegetables
evenly around the bottom of the cooker and place the chicken on top. Cover
and cook for 4 hours on the HIGH slow cooker setting.
4. Remove the chicken and vegetables to a platter and cover with aluminum foil
for about 20 minutes. Use the Brown setting to bring the juices in the cooker
to a boil. Add cornstarch mixture and stir until thickened.
5. Slice the chicken onto a platter and serve it with the vegetables and gravy.
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