Lacquered Crock Pot Chicken

Total Time: 7 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 7 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 lbs whole chickens
• 3 large onions, peeled and chopped
• 5 large tomatoes, chopped
• 1 medium orange, unpeeled, seeded, chopped
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 bouillon cube, crumbled
• 3 tablespoons red currant jelly or 3 tablespoons raspberry jelly or 3 tablespoons red grape jelly
• 1/4 cup sweet

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a skillet and saute the chicken, turning often, until well browned.
• 2 remove the chicken and set aside.
• 3 saute onion in skillet until well browned.
• 4 put onions in the bottom of the slow cooker.
• 5 place tomatoes, orange, sugar, salt and pepper in the pot and set chicken on top.
• 6 add the water and bouillon cube.
• 7 cover and cook on low for 5 to 7 hours.
• 8 before serving, remove the chicken to a deep serving dish and keep warm.
• 9 place the vegetables from the slow cooker, into a skillet and simmer until thick.
• 10 stir in the jelly and the and cook, stirring until the sauce boils.
• 11 do not overcook, so the sauce doesn't lose its shiny quality.
• 12 if sauce is not shiny enough, bring back to a very brisk boil and quickly stir in some jelly.
• 13 pour sauce over the chicken.