Crock Potted Giardiniera Chicken
Author: That Pickle Guy
Recipe type: Giardiniera
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Serves: 3-4
Crock Potted Giardiniera Chicken
Ingredients
- Whole Chicken 3-5 Lbs
- 16-24oz (2-3cups) of Giardiniera (lightly strained to eliminate excess oil)
- 8-10oz Chicken or Vegetable Broth
- 1 Yellow onion quartered and diced chunky
- 3 Garlic cloves halved
- Olive Oil, Salt, Pepper and seasonings of your choice
- Note: You can add or substitute vegetables of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400
- Preheat crock pot to high
- NOTE: You can use a large deep pan with a lid if a crock pot is not available.
- Place chicken in a baking or roasting pan.
- Drizzle olive oil over chicken, with your hands rub to coat the entire bird.
- Season the entire chicken.
- Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes or until the skin is nice and golden.
- NOTE: Watch as to not burn.
- Pour the chicken broth into the crock (Make sure the bottom has a broth about ½ inch deep)
- Add Giardiniera, garlic cloves, onion and any additional vegetables of your choice to crock pot.
- Place the chicken directly on top of the mix.
- Ladle some of the mix over top of the chicken.
- Crock on high for 30 minutes, then lower to medium or low for about 2-4 hours - depending on size.
- TO SERVE: Take out chicken and pull meat off the carcass, be sure to remove all bones!
- Put chicken meat on a serving plate or large serving bowl.
- Spoon the vegetables, Giardiniera and juices over the meat.
- Serve by itself, over pasta, beans or rice.
- Delicious!
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