Photo: Maple-Orange Chicken with Acorn Squash and Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 small to medium acorn squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into 2-inch pieces
- 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces
- 2 leeks, rinsed and chopped
- 5 (5-ounce) skinless chicken breast halves (with or without bone)
- Salt and ground black pepper
- 1 cup orange marmalade
- 1/2 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
For the garnish:
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 1 to 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh rosemary leaves
Directions
Place squash and sweet potatoes and leeks in the slow cooker. Season chicken all over with salt and black pepper and place on top of vegetables in slow cooker. In a medium bowl, combine orange marmalade and remaining ingredients. Pour mixture over chicken and vegetables. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours.
Serve 4 of the chicken breast halves with squash and potatoes on the side and extra sauce spooned over top (reserve remaining chicken for pizza). Top with parsley and rosemary just before serving.
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By ellasmommy1110
on September 20, 2012
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It sounded very promising but the overall result was extremely dissapointing. Either something is missing or there are one too many ingredients. I couldn't decide what the problem was but there definetly was one.
By tosca39_730859
jacksonville, FL
on February 20, 2012
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Dissapointing.
By Ldratl10
on December 06, 2011
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I'm pretty disappointed. I read the reviews on this recipe, and still decided to give it a shot. I put the chicken on the bottom of the cooker, did plenty of research on peeling the acorn squash (save yourself some time and use a very sharp knife - there's no way a veggie peeler will do that job! When I came home from work (5 hours into cooking time on low, the dish had made our house stink to high heaven. I still tried to give the dish a chance - although it didn't look or smell appetizing. My husband and two kids (9 and 5 wouldn't touch it. We ended up going out for bbq instead. This dish just wasn't for us, I guess I'm a good ol' Southern gal, with tastes closer to that of Paula and Emeril's dishes.
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