Orange Cranberry Chicken

Crockpot orange cranberry chicken

AmericanChickenAdvanced240 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
6
  • 1 cup chopped fresh cranberries
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 5 slices cinnamon-raisin bread
  • 2 tablespoons melted margarine or butter
  • 1/4 teaspoon grated orange peel
  • 8 chicken breast halves -- boned, skinned
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
  • 1 orange -- sliced

Instructions

  1. 1

    In medium bowl, combine cranberries and brown sugar; set aside.

  2. 2

    Toast bread, cut into 1/2-inch cubes.

  3. 3

    Combine bread cubes, 2 TBL melted butter, orange peel and cranberry mixture.

  4. 4

    Place one chicken breast at a time in a small plastic bag or between sheets of waxed paper. Lightly pound with meat mallet. Repeat with all chicken breasts.

  5. 5

    Spoon about 1/3 cup cranberry mixture on center of each. Roll up; skewer to close.

  6. 6

    In shallow dish, combine orange juice and 2 TBL melted butter. Roll filled chicken breasts in orange-juice mixture.

  7. 7

    Place in slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW about 5 hours.

  8. 8

    To serve, spoon drippings over chicken. Garnish with orange slices.

Tags

crockpotamericanslow-cooker