BBQ Chicken over Apple Maple Baked Beans
BBQ Chicken over Apple Maple Baked Beans
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Here is a hearty slow cooker meal you can quickly put together using common kitchen ingredients. It is popular with kids and adults alike.
Author: Developed for CFC by Nancy Guppy, RD, MHSc
Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 2 cans maple baked beans
- 2 apples, skin on, sliced
- 1 cup (250 ml) onion(s), sliced
- 3 lb (1.4 kg) bone-in, skinless chicken breasts
- ¼ cup (60 ml) ketchup
- 1 tsp (5 ml) Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) cider vinegar
- 2 tsp (10 ml) Dijon mustard
- ½ tsp (2.5 ml) hot pepper sauce, (optional)
- 1 tsp (5 ml) thyme, dried or 1 tbsp (15 ml) thyme, fresh
Instructions
- Pour canned maple beans into bottom of crock of slow cooker. Cut apples in quarters and core. Slice the apples and onion and stir into the canned beans.
- Top beans with skinless chicken breasts placed bone-side down on the beans. Cut chicken breasts in half if you want smaller pieces.
- Mix together ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, mustard and hot sauce in a bowl. Use a spoon and spread evenly over top of chicken pieces.
- Sprinkle dried or fresh thyme over chicken. Cook on LOW heat 6 to 8 hours (or HIGH 3 to 4 hours). If you use boneless chicken instead it will take less time to cook.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 335 g Calories: 340 Fat: 3 g Saturated fat: 1 g Carbohydrates: 33 g Sugar: 19 g Sodium: 270 mg Fiber: 6 g Protein: 43 g Cholesterol: 95 mg