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Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken with Spring Vegetables

June 18, 2014 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 5 Comments

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Slow Cooker Chicken with Spring Vegetables

I rarely. I mean rarely. Like practically never. Ever. Maybe once every 2 years. Look at other cookbooks. I use my own all the time (for reference in baking or to check if I’ve done that recipe before or to replicate a flavor combination, but cook it differently.)

A few weeks ago, I was clearing out a cabinet above the kitchen desk. I was really looking for books to put into the boys’ summer reading baskets. I noticed a few cookbooks that I’d received from blogger friends, so I pulled them down with the intention of leafing through them when we were at the ranch for Memorial Day.

I managed to carve out a little free time to leaf through them and came across this recipe from my friend Stephanie from A Year of Slow Cooking. This recipe comes out of her first “Make It Fast, Cook It Slow” cookbook. (See all of her cookbooks here.)

If Stephanie and I lived in the same city, we would be best of friends. We are both on a mission to help people with their grocery spending and making meal prep that much easier. Actually…if we lived in the same city, I think we would have already taken down the internet.

That’s another story for another day.

I wanted to share this recipe with you because I have a feeling you could make this for wicked cheap these days…zucchini and squash are super low cost right now…peppers have been $.50-$.60 at my local grocery stores. And well, I hope you know that you should always buy extra packages of chicken breast or thighs when they’re on sale. If you’re really stretching your grocery bucks…this recipe would totally work with bone-in chicken thighs or drumsticks, as well as bone-in split breasts.

I didn’t follow the recipe directions that Stephanie suggested directly…mostly because I’m lazy. And I don’t like doing the dishes. And I didn’t want to dirty another bowl. And I was literally ‘dumping and running’ out the door to get the kids to VBS.

If you’re wanting to get into slow cooking and don’t know where to start, Steph is your girl. Get her book(s).

Now for the recipe…

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Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken with Spring Vegetables

A simple slow cooker meal made with chicken, sauce and chopped veggies.
Prep Time10 minutes minutes
Cook Time8 hours hours
Servings - 4 servings

Ingredients 

  • 1 1/2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar, divided
  • 2 Tbsp red cooking wine
  • 2 small zucchini sliced
  • 2 small yellow squash sliced
  • 1 small red pepper seeded and diced
  • 1 small orange pepper seeded and diced
  • 1 small red onion cut into chunks
  • Salt and pepper
  • rice side dish

Instructions

  • Place the chicken pieces in the base of the slow cooker. Drizzle about 1 Tbsp of balsamic vinegar over the chicken. Add the red cooking wine (optional) around the chicken as well. Gently toss the zucchini, squash, pepper pieces and onion pieces around and on top of the chicken. Season with salt and pepper.
  • Set the slow cooker on low and cook for 8 hours.
  • Before dinner, prepare the rice as directed.
  • Serve Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken with Spring Vegetables over rice.
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Filed Under: Budget Friendly Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Dairy Free Meal Ideas, Gluten Free Recipes, Slow Cooker Recipes

Comments

  1. Stephanie ODea says

    June 19, 2014 at 7:26 pm

    Aw, thanks, Erin!! And fwiw, I’m all for taking down the internet with you! Any time, any day. Xoxoxo!!

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  2. nicila says

    June 21, 2014 at 11:32 am

    Am I missing when to add the second tbsp of balsamic vinegar? One with the chicken the other…?

    Reply
  3. JIM MANN MMCM(SW) USN ret. says

    June 23, 2014 at 1:24 pm

    I don’t see the second tbsp. of balsamic vinegar being added either. This looks & sounds great & I don’t want to mess it up. (I am pretty much a beginner)

    Reply
  4. Kayti says

    June 29, 2014 at 7:38 pm

    I think it’s just a typo. Add both TBS, you won’t mess it up. It will be delish!

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