Aimee’s Slow-Cooker Chicken in Milk

Aimee’s Slow-Cooker Chicken in Milk is a gluten free main course. One portion of this dish contains about 45g of protein, 39g of fat, and a total of 571 calories. This recipe serves 8 and costs $2.4 per serving. This recipe from The Naptime Chef requires chicken, cinnamon sticks, milk, and dried thyme. A few people made this recipe, and 52 would say it hit the spot. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 4 hours and 20 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 71%. This score is pretty good. Slow-Cooker Christmas Chicken in Milk with Orange, Cinnamon & Savory, Vegetable Slow Cooker Quinoa with Golden Milk, and Aimée’s big batch Chicken Noodle Soup are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 8

Preparation duration: 20 minutes

Cooking duration: 240 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 4 to 5 pound roaster chicken

2 cinnamon sticks

1 tablespoon cooking oil

1 teaspoon dried thyme

8 garlic cloves, peeled

2 cups 2% milk

Zest of two large oranges

salt and pepper

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

Equipment:

frying pan

slow cooker

spatula

Cooking instruction summary:

Season the chicken all over with the salt and pepper. Melt the butter and oil in a heavy bottomed pan and brown the chicken on all sides, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer the browned chicken to a slow-cooker, breast side down.Pour off all but 2 teaspoons of oil from the pan and add the garlic and cinnamon. Cook it for about 2 minutes, then transfer to the slow-cooker.Pour the milk, thyme, and orange zest into the slow cooker and use a spatula to mix well and make sure the chicken is well coated. Cover the slow cooker and cook on High for 4 hours, or Low for 6 hours.

 

Step by step:


1. Season the chicken all over with the salt and pepper. Melt the butter and oil in a heavy bottomed pan and brown the chicken on all sides, about 4 minutes per side.

2. Transfer the browned chicken to a slow-cooker, breast side down.

3. Pour off all but 2 teaspoons of oil from the pan and add the garlic and cinnamon. Cook it for about 2 minutes, then transfer to the slow-cooker.

4. Pour the milk, thyme, and orange zest into the slow cooker and use a spatula to mix well and make sure the chicken is well coated. Cover the slow cooker and cook on High for 4 hours, or Low for 6 hours.


Nutrition Information:

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307k Calories
22g Protein
21g Total Fat
5g Carbs
6% Health Score
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Calories
307k
15%

Fat
21g
33%

  Saturated Fat
6g
43%

Carbohydrates
5g
2%

  Sugar
3g
3%

Cholesterol
91mg
31%

Sodium
297mg
13%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
22g
45%

Vitamin B3
7mg
38%

Selenium
18µg
26%

Vitamin B6
0.44mg
22%

Phosphorus
217mg
22%

Vitamin B2
0.24mg
14%

Vitamin B5
1mg
12%

Manganese
0.24mg
12%

Zinc
1mg
11%

Vitamin B12
0.61µg
10%

Calcium
100mg
10%

Potassium
306mg
9%

Magnesium
29mg
7%

Iron
1mg
7%

Vitamin D
1µg
7%

Vitamin B1
0.1mg
7%

Vitamin A
308IU
6%

Vitamin C
4mg
6%

Vitamin K
5µg
5%

Vitamin E
0.75mg
5%

Copper
0.08mg
4%

Fiber
0.73g
3%

Folate
10µg
3%

covered percent of daily need
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