Sandra at familycorner.blogspot.com hosts Slow Cooking Thursday, a crock pot recipe exchange.  Check it out.  I love my crock pot.  There are days we would never eat anything but cold cereal if I didn’t have mine set up.

Here’s my contribution for this week:

Printable freezer labels for Orange Chicken with Winter Squash & Sweet Potatoes.

Printable recipe card for multiple batches of Orange Chicken with Winter Squash & Sweet Potatoes.

The Recipe: Slow Cooking Orange Chicken with Winter Squash & Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 1 medium winter squash, seeded, peeled and cut into 1-1½” cubes (such as butternut squash)
  • 2-3 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes the same size as squash
  • 5-6 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 cup orange marmalade
  • ½ cup GFCF chicken broth
  • ½ cup orange juice
  • 1 T Gluten-free soy sauce
  • 1 T maple syrup
  • ½ t ground ginger

Instructions 

  • Mix squash and sweet potatoes into the bottom of your slow cooker. Lay chicken breast on top of veggies. Season with salt and pepper. Mix last 6 ingredients together and pour over chicken. Cover. Cook on low for 6-8 hours until chicken is cooked and veggies are tender.
  • To freeze: Put all ingredients for one batch into a gallon sized freezer bag. Remove as much air as possible, seal, label and freeze.
  • To serve: Thaw. Put in slow cooker, cover, and cook on low for 6-8 hours until chicken is cooked and veggies are tender.

4 Comments


Thursday, February 22, 2007 – 04:23 PM
This looks delicious.  I’ve never made anything with winter squash before.


Thursday, February 22, 2007 – 05:53 PM
We love Sweet Potatoes. And I’ve never tried Winter Squash.


Friday, February 23, 2007 – 06:03 PM
This sounds soooooo good.  Thanks for sharing and thank you for playing along, welcome.  I hope you continue sharing recipes with us each week 🙂


Saturday, February 24, 2007 – 09:31 PM
Thanks for the welcome.  This has been fun.  I am already planning for next week!