Slow Cooker Maple Dijon Chicken and Broccoli
- Slow Cooker Maple Dijon Chicken and Broccoli
- Recipe
- Ingredients
- Instructions
Sweet, tangy and packed with so much flavor, made right in your crockpot! It just doesn’t get any easier!
I kind of have a thing for bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs. I mean, I have like 135365476457 recipes for it. But I also have a thing for chicken thighs made in the crockpot, so I have concluded that chicken thighs just need to be made in the slow cooker.
They just do, smothered in REAL maple syrup, two types of mustard, and a little bit of orange zest.
And then you can throw in some broccoli so you have your veggies right alongside your chicken.
Could dinner get any easier?
Recipe
Yield: 4 servings
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 6 hours
Total: 6 hours
Ingredients
Instructions
1. In a medium bowl, whisk together maple syrup, mustards, red wine vinegar, garlic, rosemary, oregano and orange zest; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Set aside.
2. Using your fingers, work the brown sugar, about 1 teaspoon per thigh, onto both sides of the chicken; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
3. Melt butter in a large oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken, skin-side down, and sear both sides until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes per side.
4. Place chicken thighs into a 6-qt slow cooker. Stir in maple syrup mixture. Cover and cook on low heat for 5-6 hours or high for 2-3 hours. Add broccoli during the last 30 minutes of cooking time.
5. Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.
