Name: Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 4 h 2 min
Total time: 4 h 7 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For Apricot Chicken:; 5 chicken thighs; ½ tsp kosher salt; ¼ tsp ground black pepper; 1 pkt dry onion soup mix; 1 cup French dressing; 1 cup apricot preserves; 1 tbsp thyme; For French Dressing:; 1 cup olive oil; ⅔ cup ketchup; ½ cup sugar; ½ cup white vinegar; 2 tbsp onion; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tsp dry mustard; 1 tsp paprika; 1 tsp salt; For Onion Soup Mix:; ¼ cup dried onion flakes; 2 tbsp beef bouillon granules; ¼ tsp onion powder; ¼ tsp parsley flakes; ⅛ tsp celery seed; ⅛ tsp paprika; ⅛ tsp pepper

How To Make Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken

The sweetness of apricot contributes to the well-roundedness of this apricot chicken dish and balanced with French dressing, spices, and tender chicken.

Preparation: 5 minutes

Cooking: 4 hours 2 minutes

Total: 4 hours 7 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Apricot Chicken:

5chicken thighs
½tspkosher salt
¼tspground black peppercoarse
1pktdry onion soup mix
1cupFrench dressing
1cupapricot preserves
1tbspthyme

For French Dressing:

1cupolive oil
⅔cupketchup
½cupsugar
½cupwhite vinegar
2tbsponionchopped
1tbsplemon juice
1tspdry mustard
1tsppaprika
1tspsalt

For Onion Soup Mix:

¼cupdried onion flakes
2tbspbeef bouillon granules
¼tsponion powder
¼tspparsley flakes
⅛tspcelery seed
⅛tsppaprika
⅛tsppepper

Instructions

Apricot Chicken:

Season the chicken with salt and pepper and add it to the cast iron skillet, skin side down browning each side for 3 to 5 minutes before adding to the slow cooker skin side up.
In a bowl add the rest of the ingredients and whisk them together and pour half the sauce over the chicken, refrigerating the rest.
Cook on Low for 8 hours or on High for 4 hours then remove the chicken to a baking sheet.
Cover with remaining sauce and broil on high under your oven’s broiler for 1 to 2 minutes or until bubbly and caramelized.

Onion Soup Mix:

Whisk together and cook all the ingredients.

French Dressing:

In a medium-sized bowl, whisk all ingredients together.

Nutrition

Calories: 1424.35kcal
Fat: 107.66g
Saturated Fat: 20.64g
Trans Fat: 0.16g
Monounsaturated Fat: 54.52g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 26.38g
Carbohydrates: 83.52g
Fiber: 1.34g
Sugar: 55.75g
Protein: 35.61g
Cholesterol: 200.24mg
Sodium: 1677.99mg
Calcium: 54.21mg
Potassium: 639.55mg
Iron: 2.77mg
Vitamin A: 85.95µg
Vitamin C: 10.20mg

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