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Slow Cooker Favorites

Pork Loin
Slow Cooker Chicken
Pollo alla Contadina
Lamb Shanks
Lamb Stew
Carbonade de Boeuf
Beef Pot Roast


Slow Cooker Chicken
5-6 pound whole chicken
3 onions, peel, leave one whole - cut two in half
1 lemon, whole
Parsley sprigs
Rosemary sprigs or dried rosemary
1 garlic clove, crushed
2 garlic cloves, peeled
2 Tbl Olive Oil
2+ Tbl Butter
4 Carrots, cut in 1 inch pieces
4 Potatoes, cut in 1 inch pieces
1/2 cup Crinella Sauvignon Blanc
1/2 cup chicken stock

  • Wash and dry chicken
  • Pierce lemon 10 times and place lemon, whole onion and a few parsley sprigs into the cavity of the chicken
  • Lightly rub skin of chicken with crushed garlic clove and a little butter
  • Take some kitchen twine and truss chicken
  • Melt 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons olive oil. Brown chicken on all sides. This will take about 15 minutes.
  • Place carrots, potatoes and halved onions into the slow cooker
  • Place browned chicken on top
  • Insert a toothpick into peeled garlic and push the toothpick into the top of chicken breast skin.
  • Lay a few sprigs of fresh rosemary on chicken or a few pinches of dried rosemary (optional)
  • Add wine and chicken broth
  • Cook the chicken on low for 10 or 11 hours.
  • One hour before serving, remove the speared garlic and rosemary sprigs.
  • Drain off juices and reduce to about 1 cup. Correct seasonings. Salt and Pepper the chicken.
  • Pour juices over chicken and cook for another hour.

    Enjoy with our 2009 Sauvignon Blanc.
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