Recipe
BBQ Chicken over Apple Maple Baked Beans
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 8 hr
Serves: 8
Here is a hearty slow cooker meal you can quickly put together using common kitchen ingredients. It is popular with kids and adults alike.
Contributed By: Developed for CFC by Nancy Guppy, RD, MHSc
Ingredients
2
cans maple baked beans
2
apple(s), skin on, sliced
1 cup (250 mL)
onion(s), sliced
3 lb (1.4 kg)
bone-in, skinless chicken breasts
1/4 cup (60 mL)
ketchup
1 tsp (5 mL)
Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp (15 mL)
cider vinegar
2 tsp (10 mL)
Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp (2.5 mL)
hot pepper sauce, (optional)
1 tsp (5 mL)
thyme, dried
1 tbsp (15 mL)
thyme, fresh
Instructions
1
Pour canned maple beans into bottom of crock of slow cooker. Cut apples in quarters and core. Slice the apples and onion and stir into the canned beans.
2
Top beans with skinless chicken breasts placed bone-side down on the beans. Cut chicken breasts in half if you want smaller pieces.
3
Mix together ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, mustard and hot sauce in a bowl. Use a spoon and spread evenly over top of chicken pieces.
4
Sprinkle dried or fresh thyme over chicken. Cook on LOW heat 6-8 hours (or HIGH 3-4 hours). If you use boneless chicken instead it will take less time to cook.
5
Remove the chicken pieces from the pot and set aside on a large plate. Don't pile them on top of each other as it ruins the BBQ sauce topping. Stir the liquid into the beans. Place the beans on a serving platter and top with the BBQ chicken pieces. If you are being informal you might just eat out of the pot!