BBQ Chicken over Apple Maple Baked Beans

BBQ Chicken over Apple Maple Baked Beans
 
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Here is a hearty slow cooker meal you can quickly put together using common kitchen ingredients. It is popular with kids and adults alike.
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 2 cans maple baked beans
  • 2 apples, skin on, sliced
  • 1 cup (250 ml) onion(s), sliced
  • 3 lb (1.4 kg) bone-in, skinless chicken breasts
  • ¼ cup (60 ml) ketchup
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tbsp (15 ml) cider vinegar
  • 2 tsp (10 ml) Dijon mustard
  • ½ tsp (2.5 ml) hot pepper sauce, (optional)
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) thyme, dried or 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 to 8 hours (or HIGH 3 to 4 hours). If you use boneless chicken instead it will take less time to cook.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 335 g Calories: 340 Fat: 3 g Saturated fat: 1 g Carbohydrates: 33 g Sugar: 19 g Sodium: 270 mg Fiber: 6 g Protein: 43 g Cholesterol: 95 mg