Plum-spiced Chicken & Vegetables

Total Time: 8 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs skinless chicken breasts, to 2-1/2 and/or thighs and/or legs
• 2 cups sliced carrots, bias cut
• 2 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup plum preserves
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 6 ounces pea pods, frozen,thawed
• 3 cups hot cooked rice
• 1/4 cup sliced green onion, bias cut

Recipe

• 1 rinse chicken; pat dry.
• 2 set chicken aside.
• 3 in a 3-1/2 or 4 quart slow cooker place carrots; sprinkle with tapioca.
• 4 place chicken pieces atop carrots.
• 5 in a bowl combine tomato sauce, plum jam or preserves, vinegar, ginger, and cinnamon.
• 6 pour over chicken pieces.
• 7 cover; cook on low-heat setting for 7 to 8 hours or on high-heat setting for 3 1/2 to 4 hours.
• 8 stir in thawed pea pods.
• 9 arrange chicken over rice on platter.
• 10 skim fat from sauce; pour over chicken.
• 11 sprinkle with sliced green onions.