Balsamic Chicken for Crock Pot

"I got a similar recipe of this a long time ago, got bored with it back then, and changed some ingredients. My husband and daughter get so excited when we're gonna have this for dinner. I don't measure some things, so if you need me to explain further, let me know. The liquid is so good that I keep sipping it! HA!"
 
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Ready In:
4hrs 10mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
3
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ingredients

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directions

  • Put the first 7 ingredients in a crock pot and cook for 4-5 hours on LOW.
  • Cook the rice or pasta separately.
  • When chicken is done, remove the bones and skin and throw them away.
  • Put either rice or pasta in a bowl and then ladle the Balsamic Chicken on top with some of the liquid from the crock pot.

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Reviews

  1. Outstanding flavor. After reading other reviews I decided to make extra sauce. I used 1/2 cup Pepsi and thickened the sauce with some cornstarch and chicken broth after everything was done cooking. Only other change I made was to add a pinch of ground ginger and maybe a teaspoon of siracha sauce. Dee...lish!
     
  2. Excellent, simple dish! Love that there are only a handful of ingredients. I used 3/4 cup of balsamic vinegar (and ombit the red wine vinegar since I did not have any) and used 2/3 cup brown sugar. Was planning on using 3/4 cup as another reviewer had mentioned, but I only had 2/3 cup left. This was wonderful. I also used 1/4 cherry Pepsi (because I did not have any other soda around). I also salted the chicken before placing it in the crock pot. I also added a bag of frozen vegetables. Served this over rice and savored it! This makes a lot of sauce, but you could just add cornstartch to thicken it or boil it on the stove. But I just left it to add to the rice.
     
  3. This was an easy weeknight dinner. The sauce was a good blend of sweet and tangy, but a little too greasy. I would try this again but skin the chicken thighs prior to cooking. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
     
  4. Delish! Made this last night for dinner and my kids loved it too. I made an Feta Cheese Alfredo sauce for the pasta and served the chicken over the pasta. I also reduced the remaining sauce while the waiting for the pasta to cook (I was out of corn starch or I would have thickened the sauce with that) It was like eating a variation of Olive Garden's Steak Gorganzola which happens to be my favorite dish at Olive Garden.
     
  5. I tried this tonight and both of us really liked it. I did not use the crock pot as I found this too late. I used an electric pot I call my bean pot. I had two large leg quarters and they were done in an hour. I turned it down to a low simmer for about 30 minutes and the sauce was thick and sticky just the way I wanted it to be.
     
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Tweaks

  1. I converted this to the Instant Pot tonight, and it worked great. I cooked it for 8 minutes and did a quick release.
     
  2. This was a good recipe, but we thought it was a bit too sweet. Next time I will probably not use both Coke and the brown sugar. We also substituted some Worchestshire sauce for the soy sauce since my one daughter is allergic. We will make it again.
     
  3. This was very good and easy. DH said it was "yummy." :-) I doubled the recipe, used RC Cola instead of Coke, and cooked on high in the interest of time, but otherwise followed the recipe. Served over rice. I will probably be making this again! Thanks!
     

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