Pomegranate Chicken Salad (Slow Cooker)
- Ready In:
- 3hrs
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 793.78-907.18 g boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 29.58 ml pomegranate molasses
- 2.46 ml grated fresh gingerroot
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
- 1 lemon, juice of
- 14.79 ml light brown sugar
- 1.23 ml kosher salt
- 1.23 ml fresh black pepper
- 59.14 ml pine nuts
- 2 romaine lettuce hearts, chopped
- 59.14 ml unsweetened dried cherries or 59.14 ml dried cranberries
directions
- In a 3-quart slow cooker, combine the chicken, onion, pomegranate molasses, ginger, garlic, lemon juice, sugar, salt and pepper. Stir everything to distribute the ingredients.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 2.5 hours, or on LOW for 5 hours. (If you use a larger slow cooker, it will cook much more quickly, so keep a close watch. Overcooked chicken is dry chicken).
- Remove the chicken to a platter and set aside to cool. The liquid in the cooker should be a nice consistency to dress the salad, but if it's too thin, set the cooker to HIGH and cook, uncovered, until the sauce reduces slightly. If the liquid is too thick, add 1 tablespoon of water.
- While the chicken is cooling to room temperature, set a dry nonstick frying pan on the stovetop. Over medium heat, toast the pine nuts for 2-3 minutes, shaking the pan frequently, until the nuts are lightly browned. Remove from heat.
- To assemble the salad, arrange the lettuce on a platter or in individual serving bowls. Top with a few pieces of chicken, and a sprinkling of nuts and dried cherries or cranberries. Pour some of the sauce over each portion, and serve.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
duonyte
United States
My screen name is a diminutive in Lithuanian for bread, so you won't be suprised to learn that I love to bake bread. In recent years I have been baking a lot of sourdough breads and have several starters sitting in my refrigerator. But I like to cook a lot of other things, as well, especially from various cultures. The cat wishes I would concentrate on meat and fish... I joined a few years ago but started posting recipes and participating in forums just recently - I wish I had done so earlier. Recipezaar is a great community! Right now I am a co-host for the Breads and Baking and the Eastern Europe forums - I hope to see you there!