Crock Pot Brazilian Saffron Chicken and Rice

Another great recipe from Women's Day.

• Ready In: 6 hrs 20 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 4  lbs broiler-fryer chickens, cut up
• 3⁄4 teaspoon  garlic salt
• 1  tablespoon olive oil
• 3  ounces  chopped fully cooked smoked ham
• 1  medium onion, chopped
• 1  medium red bell pepper, chopped
• 14  ounces chicken broth
• 8  ounces yellow rice mix
• 1⁄3 cup  sliced  pimento stuffed olive

Directions

1. Sprinkle chicken with garlic salt.
2. Heat oil in 12 inch skillet over medium-high heat.
3. Add chicken and cook until brown on all sides; drain.
4. Place chicken in 4 quart slow cooker.
5. Top with ham, onion, and bell pepper. Add broth.
6. Cover and cook on Low 5 to 6 hours until juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut.
7. Remove chicken from crock pot. Stir rice mix into mixture in crock pot, add chicken.
8. Cover and cook on High about 1 hour or until rice is tender.
9. Serve chicken and rice sprinkled with olives.