Chicken With Sourdough-Mushroom Stuffing

Submitted by Annacia

"This one-dish meal is just a matter of rubbing an aromatic lemony seasoning on the chicken, tumbling the stuffing together by using big chunks of sourdough bread combined with mushrooms, and layering everything into the pot to cook."

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 40mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• nonstick cooking spray
• 2 tablespoons finely shredded lemon peel
• 1 tablespoon ground sage
• 1 tablespoon seasoning salt
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
• 8 small skinless chicken legs (thigh-drumstick piece)
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 4 cups fresh mushrooms (quartered or sliced)
• 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 8 cups sourdough baguettes, cut into 1-inch pieces (about 10 oz.)
• 1 cup coarsely shredded carrot
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1⁄4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
• 3 tablespoons snipped flat-leaf Italian parsley

directions

1. Lightly coat the inside of a 5-1/2- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Reserve 1 teaspoon of the lemon peel. In a small bowl combine remaining lemon peel, sage, seasoned salt and pepper. Remove 3/4 of the mixture and rub onto chicken legs. Place chicken in slow cooker.
2. Melt butter in a skillet, add mushrooms and garlic.
3. Cook and stir 3 to 5 minutes or until just tender.
4. Stir in sage mixture.
5. Transfer mushroom mixture to a large bowl. Add bread cubes, and shredded carrot. Drizzle with chicken broth, tossing gently.
6. Lightly pack stuffing on top of chicken. Cover and cook on high-heat setting for 4 to 5 hours.
7. Transfer stuffing and chicken to a platter.
8. In a bowl combine reserved lemon peel, walnuts, and parsley; sprinkle over chicken.

Reviews

[Amerikim]

This is one of the best crock pot chicken recipes I've ever made. I agree that the lemon really put it over the top in flavor. Will be making this one again and again! Highly recommend!

 

[WiGal]

I am so impressed with this that if I could give it more stars I would! Why heat up the kitchen? DH wants this one again. I lined the crock pot with a liner so the clean up later was easy. The seasoning was spot on--love the hint of lemon-enticing aroma. I had my crock pot on for 5 hours and the chicken was very tender. I used a combination of dark and light meat but the breast was dried out and the legs were perfect! SO... next time will make as Annacia posted-legs only. The garnish of sage mixture, lemon, walnuts, and parsley gives this a special taste. Lots of luscious sauce so will be making gravy when I reheat the leftovers. Leftovers make us happy. Thank you for posting a superb recipe! Made for Crock Pot Photo Challenge.