Crock Pot Chicken and Cherries Jubilee

Submitted by Diana Adcock

"A great dish for special occasions thats so easy to prepare and tastes great! I found the original recipe on the net and adjusted it to my Aunt's recipe. This one's a keeper!"

 

• Ready In: 8hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 2 fryer chickens, cut up or 3 lbs of bone in chicken breasts
• 4 tablespoons butter
• salt and pepper
• 1 (16 ounce) can pitted bing cherries
• 1 cup Heinz Chili Sauce
• 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon, base mix
• 1⁄4 cup pale dry sherry
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons water
• 4 tablespoons brandy

directions

1. Wash and pat dry chicken.
2. In a large skillet melt butter and brown chicken.
3. Lightly salt and pepper chicken and place in the crock-pot.
4. Pour 1/2 of the cherry juice into the pan along with the chili sauce and bouillon base.
5. Stir to loosen bits and pour over chicken.
6. Cover crock-pot and cook on low for 7-8 hours.
7. Remove chicken from crock-pot, cover and keep warm.
8. Pour juice from crock-pot into a large saucepan.
9. Skim off fat and discard.
10. Add the Sherry and remaining juice.
11. Heat over medium high heat until a gentle boil is reached.
12. Boil for 5 minutes stirring often.
13. Stir together the cornstarch and water.
14. Whisk into the cherry juice mixture until thickened.
15. Add the cherries and heat through.
16. Pour the warmed brandy over the cherry sauce and ignite.
17. Pour over chicken and serve.

Reviews

[BogeysMom]

Yummy. This was even good leftover the next day. Easy to prepare and a nice change.

 

[Oolala]

My MIL has a chicken jubilee recipe that is similar but has some 1 tsp. Worcestershire, 1 sliced onion, 1 tsp. garlic powder and 1/2 cup white raisins-just some extras if you like.

 

[Kellie in SLO]

This was very good. My kids were a bit leery at first to try it then dug right in. For the kids sake I didn't use any of the alcohol, and as time was short so I cooked this on top of the stove. I am looking forward to having company over real soon and making the "adult" version in the crockpot.