Slow Cooker

Garlic-Ginger Slow Cooker Chicken

Asian Slaw with Creamy Sriracha Dressing
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Ingredients

  • 2 carrots, cut into 3-inch pieces
  • 2 onions, quartered
  • 1½ cups water
  • 2 Tbsp coconut oil, melted
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 (3-lb) whole organic chicken

Instructions

  1. Place carrots, onions, and water in a 6- or 7-quart slow cooker.
  2. Stir together oil, garlic powder, ginger, cilantro, and salt. Press fingers between skin and flesh of chicken; spread mixture under skin over breast and legs. Place chicken, breast side up, in cooker.
  3. Cover and cook on LOW 6 hours or until a meat thermometer inserted into thigh reads at least 165°F.
  4. Pour cooking liquid through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a container; discard solids. Reserve liquid for Sautéed Pork with Onion and Radishes recipe or another future meal. Serve chicken with carrots and onions.

Side Dish Ingredients

  • ¼ cup rice wine vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp coconut aminos
  • 2 Tbsp almond butter
  • 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil (or use avocado oil)
  • 2 tsp Sriracha hot sauce
  • 1 (16-oz) pkg shredded coleslaw

Side Dish Instructions

  1. Combine vinegar, coconut aminos, almond butter, lime juice, oil, and Sriracha sauce in a large bowl; add coleslaw, and toss.

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