Slow Cooker Maple Chicken and Sweet Potatoes

Yield – 4 servings
Preparation Time – 10 minutes
Cooki
ng Time – 8 hours in slow cooker

Ingredients

• 1.5 lbs.boneless skinless chicken thighs ($2.82) $1.88/lb sale last week
• Salt and pepper
• 3 Tbsp maple syrup, drizzled over chicken (free from Amazon, or $.50)
• 3 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed ($1.25)
• 1/2 lb. baby carrots (or 4-5 peeled carrots sticks) ($.67)
• 1 small red onion ($.40)
• Salt and pepper
  

Directions

• Place the chicken the base of the slow cooker. salt and pepper. Drizzle the maple syrup
• Place the cubed sweet potatoes, baby carrots or carrot sticks and chopped red onion over the top. Sprinkle a little more salt and pepper over it all.
• Set the slow cooker on low and let cook for 8 hours.
• (If you don’t like chicken thighs, use 3 chicken breasts.)

FOR OVEN: about 2 hours, covered, 350.