Orange Cumin Chicken

Orange Cumin Chicken

Chicken, whole or pieces

1 cup orange juice

1/2 cup honey (or maple syrup)

2 Tbsp cumin

1. Spray/Grease crockpot. Add chicken.

2. Mix up orange juice, honey and cumin.

3. Pour over chicken.

4. Cook on low 8 hours, high 4-6 hours.

5.  You can baste with the juices, sauce if you would like.

Chicken in a Crockpot Basics

Every once in a while, someone asks me some pretty basic cooking questions, which I don't always address.  Sometimes I forget not everyone grew up cooking.  So, remember you can pretty much throw a chicken or pieces in a crockpot with any seasoning or liquid and it will turn out fine.  Probably falling off the bone tender and delicious.  Be happy, it isn't hard.  This recipe only had 3 ingredients other than the chicken.

This is the chicken right out of the crockpot.  Notice it lost a leg when I transferred it out.  That means it is delicious. :) 

What if it doesn't look as nicely browned as you wanted, or maybe you are having people over and you want to impress.  Put it in a roasting pan or cookie sheet and throw it under your broiler for about 5 minutes.  Then it will look something like this.  More browning, more crispy skin.

You don't have to worry even if you don't properly know how to take apart a chicken, because it will fall apart on its own.  Here is the final product. The legs, wings, skin were really sweet and citrusy and smoky all at the same time.  We will be loving the leftovers.

That is some bok choy on the plate.  This is about the 3rd time i have tried to make it and Matt and I still hate it. We like just about everything, but I guess this isn't one of them.  I had taken some of the orange/maple/cumin sauce and drizzled it over the bok choy, but still not much love.  Thankfully I didn't make much of it, so we didn't waste it. 

Are you looking at the plate and thinking "there is no way that will be enough to fill me up?"  I know some of you are.  First, we ate a big lunch so we didn't need much of a dinner.  I would normally have thrown some sweet potatoes in with that. Orange Maple Cumin Sweet Potatoes, that sounds like a great idea!  Anyhow, we didn't need much.  That is kind of the amazing thing about paleo, without all those carbs driving your hunger, you can actually eat a lot less and be quite happy.  Protein and fat fill you up! Carbs don't. That is the bottom line.