Sweet Lemon Chicken

Today's crockpot recipe is for lemon chicken.

Sweet Lemon Chicken

1/4 cup flour
1 chicken -- (2 1/2 - 3 lb) cut up
1 tsp salt
2 Tbs cooking oil
1/2 cup water
1 can frozen lemonade concentr -- (6 ounces)
3 Tbs brown sugar
3 Tbs catsup
1 Tbs vinegar
1 Tbs cornstarch
1 Tbs cold water
Hot cooked rice

Coat the chicken pieces with mixture of flour and salt. In a skillet, brown chicken on both sides in hot oil. Transfer the chicken pieces to the crock pot. Blend the thawed lemonade concentrate, the 1/2 cup water, brown sugar, catsup, and vinegar; pour over chicken. Cover and cook on high heat setting until tender, 3 to 3 1/2 hours.

Remove the chicken to platter; keep warm. Skim fat from the pan juices. Measure juices; add water if necessary, to make 1 1/4 cups liquid. Place the liquid into a sauce pan. Blend
1 Tbs of cold water with the cornstarch. Stir into the pan juices. Cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Remove from heat. Pass the sauce with chicken; serve over rice.

Josh Day
Editor, Crockpot Recipes
http://crockpotrecipes101.com

Crockpot White Beans

Here is a nice summer time crockpot dish.

White Beans with Sun-Dried Tomatoes

1 lb dried great northern beans, sorted and rinsed
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
6 cups water
1 1/2 tsp dried basil leaves
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
3/4 cup finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil
1 (2.25-oz) can sliced ripe olives, drained

Mix all ingredients except tomatoes and olives in slow cooker. Cover and cook on high heat setting 4 to 5 hours or until beans are tender. Stir in tomatoes and olives.

Josh Day
Editor, Crockpot Recipes
http://crockpotrecipes101.com