We finally had cinnamon chicken yesterday. DS offered to cook Monday, so this got put off a few days as a result. Anyhoo, the results were mixed. DS didn't like it. Started out as "not his favorite" last night and proceeded to "I didn't like it" today. DD wouldn't even attempt it. (No surprise there!) I really liked the subtle cinnamon flavor of the chicken. The chicken was very moist, and it reminded me of a Mediterranean dish. The funny thing is, I usually avoid cooked tomatoes at all costs and love onions no matter how they are prepared, but with this recipe, the tomatoes were awesome, but I hated the onions! So I'm not sure if this is a dish I will try to tweak or if it's one of those "I'm glad we tried it but I doubt we'll have it again" things. This recipe is from The $5 Dinner Mom's first cookbook.
1-1/2 pounds bone-in chicken thighs or drumsticks
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
salt and pepper
2 whole garlic cloves
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 onion, quartered
1 - 15-ounce can stewed tomatoes, drained
1 tablespoon dried Italian seasoning
Place the chicken pieces in the insert of a slower cooker and add 1 cup of water. Sprinkle the cinnamon, salt and pepper over the chicken pieces. Place the whole garlic cloves, olive oil, quartered onion pieces, drained stewed tomatoes and Italian seasoning around the chicken in the slow cooker. Set the cooker on low and cook for 8 hours.
I used bone-in chicken breast because that is what I had in the freezer. It was still frozen when I put it in the crockpot, so I cooked it for about 9 hours, and the meat was very tender. Let me know what you think!
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