Cilantro-Chutney Chicken

Ingredients

2 T extra virgin olive oil
2 onions, cut in 1-1/2 inch pieces
2-1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1-1/2" pieces
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
1 T minced, peeled, fresh ginger
5 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1 jalapeno, sliced, plus more for serving
4 C packed cilantro leaves and stems
1/2 C roasted peanuts
2 tsp. packed brown sugar
1 T fresh lime juice
Steamed rice and sour cream or yogurt, for serving

Heat a large skillet over medium-high. Add oil and onions; cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 8 minutes. Transfer to a 5-6 quart slow cooker. Season chicken with salt and pepper; stir into slow cooker with ginger, garlic, and jalapeno. Cover and cook on high 2 hours.

In a food processor, pulse cilantro, peanuts, brown sugar and lime juice until finely chopped; add to slow cooker. Cover and cook 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve over rice, top with sour cream or yogurt.  Add peanuts, cilantro leaves & lime wedges, if desired.

Slow Cooker Peanut Butter Fudge Dessert

It's so easy to throw together a meal in your slow cooker, and lately, slow cooker desserts have become very popular.  I've thrown a few ingredients into a bowl, mixed them up and dumped all into my slow cooker.  The house smelled wonderful while this dessert was cooking, and it it only took 2 hours.  The larger the slow cooker, the shorter the cook time.

Ingredients:

1 c all-purpose flour
1/2 c granulated sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c peanut butter, creamy or chunky
1/2 c milk
2 T butter, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla

Topping:
1/2 c sugar
1/4 c unsweetened cocoa
1 c boiling water

1. In a medium-sized bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add the peanut butter, milk, butter and vanilla. Stir until all ingredients are incorporated.  Batter will be thick like cookie dough.

2. Grease the bottom and sides of a 4-quart slow cooker. Dump in the batter and spread evenly.

3. In the same bowl, stir together the topping ingredients and pour over the cake batter.  DO NOT STIR.

4. Place lid on cooker and cook on high 2-3 hours or until a tester in the center comes out clean. This dessert makes its own fudge topping.  So when you check it after 2 hours and the chocolate you poured in disappea

red and all you see is cake, have no fear, it's all on the bottom!

5. Serve warm from the cooker with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. Refrigerate any leftovers.

Yield: 8 servings.

This recipe featured on The King Arthur Flour website.

Slow Cooker Salted Caramel Apple & Pear Butter

I had apples and pears on my counter aging by the day.  What to make, what to make?  Then I remembered this recipe.  It's so easy it's fool-proof.  I know it doesn't make any sense, but I actually had to go out and buy a couple more apples and a couple more pears to make a full pot.

Here's what you do:

Peel, core and dice up 8 apples (I used a mixture of Granny Smith, Macoun & Cortland)
Peel, core and dice up 6 pears (I used Bosc)
1 1/2 c dark brown sugar
1/2 c apple cider
2 T boiled cider (optional)
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground cloves

Put all ingredients in a slow cooker and set the control to low.  Do not remove lid or stir for 12 hours.  After 12 hours, mash with a potato masher or use an immersion blender and blend until smooth.  Prop up the lid by placing the handle of a wooden spoon under it and continue to cook for another 6 hours.  Check the consistency.  If you want it thicker continue to cook up to a total of 24 hours, check every couple of hours for consistency.

Divide into jars with lids and cool completely.  Place in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.  Alternatively you use a canning method with a hot water bath.

Apple-Pear Butter is good on biscuits, english muffins, toast, pancakes or waffles or scones.  You can put it on ice cream, in granola, in place of jelly on a PBJ, or any other time you would normally use jam, jelly or applesauce.  Bake it into cookie bars, breads or bundt cakes.  There are many recipes on line.  I served mine with Glazed Bacon & Pecan Buttermilk Scones.  So so yummy!

If you are interested in my recipe for the Candied Bacon & Pecan Buttermilk Scones, this link will take you to my post.

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