Crock Pot Cranberry Chicken

“Thanks Lennie, for posting such a great tasting recipe.I loved the cranberries and sauce in this dish.I used boneless, skinless thighs and cooked for about 7 hours.It was almost too easy and I thought maybe I would feel some guilt about not slaving away in the kitchen….but no!It was so good.It is indeed a dish to serve company, and I will do just that.Thanks for sharing.”

“I have made this a number of times, and we really like it. I prepare my own cranberry sauce from fresh cranberries, using the entire bag or cranberries, so I normally have more than 1 cup of sauce. You definitely need to add in cornstarch or the sauce is too runny. I just add it in right at the beginning, stirring it into the sauce mixture. Usually at least a couple of tbsps. I have made it both with boneless chicken breasts and thighs. Both work out well.”

“This recipe is the best!It’s so easy to make, I almost feel guilty serving it to my husband and friends, but the rave reviews I get each time I make it assuage that somewhat!I like it with spicy mustard, and it’s turned out great whether made with powder or “grainy” boullion.I use regular boullion and omit the salt, though.It works just fine.This dish always comes up when my husband is discussing his favorite foods or how well I cook.Thanks so much!”

“Awesome dish, Anne Hamilton led me to this great dish. Once you get the skin off the chicken it’s smooth sailin’! I didn’t add salt, it didn’t need it at all. I only used 6 chicken thighs, but I think next time I’ll cook more… the leftover meat would be great for sandwiches! The sauce (cranberries, onions and all) was also fabulous on plain rice!”

“This is one of the easiest recipes I have ever made for dinner. I made the following changes: I used 6 thighs but kept the other amounts the same. Didn’t have beef soup mix so I used onion, and substituted rice vinegar for apple cider. Cooked on high for 4 hours, which I thought was a bit too much but DH and my sister just loved it. Served with some mushroom fried rice (which was so good I posted the recipe) and stir fried pea sprouts. Thanks Lennie, your recipes never disappoint.”

“This is very good and easy to make.Personally, I would have liked more cranberries, so may add some raw cranberries next time.”

“It wasn’t horrible but I wont make again. The sauce blackened on top of the chicken and it was just weird! It did tast WAY better the next day tho. I added peas into the crock pot the last 10 minutes and added cornstarch to thicken since it was really watery”

“Very good!I used 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts and thickened the sauce and added the rest of the can of cranberry sauce right before serving.I served it with seasoned wild rice mix.It’s a keeper!”

“This is for my own records, I’ll put a rating up when it’s done! Made this Mar 31, 2009 – Used half a large onion, chopped; 4 BLSL chicken breasts, frozen; 1 can whole cranberries in sauce; 4 beef bouillon cubes; white vinegar; mustard as called for; 1/2 tsp salt (hope it’s not too salty, I used regular beef bouillon cubes!!, didn’t realize it called for low-sodium and wondered why it called for so much salt!).Finally remembering to rate it.We thought it was great!Tastes a lot like the recipes calling for onion soup mix and catalina dressing, but simpler and from scratch.”

“Great recipe.Like some of the others, I thickened the sauce with a bit of cornstarch at the end.My girls each loved it and it is a definite keeper in my house.”

“Easy and a huge hit. I used skinless chicken breasts cut into 3″ strips.I substituted jellied cranberry sauce because that’s what I had and added 2T cornstarch in the last hour to thicken the sauce.Served over white rice with steamed asparagus.My husband raved and suggested it would be a good meal to serve company.Thanks very much!”

“This was any easy recipe to prepare with ingredients I typically have on hand. I had 10 thighs, cooked for five hours on low was perfect.If time allows, next time I will thicken the sauce a bit.”

“Had this last night for dinner and I thought that it was fantastic. I only cooked it on low for about 5 hours and it came out tender as ever. The house smelled so yummy when you walked in. The prepping was also so easy. I sure will be making this again. I served it last night with buttered noodles. Next time I will do rice and serve the chicken right on top. Thanks!”

“I’m not sure what I did but this was barely edible. No one could eat more than 1 piece of chicken. I used boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into thick strips. They were partially frozen and I only cooked them on low for 5 1/2 hours. The sauce pretty much burnt. I’m glad everyone else enjoyed it so much,maybe I’ll try again when I can be home to watch it. Thanx for posting”

“We loved this.You must use either store bought or homemade cranberry sauce though.This makes for a very sweet sauce for the chicken.We used homemade cranberry sauce and bone-in chicken breasts.It was really good.”

“How good can it get? Quick to put together, easy and tasty?I like the texture of chicken in the crockpot and the sauce with this dish is delicious, served with creamy mashed potatoes, broccoli and corn.”

“Aw Lennie, I’m so very sad to have to give such a low review…it must have been something I did surely, since others obviously didn’t have a problem with this recipe. I have a new crockpot, and am keen to try new recipies in it so when I saw fresh cranberries at the supermarket (these are not well known here in NL) and while browsing recipies spied yours, I thought Great, a way to use these unfamiliar fruits”. I couldn’t find whole berry cranberry sauce anywhere so put half of my package of berries in the blender and kept the other half whole.. followed the rest of the recipe as directed…and cooked for 6 hours on low. The chicken was falling apart tender… but sadlythe cranberry taste was nowhere to be found and there was a small puddle of watery fluid in the bottom of the crockpot. The reason I have given only two stars is that somehow the cranberry flavour really got lost and the complete and overwhelming taste in both the chicken and the ‘sauce’ was vinegar.Both DH and I tried to eat it, but it was not to persevere with, so sadly this recipe is one that I will chalk up to experience andjust say that it simply didn’t work with what I had available. Maybe I should have added sugar or something sweet? who knows ? the cranberries are gone from the supermarket shelves now so maybe next year when they are back I might try again. I’m delighted that it works for other people, sad that it didn’t work for me. At least I had a go … and some things are always more successful than others in life. regards.. andria :)”

“Served this to guests at New Year’s, and the chicken literally fell right off the bones!I cooked it for 8 hours on low.This will definitely go in the keeper file – easy and delicious!”

“The chicken was flavourful, however the sauce wasn’t really usable – watery and the cranberry disappeared. (It was homemade cranberry sauce so maybe that was the problem.) Would give it another try, but would like to get the sauce working.”

“My husband loved this dish. He says it is a keeper. I used a packageof chicken thighs that needed to be used up. Easy and tasty. What more could you ask for?”