Chicken, apples & honey, and potatoes slow cook together in this one-pot meal. This sweet and tangy paleo recipe is perfect for Rosh Hashanah or anytime.
This recipe was created for my Jewish friends for Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year; this is a food blog not a religious one so I’ll just say that one of the food customs of Rosh Hashanah is to dip apple slices into honey. I used potatoes but you can swap those out for sweet potatoes to make it paleo. I love pairing fruit with protein, in particular chicken with apples or pears. Having recently just gotten approximately 9 lbs of honey from The Valley Hive, creating this recipe was rather easy.
before
As with a lot of my recipes, this is all about the sauce. I’ll be the first to admit that the sauce for this might not be everyone’s cup of tea. It’s a combination of honey and apple cider vinegar so I’d describe it as sweet and tangy. Taste the sauce before you pour into the slow cooker. If you want it sweeter, add more honey. It might not look like it’s enough sauce when you start cooking because all the food will not be submerged. This is normal, trust me there’s plenty of liquid in there. No need to add any more.
after
You can use any cut of chicken but personally I think dark meat works better. I used chicken legs and ended up pulling the meat off the skin and bones when it was done cooking. Boneless, skinless chicken thighs are probably my favorite cut to use in this recipe. If you use white meat, lower the cook time by an hour or so otherwise it will dry out.
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Slow Cooker Chicken with Apples & Honey (Paleo)
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 3 hours
- Total Time: 3 hours 5 mins
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
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Pin RecipeIngredients
- 2–3 lbs chicken
- 1 lb potatoes or sweet potatoes, quartered
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 1 lb apples, sliced
Sauce:
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp coconut aminos or low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp cumin
Instructions
- Add potatoes, onion, and half of the sliced apples in the bottom of the slow cooker. Stir to mix well.
- Add chicken on top.
- In a small bowl, mix together sauce ingredients until well blended.
- Pour sauce into the slow cooker, wetting all the ingredients.
- Top with remaining apples.
- Cook HIGH 3-4 or LOW 6-8.
To make this more of a complete meal, you can throw in some veggies like green beans. I used a 6-quart slow cooker.
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Hi, how long should you cook this with an instantpot?
I haven’t made this yet in the Instant Pot but thanks for putting it on my radar, it will be updated soon!
Wondering what kind of apples & potatoes were used
Gala & red potatoes.
I wish I had the patience to cook because this looks delish. My boyfriend does all the cooking in our household 😛
That’s why slow cooking is perfect! You don’t need patience. Set-it-and-forget-it:-)
What a cool spin on a traditional Rosh Hashana custom! I bet you Grandmas everywhere will make this, and then claim it as their own!
This looks so delicious! I make an apple chicken dinner that my kids love so this twist with the honey, potatoes and onions take it to the next level! Yum!!
I would love a sweet and tangy suce .Its perfcet for me .Loved this recipr.Fruits and protein are a favourite with me too.
So many of my favourite things in one dish! I’m salivating reading this and will definitely have to try it out!
Omg I can just imagine how this taste! Looks way too good. I need to try to make this asap!
This looks deelish, and like such a hearty meal! I’m not the best chef, but I’m willing to give this recipe a shot because it looks so good!
Yummy! I was just thinking I needed a good chicken and apples recipe for the crock pot. I am definitely pining this one!