Why you’ll love this recipe
Tender chicken braised with apricots, warm spices, chickpeas, and a savory-sweet onion sauce.
What you’ll need
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Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken
Tender chicken braised with apricots, warm spices, chickpeas, and a savory-sweet onion sauce.
Habibi Recipes
Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken
Prep Time20 Minutes
Cook Time360 Minutes
Serves6 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup dried apricots, halved
- 1 can chickpeas, drained
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- Cilantro and toasted almonds
Instructions
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper and arrange it over the sliced onion in a slow cooker.
- Add garlic, cumin, ginger, cinnamon, broth, apricots, and chickpeas.
- Cover and cook on low for 5 to 6 hours, until the chicken is tender.
- Transfer the chicken to a platter and stir lemon juice into the sauce; adjust the seasoning.
- Spoon the apricot-chickpea sauce over the chicken and garnish with cilantro and almonds.