Craze-e Chicken, Black Beans & Apple Rice

Total Time: 6 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 -5 bone-in skinless chicken thighs, washed
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 3 cups apple cider
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 2 cups fresh apples, peeled and coarsely diced (any variety)
• 2 medium carrots, washed and coarsely diced
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 1 tablespoon dried onion flakes or 1 small onion, diced fine
• 2 teaspoons dried parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1 (14 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 cup wild rice (lundberg wild blend is wild rice and brown rice blend)
• 1 turkish bay leaf

Recipe

• 1 in a 6-quart crock-pot on high heat, add apple cider and chicken broth.
• 2 rinse chicken thighs and remove skin; place in crock-pot.
• 3 prepare apples and carrots. drain and rinse beans.
• 4 add apples, carrots, curry powder, onion, garlic powder, and parsley.
• 5 add salt, pepper, beans, bay leaf and rice.
• 6 stir to mix ingredients.
• 7 reduce crock-pot to low heat setting and cook for 6-8 hours.
• 8 remove all chicken bones and bay leaf before serving.
• 9 note: bone-in chicken thighs can be removed, deboned, shredded and added back to the crock-pot -- be sure to remove all the chicken bones before serving.