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Chinese Chicken and Mushroom low = 8-10 hours; high = 3½-5 hours
1 tbsp cooking oil 2 chicken joints
1 onion, roughly chopped 2 tbsp cornflour
150ml (¼pt) chicken stock 225g (8oz) button mushrooms, halved
2 tbsp soy sauce juice of 1 lemon
1 tsp sugar salt and pepper to taste
Heat the oil in the cook pot and fry the chicken till golden brown. Transfer to a plate. In the
remaining oil, fry the onions till transparent, stir in the cornflour, then gradually stir in the stock.
Add the other ingredients, bring to the boil. Transfer stock to a jug. Add chicken to cook
pot,pour over the chicken, transfer cook pot to the slow cooker and cook for the time shown.
Chicken with Barbecue Sauce high = 4½-5 hours
750g (1½lb) chicken breast or thigh meat 30g (1oz) butter
1 small onion, finely chopped 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tbsp vinegar 3 tbsp mango chutney, chopped
¼ tsp French mustard ½ tsp caster sugar
1½ tsp worcestershire sauce salt and pepper to taste
Rub inside the cooking pot with a little of the butter. Season the chicken. Heat the remaining
butter in the cook pot and brown the chicken pieces all over. Transfer to a plate. Put the onion in
the cook pot and fry for 2-3 minutes, without colouring. Add the other ingredients and bring to
the boil. Transfer the stock to a jug. Add the chicken to the cook pot,pour over the chicken.
Transfer the cook pot to the slow cooker and cook for the time shown.
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