Slow Cooker (crock Pot) Pesto Chicken And Sweet Potatoes

Total Time: 6 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons lemons or 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 cups fresh basil
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts or 2 tablespoons walnuts or 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 chicken thighs or 4 chicken breast halves
• sliced mozzarella cheese (i used string cheese!)
• aluminum foil or parchment paper
• 4 small sweet potatoes, washed well, skin on

Recipe

• 1 use a 6 quart slow cooker.
• 2 blend or food process the first seven ingredients. (if you get to the chicken, you've gone too far.).
• 3 take a small taste to double check the flavor of your pesto and adjust as needed.
• 4 arrange the chicken in the bottom of your slow cooker. chicken may be used frozen.
• 5 layer on the mozzarella cheese.
• 6 pour on the pesto.
• 7 cover with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
• 8 scrub sweet potatoes well and prick with a fork or other puncturing object.
• 9 lay them on top of the foil or parchment, of course.
• 10 cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours or on high for 4-5.
• 11 if your chicken is frozen, it will take longer.
• 12 when done, carefully remove the sweet potatoes with tongs.
• 13 watch out for steam. [as a side note, i am the queen of steam burns. oops, forgot the mitt again.].
• 14 enjoy!