Another week, another slow cooker experiment! Today, we’re having slow cooker Hunters Chicken and I kinda devised the idea myself from a few other things I’ve seen on slow cooker forums and the like.

Husband is still being really disciplined with what he eats and sugar is one of the main things that he’s trying to avoid (he is on a keto diet and having great success with ample k), so instead of using a barbecue sauce from a bottle which is absolutely LADEN with sugar, I’m using the same recipe that Kate at WitWitWoo uses for her slow cooker pulled pork, but slightly modified for our tastes. As a sweetener, we use erythritol, which is granular like sugar and about 40% less sweet.

In terms of baked potatoes, I’m pretty fussy. The insides need to be super fluffy and soft, while the skins should be firm and crunchy so this method of cooking has been tried and tested over the last few years. I’m serving ours with sour cream and chives as it goes beautifully with both the chicken and the barbecue sauce.

Anyway, here’s the recipe and method for Slow Cooker Hunters Chicken and Ultimate Baked Potatoes:

5.0 from 4 reviews Slow Cooker Hunters Chicken and Ultimate Baked Potatoes Print Prep time 15 mins Cook time 3 hours Total time 3 hours 15 mins A slow-cooker, low-sugar version of Hunters Chicken. Author: Jayne Crammond Recipe type: Slow Cooker Serves: 4 Ingredients For the chicken:

5 Chicken Breasts (or one per person)

100g Cheddar Cheese

14 rashers of streaky bacon

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For the sauce:

500ml passata

1 teaspoon of mustard powder

1 tablespoon of garlic powder

5 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce (I subbed this with 10 teaspoons of Soy Sauce)

3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar

3 tablespoons of sweetener

2 teaspoons of cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon smoked paprika

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For the potatoes:

One baking potato per person

Olive oil

Salt Instructions Slice the cheese, allowing one large slice per chicken breast Slice each chicken breast lengthways, almost all the way through, creating a flap Place the cheese inside the flap and close Wrap 3 rashers of streaky bacon around each chicken breast, fairly firmly Place in the bottom of the slow cooker In a saucepan, add all of the sauce ingredients and stir whilst bringing to a simmer Once the sauce has started to simmer, give it a good stir and pour over the chicken breasts Cook on low for 2-3 hours Place your baking potatoes in a mixing bowl Drizzle olive oil over the potatoes Give the oily potatoes a healthy sprinkle of salt Get your hands in the bolw and rub the oil and salt all over the skin of the potatoes Place in an oven at around 120°C (about gas mark 1 or 2) Cook for about 2-3 hours or until you're ready to serve 3.5.3208

Here’s the finished result, although I took the photo before I put the sour cream and corn on the cob on the plate, hence it looking a little plain!